{"id":1911619,"date":"2023-04-08T02:26:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T06:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-mail-in-midterm-mess-gov-lombardo-backs-bill-to-restore-integrity-to-nevadas-election-system\/"},"modified":"2023-04-08T02:30:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T06:30:57","slug":"after-mail-in-midterm-mess-gov-lombardo-backs-bill-to-restore-integrity-to-nevadas-election-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-mail-in-midterm-mess-gov-lombardo-backs-bill-to-restore-integrity-to-nevadas-election-system\/","title":{"rendered":"After Mail-In Midterm Mess, Gov. Lombardo Backs Bill To Restore Integrity To Nevada\u2019s Election System"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-mail-in-midterm-mess-gov-lombardo-backs-bill-to-restore-integrity-to-nevadas-election-system%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1911619&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Following the expansion of mail-in election by his Democrat predecessor, which completely threw Nevada&#8217;s elections&#8217;s into chaos, Republican Gov. Regulations to maintain the land electoral&#8217;s system to integrity is being supported by Lombardo, Joe.<\/p>\n<p>Lombardo introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leg.state.nv.us\/App\/NELIS\/REL\/82nd2023\/Bill\/10413\/Overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SB 405<\/a>, which may change Nevada&#8217;s unsupervised&#8217;s mail-in ballot system and implement Identification of the vote needs, next year. According to the bill, voters would need to present&#8221; proof of identity ,&#8221; which would include&#8221; a document or identity card&#8221; issued by Nevada, the United States, or a federally recognized Indian tribe ,&#8221; in order to cast their ballots in person. Residents who cast their ballots by mail would be required to write their&#8221; driver&#8217;s license&#8217;s number or identification card number&#8221; or the&#8221; last four digits of ] their ] social security number.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-392296308\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b806926b7d32aacb70132f8c88e6620d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b806926b7d32aacb70132f8c88e6620d\"><\/div>\n<p>Dynamic registered voters are never required to provide recognition, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news3lv.com\/news\/local\/gov-joe-lombardo-introduces-bill-to-roll-back-vote-by-mail-in-nevada-id-requirements-las-vegas-reno-carson-city-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">current<\/a> state law. Poll people&#8221; compare names from voters as they cast a vote to the touch on register from registration&#8221; in its place. Citizens in need of a state-issued Card form would be able to get one from the Nevada DMV for free.<\/p>\n<p>People are required to have a valid form of identification in order to travel, drive, buy drinking, or smoke cigarettes, but not to participate in elections. Lombardo declared during his State of the State name earlier this year that this is unrealistic. Nevadans have shown strong support for voting Card requirements in current voting.<\/p>\n<p>Some modifications made to SB 405 include protection for Nevada&#8217;s extensive&#8217;s and unsupervised mail-in ballot system. The state, which was then controlled by Democrats,&#8221; originally permitted a temporary expansion of vote-by-mail during the 2020 general election over coronavirus concerns ,&#8221; according to Victoria Marshall of The Federalist, but&#8221; made it the permanent law of the land&#8221; in 2021 by&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/556729-nevada-governor-signs-bill-permanently-expanding-mail-in-voting-to-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">requiring<\/a> election officials to send out mail-in ballots to all the state&#8217;s registered&#8217;s voters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leg.state.nv.us\/App\/NELIS\/REL\/82nd2023\/Bill\/10413\/Text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SB 405<\/a> would not only repeal Nevada\u2019s automatic vote-by-mail system by requiring voters to request their mail-in ballots, it would also mandate that such ballots be received by county clerks before polls close on Election Day in order to be counted. State law currently allows mail-in ballots to be \u201cpostmarked by Election Day and \u2026 arrive at an elections office up to four days later to be counted,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/news3lv.com\/news\/local\/gov-joe-lombardo-introduces-bill-to-roll-back-vote-by-mail-in-nevada-id-requirements-las-vegas-reno-carson-city-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local news outlet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a5ada64e9241a4b4c5a294d3b862c7d7 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a5ada64e9241a4b4c5a294d3b862c7d7\"><\/div>\n<p>The proposed card may also impose restrictions on poll snatching, a practice whereby voters&#8217; mail-in ballots are collected by third parties. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leg.state.nv.us\/App\/NELIS\/REL\/82nd2023\/Bill\/10413\/Text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SB 405<\/a>, it is against the law for anyone other than the voter or a woman with voter approval to yield message ballots. A person who has the authority to transfer a voter ballot&#8217;s must, under penalty of perjury, certify that he has authority to do so and turn in an official report to the secretary of state that lists&#8221; each voting on whose behalf the individual returned the mail ballot.&#8221; Additionally, it would be against the law for said people to cast more than 30 vote per vote.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Interest Legal Foundation ( PILF ) released a <a href=\"https:\/\/publicinterestlegal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NV-2022G-Mail-Ballot-Rejects.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> detailing the disastrous failure of Nevada&#8217;s automatic&#8217;s vote-by-mail system in the 2022 midterms the <a href=\"https:\/\/publicinterestlegal.org\/press\/laxalt-masto-decided-by-7928-votes-95556-ballots-sent-to-bad-addresses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">same week<\/a> SB 405 was introduced. Information from the Nevada secretary of state position show that 1.2 million ballots were always returned to be counted, 8, 036 were rejected by election leaders, and 95, 556 were sent to names that were not deliverable.<\/p>\n<p>For approach, Democrat Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2022-elections\/nevada-senate-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defeated<\/a> Republican Adam Laxalt by 7, 928 vote, down from the 8, 036 votes that election officials rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being important, Democrats in Nevada, who control both chambers of the state legislature, are likely to oppose Lombardo&#8217;s efforts&#8217;s to improve the integrity of state elections. Following the introduction of SB 405, Democrat Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno accused Lombardo of&#8221; rolling up voting right&#8221; and&#8221; emboldening vote denialists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-51485d76b91955c1b42890da20443aab fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-51485d76b91955c1b42890da20443aab\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e3ddd0b4d5a55f8f160f46b8ed902f43 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e3ddd0b4d5a55f8f160f46b8ed902f43\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">Shawn Fleetwood is a University of Mary Washington student and staff author for The Federalist. Additionally, he contributes to Convention of States Action&#8217;s state&#8217;s glad, and his writing has appeared in a number of publications, including Conservative Review, RealClearPolitics. Follow him @ ShawnFleetwood on Twitter.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/automatic-vote-by-mail-system\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">immediate postal voting product<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/ballot-harvesting\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">poll snatching<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/election-integrity\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">vote integrity<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/elections\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/joe-lombardo\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Lombardo, Joe<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/mail-in-voting\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">mail-in ballot<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/nevada\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Nevada<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/nevada-democrats\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Democrats in Nevada<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/signature-verification\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">fingerprint identification<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/voter-id\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Identification of the vote<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/voting\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">voting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After his Democrat predecessor\u2019s expansion of mail-in voting left Nevada\u2019s elections in complete disarray, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo is backing legislation designed to restore integrity to the state\u2019s electoral system. Last week, Lombardo introduced SB 405, which would implement voter ID requirements and commonsense reforms to Nevada\u2019s unsupervised mail-in voting system. 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