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Clark County Commission certifies election results, except District C race; 6 vote twice
Canvass finds 6 double votes, no widespread fraud, registrar says
by: Caroline Bleakley, Xóchitl Underwood, David Charns
Posted: Nov 16, 2020 / 12:56 PM PST / Updated: Nov 16, 2020 / 05:03 PM PST
Democrat Ross Miller leads Republican Stavros Anthony by 10 votes. (KLAS)
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nearly two weeks after the election, the Clark County Commission voted on certifying the election results on Monday with the exception of the County Commission District C race. The panel will consider a special election for the race in December.
Results show Democrat Ross Miller leading Republican Stavros Anthony by 10 votes. If Anthony won, the all-Democrat commission would have its first Republican in more than a decade.
Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria delivered a full report to county commissioners in Monday’s special meeting. The report is required by law and Gloria stated the following:
“We have found discrepancies that we can’t explain that would cast a doubt on whether or not that margin of victory is solid,” Gloria said about the District C race.
The County Commissioner exchanged questions with an attorney to ensure that all statutes, rules and guidelines be followed when considering the issues and concerns related to the election results.
The focus was narrowed to the County Commission District C race due to the tight 10-vote difference. After ruling out a recount, that would not change the discrepancies that Gloria identified, the board ultimately decided to certify all the election results except for the Clark County Commission District C race results; a special election will now be considered for that race only in December.
Over the weekend, the final provisional votes were added into the system. There were nearly 60,000 and those were from people who registered to vote on election day and the ballots needed verification.
Before the vote, Lisa Mayo-DeRiso, who represents the Anthony campaign, requested that election results not be certified on the grounds that there were discrepancies. Mayo-DeRiso presented a letter, which contained allegations of irregularities, including double votes and issues with mail-in ballots.
Read the letter from the Anthony campaignDownload
Upon the decision to likely hold a special election, Mayo-DeRiso told 8 News Now, “We’ve been hearing from everybody across the district, ‘How did this happen? We voted for Stavros.’ Now is your chance. You have to turn out.”
A representative from the Miller campaign did not return a request for comment.
This year, there some extra interest because of the close separation in many high-profile races.
In the event of a special election, just the District C seat would be on the ballot. Other races voted by the more than 200 precincts in that district would not be on the ballot.
Gloria said the six people who voted twice may not have done so will ill intent, but each case will be forward to the Secretary of State’s Office for review.
A date for the special election could be decided during the commission’s first December meeting.
https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/clark-county-to-certify-election-at-1-p-m/
Canvass finds 6 double votes, no widespread fraud, registrar says
by: Caroline Bleakley, Xóchitl Underwood, David Charns
Posted: Nov 16, 2020 / 12:56 PM PST / Updated: Nov 16, 2020 / 05:03 PM PST
Democrat Ross Miller leads Republican Stavros Anthony by 10 votes. (KLAS)
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nearly two weeks after the election, the Clark County Commission voted on certifying the election results on Monday with the exception of the County Commission District C race. The panel will consider a special election for the race in December.
Results show Democrat Ross Miller leading Republican Stavros Anthony by 10 votes. If Anthony won, the all-Democrat commission would have its first Republican in more than a decade.
Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria delivered a full report to county commissioners in Monday’s special meeting. The report is required by law and Gloria stated the following:
- 936 discrepancies in ballots
- 710 with mail-in precincts
- 121 in early voting precincts
- 105 on Election Day
- 6 voters voted twice
- Inadvertent canceled votes
- Voter check-ins
- Reactivated voter cards
- Duplicate activations
- Check-in errors
Joe Gloria on District C race: "We have found discrepancies that we can't explain that would cast a doubt on whether or not that margin of victory is solid." #8NN
— David Charns (@davidcharns) November 16, 2020
Gloria also noted there were 60,109 provisional ballots were cast in the election and of these 57,866 were accepted and 2,243 were rejected. He cited the following reasons for rejections:— David Charns (@davidcharns) November 16, 2020
- 115 voters had already voted
- 142 voted in wrong district or wrong precincts
- 8 were not eligible to vote
- 1,925 were not registered to vote
- 53 did not provide adequate proof-of-residence or a valid identification
“We have found discrepancies that we can’t explain that would cast a doubt on whether or not that margin of victory is solid,” Gloria said about the District C race.
The County Commissioner exchanged questions with an attorney to ensure that all statutes, rules and guidelines be followed when considering the issues and concerns related to the election results.
The focus was narrowed to the County Commission District C race due to the tight 10-vote difference. After ruling out a recount, that would not change the discrepancies that Gloria identified, the board ultimately decided to certify all the election results except for the Clark County Commission District C race results; a special election will now be considered for that race only in December.
Over the weekend, the final provisional votes were added into the system. There were nearly 60,000 and those were from people who registered to vote on election day and the ballots needed verification.
Before the vote, Lisa Mayo-DeRiso, who represents the Anthony campaign, requested that election results not be certified on the grounds that there were discrepancies. Mayo-DeRiso presented a letter, which contained allegations of irregularities, including double votes and issues with mail-in ballots.
Read the letter from the Anthony campaignDownload
Upon the decision to likely hold a special election, Mayo-DeRiso told 8 News Now, “We’ve been hearing from everybody across the district, ‘How did this happen? We voted for Stavros.’ Now is your chance. You have to turn out.”
A representative from the Miller campaign did not return a request for comment.
This year, there some extra interest because of the close separation in many high-profile races.
In the event of a special election, just the District C seat would be on the ballot. Other races voted by the more than 200 precincts in that district would not be on the ballot.
Gloria said the six people who voted twice may not have done so will ill intent, but each case will be forward to the Secretary of State’s Office for review.
A date for the special election could be decided during the commission’s first December meeting.
https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/clark-county-to-certify-election-at-1-p-m/