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County says glitches allowed 43 voters to cast ballots twice

Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria said Wednesday that a combination of human error and technical problems allowed up to 43 voters to cast ballots twice in the primary election.

During a County Commission meeting to certify election results, Gloria said he is unsure why some voters believed their first attempt to vote was unsuccessful. But he said volunteer poll workers during early voting and on election day did not confirm whether those ballots had been properly submitted before they allowed revotes.

“Had that been done, we probably would have avoided this whole situation,” he said, adding that it is his department’s responsibility to properly train poll workers.

County spokesman Dan Kulin said the election department has also determined six of the double votes occurred when people voted during early voting and again on election day. That included two Democrats, two Republicans and two nonpartisan voters.

“We believe this occurred because some of the computers used to assist with sign-ins were temporarily offline when those six people voted on election day,” Kulin wrote in an email. “We are able to identify those instances because the computers

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partisan Ryan Bundy, son of rancher Cliven Bundy.

Sisolak’s proposal comes just days after Nye County Commissioner Donna Cox rescinded her endorsement of Laxalt over his decision not to support brothel owner Dennis Hof

in his bid for a Nevada Assembly seat.

And in a race that experts call a toss-up, extra exposure for third-party candidates — all of whom will likely attract conservative voters — could be problematic for Laxalt.

Asked if he’d be willing participate in a debate with Bundy, Laxalt was noncommittal.

“We need to see whether people reach particular thresholds and viability.

Most debates you need X percent, like you had for both Republican and Democratic debates,” Laxalt said. “You need to have viable campaign and X percent of people supporting you and things like that. My team will be happy to work on that, and we look forward to debating.”

Some debate hosts require candidates to meet certain criteria in order to participate, which can include

reaching polling or campaign fundraising benchmarks. Bundy said Wednesday that he would like to be included in any debates.

“I’d very much like to be part of those debates,” Bundy said. “This is a campaign, and people need to be able to hear what’s going on. Debates are a good opportunity for people to attend and hear what each candidate’s about.”