There was a little-known article in the Nevada Appeal.

Two days ago, the state took the one voting machine away from the reservation. In exchange, the state delivered a boxload of mail-in ballots and  a ballot box. Although I find the concept of a paper ballot comforting, there was no information from the state concerning this. To add to the confusion, there was a third party telling the residents that they could go to the next precinct over to cast their vote. Of course, they were turned away.

Today, the local Washoe paper mistakenly stated there was still a voting machine at the Senior Center, which only added to the confusion.

The ACLU is very interested in this, stating that this is blatant disenfranchisement. Nevada, however, says that they are perfectly within their rights to remove the machine, and that if the Washoe want to vote without a mail-in ballot, they had to go to the Douglas county clerk…8 miles away.

So, we at the Democratic HQ set up a relay of drivers with “Ride to County Clerk” signs to sit out in front of the Dresslerville Senior Center on the Washoe Reservation. The GOP did nothing, but since the Washoe are 90% Democrat, we’re not surprised.

Window Sign and Driver Map

Addendum (11/8): I heard today that the powers-that-be are very pleased with the vote tallies from the Washoe Tribe in Dresslerville, in spite of the confusion. I don’t have any hard numbers, though.

Tags: aclu, Politics, voting