LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Counties across Nevada had rejected or failed to verify signatures on more than 15,000 mail-in ballots as of Saturday — enough to swing an election in the state’s tight races.
Nevada’s 17 registrars rejected 591 ballots as of Saturday, according to the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office. Those ballots either arrived in the wrong envelope, or an envelope arrived without a ballot at all.
Link: Clark County Registered Voter Services
As of Saturday, registrars needed to verify the identities of 14,469 voters for their mail-in ballot to be tabulated. In Clark County, a signature verification machine takes the first pass at verifying a signature. If the machine determines there is no match to the signature on file, the ballot goes to a bipartisan review team that determines if the ballot needs to be verified.
More than 9,000 Nevada voters had verified — or “cured” their signature as in state language — as of Saturday morning. Clerks will notify a voter if there is a signature issue.