Nevada committees take up election reform

[NVMojo]

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Senate and Assembly committees considered election-overhaul bills Thursday, but neither panel took a vote on the measures that could move up the state's primary, tighten rules on provisional ballots and impose new voter registration rules.

AB455, considered by the Senate Legislative Operations and Elections Committee, seeks to clean up problems from last fall's presidential election, when allegations of voter fraud were brought against an Arizona-based GOP operative who ran a voter registration drive in Nevada.

Some former workers for Voter Outreach of America, run by Nathan Sproul, said they were told to register only Republicans. Others said completed Democratic registration forms were thrown out or ripped up.

Under AB455, counties would number all registration forms and keep track of what groups distribute them. Those who register voters also would be required to write their name on a receipt kept by the person registering to vote.

Larry Lomax, Clark County's registrar of voters, said that part of the bill would have helped a lot last fall.

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[ClintonTyree]

1. Now that the horse is out....

let's close the barn door. Everybody's got 20/20 hindsight. What we need is a few people with foresight. We have to anticipate what these cheap things are going to do next and cut their legs off. But hey, it's a start.

[Wilms]

2. I wonder how many folk, nationwide, lost a chance to vote because of this.