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Re: After Mail-In Midterm Mess, Gov. Lombardo Backs Bill To Restore Integrity To Nevada's Election System

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Lombardo introduced SB 405, which would implement voter ID requirements 
and commonsense reforms to Nevada’s unsupervised mail-in voting system.

After his Democrat predecessor’s expansion of mail-in voting left Nevada’s 
elections in complete disarray, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo is backing 
legislation designed to restore integrity to the state’s electoral system.

Last week, Lombardo introduced SB 405, which would implement voter ID 
requirements and commonsense reforms to Nevada’s unsupervised mail-in 
voting system. Under the bill, citizens would be required to show “proof 
of identity” in order to vote in person, which includes “a document or 
identity card” issued by Nevada, the United States, “or a federally 
recognized Indian tribe.” Residents voting by mail would be mandated to 
write their “driver’s license number or identification card number” or the 
“last four digits of [their] social security number” on their ballots.

Under current state law, “active registered voters are not required to 
provide identification.” Instead, election workers “compare signatures 
from voters as they cast a ballot to the signature on file from 
registration.” Voters in need of a state-issued form of ID would be 
permitted to acquire one free of charge from the Nevada DMV.

“We require people to have a valid form of identification to get on a 
plane, to operate a motor vehicle, or to purchase alcohol or cigarettes 
but not to cast a vote in an election. This is illogical,” Lombardo said 
during his State of the State address earlier this year. Recent polling 
has shown strong support among Nevadans for voter ID requirements.

Other changes included in SB 405 are provisions placing safeguards on 
Nevada’s expansive and unsupervised mail-in voting system. As The 
Federalist’s Victoria Marshall previously reported, the state, then run by 
Democrats, “originally allowed a temporary expansion of vote-by-mail 
during the 2020 general election over coronavirus concerns,” but “made it 
the permanent law of the land” in 2021 by “requiring election officials to 
send out mail-in ballots to all of the state’s registered voters.”

SB 405 would not only repeal Nevada’s automatic vote-by-mail system by 
requiring voters to request their mail-in ballots, it would also mandate 
that such ballots be received by county clerks before polls close on 
Election Day in order to be counted. State law currently allows mail-in 
ballots to be “postmarked by Election Day and … arrive at an elections 
office up to four days later to be counted,” according to a local news 
outlet.

The proposed bill would also place limits on ballot harvesting, the 
practice whereby third parties collect mail-in ballots from voters. SB 405 
stipulates that “it is unlawful for any person to return a mail ballot 
other than the voter or, at the request of the voter, a person authorized 
by the voter.” An individual authorized to return a voter’s ballot would 
be required to sign a form under penalty of perjury confirming he has 
permission to do so and submit a report to the secretary of state that 
includes a list of “each voter on whose behalf the person returned a mail 
ballot.” Said individuals would furthermore be prohibited from returning 
more than 30 ballots per election.

The introduction of SB 405 came the same week the Public Interest Legal 
Foundation (PILF) released a report detailing the catastrophic failure of 
Nevada’s automatic vote-by-mail system in the 2022 midterms. According to 
data from the Nevada secretary of state’s office, 95,556 ballots were sent 
to undeliverable addresses, 8,036 were rejected by election officials, and 
1.2 million ballots were never returned to be counted.

For perspective, Democrat incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto defeated 
Republican candidate Adam Laxalt by 7,928 votes — fewer than the 8,036 
ballots rejected upon receipt by election officials.

While significant, Lombardo’s efforts to enhance the integrity of Nevada’s 
elections are likely to face resistance from Nevada Democrats, who control 
both chambers of the state legislature. Following SB 405’s introduction, 
Democrat Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno resorted to accusing Lombardo 
of “rolling back voting rights” and “emboldening election deniers.”

<https://thefederalist.com/2023/04/07/after-mail-in-midterm-mess-gov-
lombardo-backs-bill-to-restore-integrity-to-nevadas-election-system/>

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