Nevada Democrat leaders want to push them to confirm the poll results regardless after the Washoe County Commission refused to do so in response to numerous allegations of misconduct.
The main elections for County Commission District 4 and School Board Trustee District G on July 11 were up for debate. According to The Nevada Independent, the state conducted two recounts that yielded essentially the same results as the main, with County Commissioner Clara Andriola winning her District 4 culture and Perry Rosenstein winning his school board competition.  ,
On Tuesday, brother Washoe County Board of Commissioners Mike Clark and Jeanne Herman voted with Andriola, but they did so in response to complaints of dubious conduct made during the open comment section of the meeting.
Andriola reportedly claimed that she would not certify the recall because it was” not the first time that we’ve heard a lot of worries about treatments and alleged mishaps.” ” I believe that it warrants further analysis”, she said.
Andriola cited an election infraction complaint filed with the state as her justification for not certifying the results even though Herman described her to The Federalist as a member who generally edges with the Democrats.  ,
Briana Foroszowsky, who claims to have witnessed some of the operation, filed the formal complaint about election integrity.
Foroszowsky claimed that on May 28, 2024, she entered the Washoe County Registrar of Voters hall and observed a man by the name of Michael Mulreany through the window of the common study windows. According to the complaint, she allegedly saw Mulreany “remove] ] a white device from the workstation that looked like a thumb drive, ]stand ] up with the thumb drive in hand, turn ] ] his back to]her], and then]walk ] … out of a door that leads to the processing room” . ,
According to the complaint, Foroszowsky then spoke with George Guthrie, a media specialist from the Registrar of Voters, who claimed” Mr. Mulreany was uploading the Pre Logic and Accuracy Test” allegedly “runs ] a couple of weeks in advance to make sure” all Dominion Machines were up spec whenever they are going out to a vote center …a pretest to make sure they are all accurate.”
Guthrie is one of the few people with access to that area when Foroszowsky claimed Mulreany was sending the information to the minister of government’s business.
When Foroszowsky reportedly told Guthrie what the machine was, that it “would have been all the information that was from our PreLAT,” he allegedly replied.
Foroszowsky claimed Guthrie” confirmed to]her ] that the Tabulation Room’s data was stored on a thumb drive. Additionally, Guthrie allegedly stated that” Mr. Mulreany most likely took the thumb drive from the Ballot Tabulation chamber to his office and emailed to the Secretary of State’s Office.”
However, Foroszowsky asserted that it was her “understanding that the election was ] in approach and nothing should be uploaded or taken out of the Ballot Tabulation Room at that time.”
Herman claimed in an interview with The Federalist that fingers pulls should never be used in any way. But, Guthrie after reiterated to the Federalist the justification reportedly offered to Foroszowsky: that fingers pulls are permitted to be used.
County officials apparently said the secretary of state’s office is “looking into” the problem. The secretary of state’s office has never responded to The Federalist’s request for comment.  ,
Some proclaimed Washoe County residents urged the board to not certify the recall results and to conduct a hand-recount during the July 9 meeting’s public comment period. A recall may be conducted “in the similar manner in which the votes were initially tabulated,” according to state law.
After being reportedly informed by Washoe County Interim Registrar Cari Ann Burgess that no finger drives may be permitted, one lady, Val White, claimed she witnessed “multiple finger drives” being used during the election and tell.
Robert Beadles also made a comment during the post time to call for a new vote and a hand tell. He has “paid about$ 150, 000 for the three recounts,” The Nevada Independent reported.
The state elections office sent mail-in ballots to voters who chose not to get them, according to The Associated Press, among other things that the election reported.
Washoe County Board of Commissioners Chair Alexis Hill stated to reporters on Wednesday that the table may consider whether to confirm the recall benefits. This is expected to occur on July 16.  ,
In a statement released on Wednesday, Andriola told The Federalist in a statement that following Hill’s news,” The mural of the recall is being put on next year’s state payment plan for reassessment at my request before this matter becomes final under our commission rules.”
According to the Nevada Supreme Court, Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar and Attorney General Aaron D. Ford filed a complaint with the state to require the state to confirm the recall results, arguing that the Nevada Administrative Code mandates counties to accept tell results “within 5 acting days after the recall has been completed.”
Ford and Aguilar made an effort to tarnish those who were questioning the election’s leadership.
Three state commissioners, according to a statement from Aguilar, refused to canvass appropriate election results this week as required by law. This election has the ability to set a risky precedent for Nevada elections.
According to Ford, the board of commissioners “failed to fulfill its duty” by certifying the verified results of the recall and implying that the state committee was” trying to delegitimize accurate poll results or undermine a matter of the people.”
Aguilar and Ford’s answer is in response to growing tension from Liberals to make election certification a “ministerial” work that leaves elected officials with no choice but to confirm yet doubtful poll results. In the neighboring state of Arizona, Attorney General Kris Mayes charged two Cochise County supervisors in 2023 after they objected to the election’s administration. The supervisors, in part, voted for a full hand-count of the election results which was later blocked by a judge, though that was not part of the indictment, according to VoteBeat.
Brianna Lyman is a correspondent for The Federalist on elections.
