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Nevada county rejects paper ballots, sheriffs at vote sites

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Published 8:25 AM

By SCOTT SONNER
Associated Press

RENO, Nev. (AP) — An election reform package has been rejected in northern Nevada with the help of critics that included a lawyer involved in one of the most famous recounts in state history. Alex Flangas told the Washoe County Commission Tuesday the National Senatorial Republican Committee hired him in 1998 to represent John Ensign’s campaign as it sought a recount of Democratic Sen. Harry Reid’s 401-vote victory. Flangas said he pushed for hand-counting of ballots because he knew it was prone to error and would make the results easier to challenge in court. The Washoe County Commission voted 4-1 against a resolution for sheriff’s deputies at polling places and mostly paper ballots counted by hand.

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