The Independent View: Nevada County Mailed 1.3 Million Primary Ballots but 1 in 5 were Never Delivered

Nevada's Clark County Mailed Ballots for its June Primary Election to All its Registered Voters.

Following guidance from State Authorities, the County Mailed Ballots to All of its 1.3 Million Registered Voters in the Las Vegas Area, but 223,000 were never Delivered, according to a New Report Authored by the Conservative Nonprofit Public Interest Legal Foundation and Confirmed by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Although the Report Attributed the Undeliverable Ballots to Outdated Voter Rolls, the Problem alludes to Ones other Counties could face if they pursue Mailing Ballots without First Mailing Ballot Request Forms, in the November Presidential Election.

States should First Mail Ballot Request Forms, for their Primary, then us the Undeliverable Request forms to Clean their Voter Rolls, before the November General Election.

Legislators are Pushing for more Mail-in-Voting during the Presidential Election in November because of the Pandemic, but Opponents allege Post Office Backlogs due to Funding Cuts and Now Maintenance Issues with Voter Rolls would make it Impossible.

The Coronavirus Pandemic wasn't the only thing that Disrupted the Las Vegas area's Primary Election in June.

States like Oregon and Washington spent many years Building their Mail Voting Systems and are notably Aggressive with Voter Rolls Maintenance Efforts. Pride in their own Systems does Not somehow Transfer across State Lines.

Oregon and Washington have held Elections entirely by Mail for years, but the June Primary was Nevada's First Election Conducted Fully through the Mail because of Concerns around the Coronavirus Pandemic. However, 93,585 Voters Listed as 'Active' never had the Chance to Vote, as the USPS Returned their Ballots to the Election Commission saying they were Undeliverable, the Report shows. How many of those Voted-in-Person was not Reported.

Even with the Undelivered Ballots, Clark County had better Voter Turnout than in Past Primaries, the Las Vegas Review-Journal Reported shortly after the Election. The County Received and Verified about 305,000 Ballots, per the Review-Journal. Earlier this Month, Nevada announced a Plan to Mail Presidential Election ballots to All its Voters in November.