The secretary of state’s office said that the matter is now being fixed.
Nevada’s Secretary of State’s office on Monday said that reports of numerous voter irregularities found on Sunday were caused by an error that is now being fixed.
Voters found that unmailed Nevada ballots were showing up as counted when the voters had not voted at all or mailed in their ballots, the Nevada secretary’s office told local media 8 News Now.
During the primary earlier this month, the Republican side went to “none of these candidates,” as former President Donald Trump didn’t appear on the ballot but was still ahead of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. He eventually won the Nevada GOP’s caucus. For Democrats, President Joe Biden won the primary.
Local media reported that over the past weekend, several individuals contacted news outlets to say that they never voted by mail or even voted in the primary. But the state system showed their vote was counted.
“On Sunday, February 18, the Secretary of State’s Office became aware of possible technical issues related to the vote history of individuals who did not participate in the Presidential Preference Primary,” a spokesperson for the secretary of state’s office told 8 News Now. “Elections and IT staff began working on the issue immediately, and met with county clerks and registrars this morning. We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, and will provide further updates as we can.”
Another statement, issued to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, added that the “office has been validating new files from each county and moving them into production as soon as the accuracy of the data is verified.” Within 48 hours, the voter data will be updated and should be accurate, the office continued.
Elaborating, it told the outlet that it is “an error that relates to the code used for when a voter is sent a mail ballot and does not return it” and has “no connection in any way to vote tabulation.”
Officials with the office, overseen by Democrat Cisco Aguilar, are now “confident that all issues related to erroneous vote history have been identified and fixes are in progress,” according to a statement.
