Cari Ann Burgess Archives

BREAKING: Washoe County Manager Recommends Registrar Take a Leave of Absence Due to ‘Recent Stress Issues’

September 25, 2024 8:00 amSeptember 26, 2024 12:20 pm

With only 24 days until early voting and 41 days until election day, The Globe has scooped that Washoe County interim Registrar of Voters (ROV) Cari-Ann Burgess has been recommended by County Manager Eric Brown to take a leave of absence to address “self-identified personal stress.” The email to the...

Bipartisan Effort Stops USPS transfer of Reno Mail Processing Facility to Sacramento

August 27, 2024 4:36 pmSeptember 4, 2024 1:33 pm

Back in February, Congressional representatives Mark Amodei, Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez-Masto sent a letter of opposition to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy highlighting their concerns over USPS’s proposed transfer of the Reno mail processing center to Sacramento, CA. In their letter, the bipartisan delegation stressed “the potential impact of such...

Election Integrity Group Announces Clark County Has Removed Commercial Addresses From Voter Rolls

August 26, 2024 8:15 amAugust 27, 2024 4:37 pm

This article has been updated to reflect a recent statement from PILF. Last June, the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) filed a petition of mandamus to compel Clark County election officials, specifically Registrar Lorena Portillo, to investigate and fix commercial addresses on the county’s voter roll. Prior to the writ...

NV Judge Rules Mail Ballots Without A Postmark Can Be Counted After ‘Election Day’

August 7, 2024 3:31 pmAugust 15, 2024 9:38 am

Last Friday, Carson City District Judge James Russell denied a motion to prohibit the counting of mail ballots which lack a postmark and are received by county clerks after “Election Day.” The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee, Nevada GOP, and the Trump campaign last...

Washoe County Commission Reverses Course, Certifies Primary Recounts

July 17, 2024 10:37 amJuly 17, 2024 2:51 pm

In a 4-1 vote, and after hours of public comment, the Washoe County Commission reversed course and certified two recounts in June’s primary election. Commissioner Jeanne Herman was the sole dissenting vote and the only commissioner who did not change their vote from last week’s meeting that resulted in a...

In a 3-2 Vote, Washoe County Commission Rejects Certification of Primary Election Recounts

July 10, 2024 2:45 pmJuly 10, 2024 3:04 pm

This post has been updated with breaking news. In a politically divided 3-2 vote, the Republican members of the Washoe County Board of Commissioners voted to not certify the two primary recounts conducted by the Washoe County Registrar’s office. The two races were challenged by Washoe County Commissioner District 4...

Election Integrity NonProfit Files Writ To Clean Voter Rolls in Clark County

June 27, 2024 12:51 pmJuly 5, 2024 4:45 pm

The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) has filed a petition for mandamus (see below) to force Clark County election officials, specifically Registrar Lorena Portillo, to investigate and fix commercial addresses on the county’s voter roll. This is the second lawsuit the Foundation has filed in Nevada related to commercial addresses...