“I don’t have time to figure out if this is right or this is wrong,” Andriola remembers thinking at the time. Maybe it was best to “let it go to people who have the authority, jurisdiction & time to do it right.”

And so she voted no. As far as anyone could determine, it was the first time since #Nevada became a state in 1864 that a county there had refused to #certify an #election.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #MediaLiteracy #MAGA #Propaganda #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

The commissioners’ duty to #certify, though, was entirely “ministerial” — #election #certification was not an endorsement of the process or the outcome, merely another step in passing the results up through the system. They were legally obligated to certify even if they did see problems. They could note clerical errors—the rules vary from state to state—but once they noted them, they still had to pass the results up the line. This was just the basic admin work of running a #democracy.

#law

The stories did not add up to any clear theory…, but the community had come to believe that #democracy was threatened & that there was only one way to save it: They wanted Andriola to #vote w/her 2 #Republican colleagues to deny her own victory.

Andriola took her #legal duty to #certify #elections seriously, & the stakes of her decision reached…beyond #Nevada. Like thousands of admins around the country, #WashoeCounty commissioners are charged w/certifying elections…

#law #VotingRights #BigLie

The commission was required by #law to #certify elections…, from local primary to presidential #election. What came next should have been a simple administrative procedure.

But the…crowd had other ideas. For 3hrs, they told stories of a primary gone wrong. Some raised concerns about small bureaucratic errors, like improperly addressed ballots. Others shared more exotic allegations, incl’g an unsubstantiated rumor circulating on #X about a Serbian scheme to manipulate voting machines.

#BigLie