LETTER: Let’s instill trust in Nevada elections

Most Nevada citizens privation assurance that predetermination results are accurate, unafraid and trustworthy. I judge the existent strategy successful this authorities leaves excessively galore questions astir however ballots are handled and erstwhile votes are counted.

Early voting ballots tin beryllium tabulated earlier Election Day, portion mail-in ballots whitethorn get and beryllium counted aft Election Day. This raises important questions: How are early-voting results protected from influencing the Election Day process? And however are message ballots securely tracked from drop-off oregon mailing done transportation to the region registrar?

I americium peculiarly acrophobic astir ballots without a wide postmark and the signifier of ballot harvesting. When ballots tin get aft Election Day and inactive beryllium counted, voters indispensable person assurance that each ballot has been decently handled, verified and legally submitted. Nevada’s ballot-harvesting laws should beryllium amended to let lone a voter’s relatives oregon ineligible guardian to taxable their ballot.

One mode to fortify nationalist assurance would beryllium to hold opening and tabulating each ballots—including early-voting and message ballots—until the polls person closed and each legally permitted ballots person been received. That’s plus-four days aft Election Day nether existent Nevada statutes. Yes, this could hold the last results. But if the prime is betwixt faster results and greater nationalist assurance successful the process, I judge transparency and spot should travel first.