ACLU sues over Nevada county’s hand-counting ballot plan
By GABE STERN, Associated Press/Report for America
Published: October 5, 2022, 11:04am
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FILE - People walk along the main drag in the county seat of Nye County, Monday, July 18, 2022, in Tonopah, Nev. On Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, the ACLU's Nevada chapter filed a lawsuit against rural Nye County and its interim clerk to stop the implementation of the county's new hand-counting process, which was spurred by false claims of election fraud. The process entails hand-counting all paper ballots alongside a machine tabulator. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)Photo Gallery
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The ACLU’s Nevada chapter filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a rural Nevada county and its interim clerk in an attempt to stop the implementation of the county’s new hand-counting process, which was spurred by false claims of election fraud. The process entails hand-counting all paper ballots alongside a machine tabulator.
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