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A
Good
morning,
everyone
I
would
like
to
call
this
meeting
to
interim
legislative
operations
and
elections
to
order
before
we
take
roll.
I
would
just
like
to
communicate
that
we
do
have
canada's
leader
canazarro
attending
as
alternate
for
senator
ling
today
and
assemblywoman
monroe
moreno
attending
as
an
alternate
for
assemblywoman
gonzalez,
and
with
that
miss
creamer.
Will
you
please
take
the
role.
B
D
A
A
I
believe
it's
just
senator
ganzar
this
morning,
that's
on
zoom
with
us
today,
so
to
just
keep
your
video
on
and
everyone
else
in
those
participating
and
presenting
to
keep
their
volumes
off
when
not
speaking.
Also,
of
course,
we
all
know
we're
all
accustomed
to
turning
off
our
cell
phones
and
laptop
volumes
and
anything
else
that
could
be
disruptive
during
the
meeting.
I
also
want
to
remind
everyone:
that's
watching
that
the
meeting
materials
are
uploaded
on
nellis
and
on
nellis.
A
It
also
gives
the
information
for
anyone
that
would
like
to
call
in
for
a
public
comment
as
well.
We
will
be
taking
public
comment
here
in
las
vegas
at
grant
sawyer
and
up
in
carson
city,
as
well
as
on
the
telephone,
those
who
are
interested
in
calling
in
for
public
comment.
The
phone
number
is
669.
A
Then
press
pound
also
on
the
agenda
is
the
information
on
how
to
email
your
comments
in
as
well
as
mail
them
or
fax.
Your
comments
due
to
a
few
scheduling
conflicts.
We
will
be
taking
some
of
the
agenda
items
out
of
order
today,
so
once
we
get
further
down
the
agenda,
I
will
let
you
know
which
items
those
will
be
and
we
will
have
a
short
break
at
some
point.
A
15-minute
break
sometime
this
morning
in
between
us
will
not
be
breaking
for
lunch
with
that
we
can
move
into
our
first
agenda.
A
Our
next
agenda
item,
which
is
public
comment.
We
just
like
to
remind
everyone
to
keep
your
comments
specifically
to
no
longer
than
two
minutes.
Please,
and
with
that
broadcasting,
would
you
please
open
the
lines
for
public
comment?
We
can,
if
there's
anyone
here
in
las
vegas.
That
would
like
to
approach
to
make
public
comment
or
anyone
up
in
carson
city.
A
C
C
Thank
you
good
morning,
good
morning,
madam
chair
miller,
and
vice
chair,
my
name
is
dora
martinez.
I
represent
the
nevada
disability
peer
action
coalition,
and
I
am
just
here
speaking
on
behalf
of
my
coalition,
who
are
mainly
people
with
disability,
various
types
of
disability.
C
C
I
have
been
doing
public
comment
in
other
counties
because
they
want
to
eliminate
accessible,
equitable
voting,
and
I
encourage
I
applaud
you
guys
for
passing
ab121,
because
it
is
really
important
for
people
with
disability
to
be
able
to
vote,
especially
with
numerous
barriers
such
as
public
transportation,
that
are
not
available
like
once
before
kobit
and
a
public,
a
personal
care
attendant,
who
cannot
make
it
on
time
to
assist
people
with
disability
to
help
them
with
voting
process.
So
with
that,
I
thank
you
all
and
have
a
happy
friday.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
C
Good
morning,
chair
and
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
my
name
is
beverly
harry,
that's
d-e-v-e-r-l-y
h-a-r-r-y
and
I
am
the
native
community
organizer,
with
the
progressive
leadership
alliance
of
nevada
at
plan.
We
believe
our
democracy
is
most
vibrant
when
more
people
are
able
to
participate
in
it.
C
That
this
was
inequitable
access
to
voting
the
state
passed
legislation
in
2017
to
allow
tribes
to
have
their
own
polling
locations
over
the
last
election
cycles.
We
have
worked
to
support
tribes
in
requesting
polling
sites
hosting
culturally
sensitive,
get
out
the
vote.
Events
registering
voters
and
we
have
seen
a
growing
enthusiasm
in
the
importance
of
voting
and
the
political
process,
as
it
means
a
lot
to
address
the
issues
that
native
people
face
because
of
the
community
outreach
and
the
changes
at
the
state
level.
C
We
have
seen
a
large
increase
in
native
voter
turnout,
yet
there
are
a
number
of
tribes
who
have
not
yet
taken
advantage
of
the
polling
place,
requests
or
who
have
faced
pushback
from
the
county
election
officials.
When
doing
so,
it
is
important
that
the
secretary
of
secretary
of
state
office
increase
outreach
to
tribal
nations
to
ensure
they
all
have
knowledge
of
what
the
state
is
able
to
offer
them
and
develop
the
government-to-government
relationship
with
the
tribes.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
thank
you
for
that.
With
that
we
will
close
public
comment
just
want
to
remind
everyone.
We
will
have
another
opportunity
for
public
comment
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
and
we
will
move
on
to
agenda
item
three,
which
is
the
approval
of
the
minutes
for
the
meeting
that
occurred
on
april
1st
2022
committee
members.
You've
all
had
time
to
review
the
minutes.
Are
there
any
questions
on
the
minutes.
A
F
A
A
Okay,
all
in
favor
and
senator
and
assemblywoman,
if
you
could
raise
your
hand
up
and
carson
if
you're
in
a
so
and
I
so
all
those
in
favor
aye.
Anyone
opposed
okay
with
that
the
motion
passes
agenda
item
4
is
the
presentation
on
native
american
voter
engagement
and
voting
on
indian
reservations
and
colonies.
A
B
Good
morning,
everyone
I
want
to
warn
you
all
in
advance.
This
is
my
first
time
testifying
in
person,
so
forgive
my
pauses
and
the
quivering
voice
for
the
record.
I
am
stacy
montooth.
B
I
am
here
to
discuss
native
american
voting
outreach
procedures
currently
implemented
by
the
nevada
legislature,
because
we
live
play
and
work
on
the
ancestral
homelands
of
the
numa,
the
nui
and
the
washi
sheep
shu
people
who've
lived
in
the
great
basin
since
time
began.
B
B
B
The
mission
of
the
nevada
in
indian
commission,
as
I'm
remarked,
we
were
created
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
the
27
tribal
nations,
bands
colonies
and
those
urban
indians
that
choose
to
make
nevada
their
second
home.
I
am
the
liaison
from
those
tribal
governments
to
governor
sislex
office.
In
addition,
I
help
to
connect
our
constituents
to
all
state
services.
B
B
It
was
actually
set
up
endorsed
by
the
federal
government
to
kill
the
indian
save
the
man,
and
this
includes
my
personal
experience.
My
96
year
old
grandmother
attended
stuart
today,
the
state
of
nevada,
it
legally
owns
half
of
the
original
campus
and
we
have
several
offices,
including
the
nevada,
indian
commission,
the
department
of
corrections,
the
fire
marshal
capitol
police
post.
All
of
these
agencies
are
located
out
on
the
steward
indian
school
campus.
B
B
B
B
So
for
those
of
you
who
are
elected
members,
it's
important
to
know
that,
besides
the
county
of
washoe,
besides
the
county
of
clark,
the
indian
nations
tribal
communities,
we
have
more
potential
voters
than
any
other
county.
With
exception
of
the
two
that
I
just
mentioned,
specific
to
the
nevada,
indian
commission,
again
small,
but
mighty.
We
operate
with
a
seven
hundred
thousand
dollar
budget
annually
and
I
have
a
staff
of
five.
B
Please
note
that,
since
the
pandemic,
since
the
fiscal
year
january
july,
2020
we've
been
without
one
of
those
very
vital
staff
members
so
again
bob
at
mighty
what
I
want
to
really
make
sure
that
you
all
are
aware
of
I'm
certain.
You
won't
be
surprised.
The
nevada,
indian
commission
wouldn't
be
half
as
successful
as
it
has
been,
not
just
with
voter
rights
but
for
the
many
essential
services
that
our
agency
provides
without
so
many
public
partners,
public
and
private.
B
So
I'd
like
to
take
the
opportunity
to
make
sure
and
inform
you
that,
without
the
support
of
narf,
the
native
americans
rights
foundation,
all
voting
is
local.
The
nevada
excuse
me,
the
native
voters,
alliance
of
nevada,
the
las
vegas
indian
center
intertribal
council
of
nevada
plan
you
heard
from
earlier.
We
could
not
do
what
we
have
done
and
I'm
so
excited
to
tell
you
about
not
just
the
results
but
the
potential
for
our
constituencies.
B
B
B
It
was
miss
janet
davis
who
helped
our
brave
veterans
to
take
that
lawsuit
to
the
state
of
nevada
in
which
they
were
successful
in
litigation,
litigating,
better
access
to
the
ballot
box,
tammy
tiger
she's,
an
urban
indian
who
has
chosen
to
live
in
clark
county
for
years
now,
huge
community
organizer,
with
connections
to
the
nevada,
las
vegas.
Excuse
me
to
the
las
vegas
indian
center,
theresa
melendez,
including
the
secretary
of
state's
tribal
liaison,
mr
anderson.
B
B
B
Again
there
are
sixty
thousand
people
who
identify
as
native
americans
who
are
eligible
voters,
that's
just
massively
huge
and
I
strongly
believe
it's
just
going
to
get
better
on
the
national
level.
The
information
is
just
as
important.
The
past
two
election
cycles
have
demonstrated
the
power
of
the
native
american
vote
not
only
locally,
but
in
federal
elections.
B
Native
american
voters
were
recognized
as
consequential
electro
subgroups
in
many
key
races
in
2018
and
2020.
The
those
between
18
and
29
were
the
most
politically
active
of
all
native
american
age
groups.
We
have
a
very
young
median
age
in
indian
country,
more
specifically,
59
percent
of
young
native
american
and
voters
encourage
their
friends
or
their
families
to
register
to
vote.
B
B
Further
27
percent
of
these
this
age
group
volunteered
for
a
candidate
or
did
voter
outreach
again.
The
median
age
in
nevada
for
our
native
americans
is
very
young.
There
was
a
record-breaking
93
native
american
and
alaska
native
candidates
who
ran
for
political
office
in
2018..
B
So,
although
the
native
american
trends
to
vote
at
they
tend
to
vote
at
lower
rates
than
other
ethnic
groups,
the
published
analysts
suggest
that
american
indians
and
alaska
natives
tend
to
vote
in
midterm
and
congressional
years,
which
is
approaching
at
relatively
high
rates.
So
we
don't
anticipate
that
we
will
see
a
drop
in
the
voting
rates
for
native
americans
in
the
2020
midterm
group
in
the
2020
midterms.
B
Second
native
american
voters
may
be
energized
by
the
great
momentum
generated
by
some
very
positive
outcomes
for
their
collective
interests
during
the
biden
administration
in
his
first
term.
Most
of
you
will
know
we
have
the
first
native
american
cabinet
secretary
in
the
history
of
this
country.
Not
only
is
pueblo
deb.
Excuse
me
not
only
is
a
native
american
citizen,
deb
holland,
a
member
of
president
biden's
cabinet.
This
huge
prominent
position
she
holds
is
for
the
department
of
interior.
B
That
is
a
part
of
the
federal
government
that
tribal
nations
deal
with
more
than
any
other
and
she's
really
used
some
creative
ways
to
represent
our
native
americans
and
as
her
as
a
role
model.
We
believe
that
her
position
will
just
encourage
more
voter,
not
just
engagement,
but
our
citizens,
to
get
involved
in
elected
official
capacities
as
well.
B
I
can
tell
you
here
in
the
state
of
nevada
or
in
this
region,
we
do
have
two
native
american
citizens
who
are
running
for
for
office.
Shea
buckets
is
going
to
trying
to
return
to
the
legislature
as
a
representative
in
southern
nevada.
We
also
know
that
we
have
a
native
american
in
southern
nevada
who
is
looking
into
national
office.
That's
mercedes
krauss.
B
Currently
we
have
two
native
american,
a
native
american
citizen,
candace
birch
bircham,
who
holds
a
position
on
the
mineral
county
school
district.
We
also
have
a
former
community
member
from
the
reno
sparks
indian
colony,
former
tribal
police
officer.
Rodriquez
is
now
on
the
washoe
county
school
district.
I
could
go
on
and
on
again
native
americans
aren't
just
voting
at
the
ballot
box,
but
they
are
getting
their
name
on
the
ballot
to
be
vote
to
to
run
for
office.
B
B
So
let's
talk
about
the
efforts
and
again
this
is
just
such
exciting
news
and
though
the
nevada
indian
commission
has
the
privilege
of
testifying
today
we
are
not
doing
this
in
a
silo.
So,
regarding
efforts,
the
with
the
the
guidance
from
the
nevada,
indian
commission
all
voting
is
local
and
the
native
american
rights
foundation.
Narf
has
developed
the
native
nevada
tribal
leaders
guide.
This
helps
our
leadership
request:
voter
services
for
their
tribal
lands.
B
This
deals
directly
with
all
the
legislation
that
you
all
have
passed
that
enables
our
leadership
to
request
either
an
election
day
polling
place
early
voting,
a
drop-off
site
and
as
well
as
registration
on
voter
registration
on
election
day
during
the
last
year,
we
had
a
really
successful
event.
Despite
a
pandemic,
it
was
referred
to
as
the
res
tour.
On
the
res
tour.
There
was
over
seven
stops
on
tribal
land
native
american
elected
officials.
Tribal
councils
participated
along
with
over
a
hundred
community
members.
We
had
sponsors
that
included
tribal
minds:
the
nevada,
indian
commission.
B
Again
all
voting
is
local,
six,
four
directions.
We
had
assembly
members,
nathan,
nathan,
anderson,
sarah
peters
again,
former
legislator,
shea
backus
they
all
attended.
These
were
just
open
forums
to
talk
to
tribal
citizens
and
community
members
about
the
importance
of
voting.
The
way
you
register
where
your
polling
location,
is.
We
really
emphasized
that,
despite
the
generations,
the
decades
of
marginalization
when
native
americans
vote,
that
is
the
day
when
we
are
all
truly
truly
equal.
B
I'd
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
process.
Miss
harry
had
mentioned
this,
so
I
I
agree
with
her
that
we
don't
have
enough
done
yet,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
you
understand
the
long
long
way
we've
come
in
2019.
B
There
were
no
election
services
on
tribal
lands
in
2020
we
will
have,
or
we
had
11
polling
places
and
ballot
drop-off
boxes.
As
miss
harry
alluded
in
2020,
we
still
had
four
tribal
nations
where
there
are
citizens
who
were
required
to
still
drive
at
least
30
minutes,
so
they
could
exercise
their
right
to
vote
for
six
of
our
tribal
nations.
They
had
to
drive
at
least
30
minutes
in
order
to
early
vote,
so
registration
can
now
be
done
online,
and
that
is
a
huge
coup.
B
B
B
Our
tribal
ids
don't
work
with
the
system
yet
so
that's
another
important
part
that
we
need
to
work
forward
to
keep
in
mind
that
native
americans
comprise
1.3
percent
of
nevada's
eligible
voter
population
1.3.
However,
we
only
have
.14
of
our
people
registered
again.
We
have
some
work
to
do
now.
With
the
pandemic
dissipating,
there
will
be
more
opportunities
to
register
people
in
public
gatherings.
B
Just
for
the
record,
I
want
to
clarify
urban
indians
are
those
tribal
citizens
who
aren't
indigenous
to
the
state
of
nevada,
so
they
are
connected
with
a
tribal
nation,
but
not
one
of
the
27
that
originates
in
nevada
clark
county
has
at
least
according
to
the
last
census,
at
least
62
000
persons
who
identified
as
native
american
from
other
nations,
the
navajo
nations,
the
crow
nation,
the
cree
nation
blackfoot
again,
those
27
nations
that
aren't
in
indigenous
to
the
state
of
nevada.
B
So
tremendous
voter
outreach
in
the
urban
areas
and
it
has
been
driven
and
led
by
many
of
our
partners,
including
the
las
vegas
indian
center
they've,
done
outreach
in
high
schools
specifically
to
our
american
indian
populations.
There's
been
all
kinds
of
tabling
again:
the
pow
wow
events
there's
been
pledge
collections
to
identify
native
americans.
B
B
For
our
people,
if
they
are
able
to
vote
in
their
neighborhood
which
most
nevadans
you
enjoy,
if
our
citizens
go
to
cast
their
ballot
and
they
see
their
neighbor,
their
auntie
working
at
the
pole
place
another
round
face,
it
absolutely
exemplifies.
Excuse
me
it
absolutely
elevates
their
entire
experience.
B
B
B
B
We
also
would
like
to
look
into
requiring
all
voter
systems
to
accept
tribal
ids
on
same-day
registration.
That
is
happening
in
some
of
our
counties,
but
unfortunately
we
do
have
some
poll
workers.
We
do
have
some
county
registrars
that
aren't
even
familiar
with
the
fact
that
the
state
of
nevada
allows
our
tribal
citizens
to
use
their
tribal
ids
it's
coming,
but
not
fast
enough
and
the
nevada
indian
commission
is
dedicated
to
working
with
those
respective
registrars
to
make
sure
that
their
poll
workers
are
familiar
with
all
those
tribal.
B
B
B
I
was
asked
in
advance
of
today's
hearing
if
any
of
our
tribal
agencies,
specifically
our
tribal
governments,
have
submitted
a
request
for
this
to
date.
I
am
unaware
of
any,
however,
again,
it's
important
to
keep
in
mind
the
issues
with
stable
internet
access
again,
the
issue
with
registering
using
our
tribal
ids,
as
that
is
the
most
frequent
form
of
identification
that
our
tribal
citizens
have.
I
believe
it
won't
be
long
before
our
tribal
governments
do
take
advantage
of
ab432.
B
Again,
just
a
few
more
details
about
the
oversight.
Again,
we
really
need
more
help
from
our
respective
county
registrars
that
has
to
be
implemented
and
driven
by
the
secretary
of
state
office.
Again,
some
of
the
registers
are
just
not
familiar
with
the
services
that
are
available
to
our
tribal
nations
per
nevada
law.
Again,
the
turnover
of
registrars
really
impacts
the
pre-existing
relationships
that
our
tribal
nations
have,
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you
all
know
per
federal
guidelines.
B
Now
I
know
as
legislators,
you're
probably
first
thinking
about
implementation
and
all
the
steps
that
that
would
bring
for
a
person
who
works
at
a
former
boarding
school.
In
which
the
mission
was
to
destroy
native
language,
I'm
absolutely
tickled
pink
that
this
could
be
an
issue
for
the
state
of
nevada.
B
B
This
is
a
photo
of
three
tribal
citizens
of
on
the
yamba
shoshone
reservation.
For
those
of
you
that
aren't
familiar
with
that
nation,
you
cannot
get
to
their
land
base
without
traveling
on
a
dirt
road
for
at
least
50
miles
to
say
that
their
constituents
think
out
of
the
box
is
a
huge
understatement.
B
B
A
Thank
you
so
much
miss
montooth,
and
I
will
let
you
know
that
not
at
all
at
any
moment
did
it
appear
to
be
your
first
legislative
presentation.
So
I
know
that
you
were
nervous
about
that
at
the
beginning,
but
you
did
a
tremendous
job.
So
thank
you
with
that
at
this
time,
members
do
we
have
any
questions.
F
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair
and
executive
director
montu.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation
today.
Just
a
brief
aside,
I
had
the
honor
of
serving
in
the
assembly
with
former
assemblyman
john
osaguera.
F
I
served
under
him
when
he
served
as
speaker
of
the
nevada
assembly
he's
an
enrolled
member
of
the
waka
river
paiute
tribe
and,
I
believe,
he's
our
first
and
only
native
american
speaker
of
the
nevada
assembly.
So
a
lot
of
great
things
come
out
of
out
of
your
tribe,
a
lot
of
great
people,
and
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
one
thing
you
mentioned
during
your
presentation
that
caused
me
concern
about
the
tribal
ids
being
honored
by
some
county
registrars,
but
not
by
others,
which
county
registrars.
F
B
Stacy
montooth
nevada,
indian
commission,
for
the
record.
Thank
you,
sir,
for
those
kind
words,
and
I
really
appreciate
you
recognize
our
native
american
leadership
and
this
amazing
body,
specifically
former
speaker
assagera.
He
is
a
huge
friend
and
advocate
in
indian
country.
Thank
you
very
much
for
all
your
kind
words.
As
a
citizen
of
the
waka
river
paiute
nation,
I
too
believe
there
are
great
things
coming
from
shares:
nevada
regarding
issues
with
voter
ids
at
respective
counties.
With
all
due
respect,
I
would
request
that
I
be
able
to
share
that
information
with
your
committee
via
email.
B
I
do
not
have
that
information
with
me
currently,
but
I
can
tell
you
one
of
the
solutions
I
had
mentioned
during
my
presentation
that
intertribal
council
of
nevada,
which
I
sometimes
call
the
united
nations
of
our
tribes.
This
is
a
a
not-for-profit
group
that
has
memberships
from
all
of
the
leadership
of
our
27
tribal
nations,
bands
and
colonies
as
a
collective
body.
This
organization
voted
earlier
this
year
to
direct
every
nation's
enrollment
office
to
work
with
the
nevada,
indian
commission,
in
providing
just
a
xerox
copy
of
that
tribal
id.
My
bag
is
behind
me.
B
B
However
they're
all
valid,
I
will
admit
if
you
are
not
familiar
with
indian
country,
it
could
be
a
bit
overwhelming
if
you're
a
volunteer
poll
worker
and,
in
addition
to
a
nevada
driver's
license,
which
most
people
are
pretty
familiar
with,
and
a
nevada
id
there
are
six
additional
ids
that
need
to
be
accepted.
That
could
be
overwhelming.
B
F
A
A
I
I
actually
have
two
brief
questions.
I
just
want
to
follow
up
on
what
the
vice
chair
asked
ms
montooth,
when
you're
referring
to
individuals
being
asked
for
their
id.
Are
you
referring
to
when
they're
registering
to
vote?
A
Okay,
just
wanted
to
clarify
so
we're
not
talking
about
when
they
go
into
vote
it's
when
a
person
is
registering
to
vote.
Okay.
Thank
you
and
my
next
question
just
out
of
wanting
to
make
sure
that
when,
for
my
own
personal
edification,
when
it
comes
to
data
and
understanding
what
we're
talking
about,
I
personally
have
always
had
the
assumption
that
the
term
urban
indians
refer
to
individuals
who
were
not
living
on
the
reservations
or
tribal
designated
land,
and
you
defined
it
as
people
who
were
not
part
of
tribe
tribal
communities
indigenous
to
nevada.
A
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
when
it
when
it
comes
to
terms
and
definitions
that
I'm
understanding
it
correctly.
So
with
that
being
said,
then
it
makes
me
ask
the
question
so
because
really
I
thought
it
was
people
like
you
know,
as
we
already
mentioned,
tammy
tiger,
I
thought.
Oh,
you
know
this
is
who
we're
referring
to
so,
if
now
hearing
this
new
definition,
then
is
there
a
term
or
terminology
for
us
to
understand?
A
That
does
actually
reflect
those
who
are
you
know,
living
in
summerlin,
living
in
green
valley,
living
in
reno
or
or
just
is
there
a
different
term
for
that
individuals,
because
I
think
it's
important
to
make
sure
that
we're
always
counting
and
including
everyone
that
is
act.
You
know
officially
of
a
tribal
or
indigenous
nation.
B
Stacy
montooth
nevada,
indian
commission,
for
the
record,
I'd
like
to
refer
back
to
the
vice
chair's
comments
about
aging
himself.
Please
rest
assured,
you're,
still
young
and
hip
it's
important
for
everyone
to
know
that
the
stewart
indian
boarding
school
closed
in
1980,
so
for
most
of
that
that
was
just
the
other
day.
So
again,
mr
vice
chair,
please
don't
feel
old.
B
B
So
I
appreciate
the
question
from
our
elected
official
on
that
regarding
the
definition
of
an
urban
indian
first
you're,
absolutely
correct.
It
is
important
like
most
things
in
indian
country,
it
is
complicated.
Adam
you
are
absolutely
correct.
Tammy
tiger
is
an
urban
indian.
She
is
a
tribal
citizen
from
the
cree
nation
who
has
chosen
to
make
las
vegas
her
home.
B
B
B
B
A
Thank
you
for
that,
and
that
really
does
help
for
my
my
personal
understanding
of
the
different
terminologies
and
definitions
and
and
and
what
is
valued
by
individuals
and
our
community.
So
I
will
make
sure
to
because
I
know
at
some
times
it
is
important
to
know
where
people
are
living
where
they're
physically
living
and
those
who
again
may
have
moved
into
the
bigger
cities
and
and
areas
we
have
few
cities
here.
But
you
know
our
bigger
cities
are
more
urban
cities
and
communities
and
stuff.
But
thank
you
for
that.
A
A
A
Our
presenters,
ms
catherine
nielsen,
is
the
executive
director
of
nevada's
governor's
council
on
developmental
disabilities
with
karisha
toshiro.
Please
correct
me.
If
I
did
not
pronounce.
That
correctly
is
the
supervising
attorney
for
nevada,
disability,
advocacy
and
law
center.
They
are
both
in
carson
city
and
we'll
be
using
a
powerpoint
presentation
as
well.
So
when
you
are
ready,
I
believe
I
can't
oh
yeah
it's
a
little
difficult
right
now
to
see,
but
I
believe
you've
approached
so
please
when
you
are
ready.
Please
begin
your
presentation.
I
Well,
thank
you
so
much.
We
want
to
start
with
thanking
you
for
allowing
us
to
be
here
today.
My
name
is
catherine
nielsen.
I
am
the
executive
director
of
the
nevada
governor's
council
on
developmental
disabilities,
just
in
brief,
the
council
engages
in
systemic
change
capacity,
building
and
self-advocacy
for
people
with
intellectual
and
developmental
disabilities
and
their
families
here
in
the
state
of
nevada.
J
Good
morning,
madam
chair
and
members,
thank
you
good
morning,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
for
two
percent.
Today
my
name
is
karissa
tishiro.
I
am
a
supervising
attorney
and
policy
director
with
nevada,
disability,
advocacy
and
law
center
ndalc
is
the
designated
protection
and
advocacy
agency
dedicated
to
promoting,
protecting
and
expanding
the
rights
of
individuals
with
disabilities
in
nevada,.
I
I
If
you
take
a
look
around
this
room
on
the
screen
or
the
room
that
you
are
sitting
in,
that
is
roughly
six
people
for
nevada
a
little
over
three
quarters
of
a
million
people
can
potentially
be
impacted
by
a
change
to
the
current
voting
laws.
Switching
us
from
electronic
to
paper
voting
in
the
2020
election,
roughly
59.7
percent
of
people
with
disabilities
in
our
state
exercised
their
right
to
vote
nationally
about
one
in
nine
voters
with
disabilities
encountered
difficulties
voting
in
2020.
I
I
We're
going
to
start
by
talking
about
accessibility,
so
accessibility
involves
much
more
than
providing
ramps.
It
is
the
key
element
of
inclusion
and
the
baseline
of
equal
service.
Accessibility
refers
to
the
design
of
environments,
products
services
and
is
facilitating
access
for
people
with
disabilities
to
the
same
level
of
access,
independence
and
privacy
as
anyone
else.
I
Ensuring
effective
access
to
information
and
services
isn't
only
about
meeting
legal
requirements
or
satisfying
a
policy
checklist.
It
is
about
constantly
striving
to
expand.
Meaningful
participation
for
all
universal
accessibility
creates
a
world
that
does
not
separate
anyone
based
on
their
abilities.
I
The
ada
provides
a
clear
and
comprehensive
national
mandate
for
the
elimination
of
discrimination
against
individuals
with
disabilities
requiring
state
and
local
governments
to
communicate
as
effectively
with
people
who
have
disabilities.
As
someone
without
when
you
create
a
universal
polling
place,
you
must
design
it
in
such
a
way
that
people
with
disabilities
can
independently
vote
in
privacy.
I
I
So
now
we're
going
to
address
the
topic
of
voting
access
when
people
with
disabilities
vote
in
person.
They
are
supposed
to
be
provided
options
such
as
an
ada
voting
machine.
However,
when
a
voting
place
has
a
separate,
accessible
voting
machine,
it
is
not
used
as
frequently
as
the
primary
method
of
voting.
I
The
experience
is
often
that
representatives
that
are
assisting
them
in
the
polling
locations
are
not
conscious
of
their
volume
and
they
read
the
ballot
and
answers
loud
enough
for
others
to
hear
many
in-person
voting
practices
currently
promote
the
removal
of
access,
independence
and
privacy
when
people
with
disabilities
vote
by
mail,
many
people
with
disabilities
have
expressed
frustration
when
trying
to
vote
by
mail
paper.
Ballots
can
often
not
be
read
by
screen
readers,
and
thus
the
person
may
need
assistance
in
reading
their
options
and
filling
out
their
choices.
I
There's
many
benefits
of
voting
electronically
for
people
with
disabilities
and,
as
I've
discussed
already
today,
access
independence
and
privacy
are
vital
to
protecting
the
rights
of
people
with
disabilities.
When
it
comes
to
the
right
to
vote,
when
working
ada,
accessible
machines
are
provided
at
polling
places
and
staff
is
fully
trained
on
how
to
assist,
people
with
varying
disabilities
are
able
to
vote
independently
and
privately,
while
federal
law
may
dictate
many
decisions.
J
You
so
you
may
have
heard
in
the
news
recently
about
proposals
to
change
the
way
that
elections
are
administered
in
many
of
nevada's
counties
and
particularly
in
our
rural
counties.
So
I'd
just
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
and
the
concerns
with
respect
to
individuals
with
disabilities,
so
in
the
last
month
or
so
county
commissions
in
washoe,
nye,
lander,
esmeralda,
lyon
and
elko
counties
have
all
heard
proposals
about
various
changes
to
election
administration
and
what
they
have
in
common
is
an
effort
to
move
away
from
accessible
electronic
voting
machines.
J
Nye
and
esmeralda
counties
have
already
voted
in
favor
of
recommending
that
their
county
clerks
use
only
hand-counted
paper,
ballots
and
other
counties
have
not
yet
gone
that
route.
Part
of
the
reason
may
be
that
we
are
so
rapidly
approaching
the
primaries,
but
there
is
a
risk
that
they
could
consider
moving
toward
a
paper
ballot
system
in
the
future,
and
that
is
really
problematic
for
individuals
with
disabilities
because,
as
ms
nielsen
described
paper,
ballots
are
not
accessible.
J
Even
if
an
accommodation
is
made
by
having
say
a
single
electronic
voting
machine
at
each
polling
place,
then
there's
still
that
risk
that
poll
workers
won't
be
trained
or
familiar
with
the
machine
or
that
technical
difficulties
could
make
that
one
machine
unavailable
if
having
only
one
machine,
creates
excessive
wait
times.
There
could
be
an
equal
access
issue
and
there's
also
the
problem
of
who
would
determine
whether
a
person
has
a
disability
sufficient
to
allow
them
to
use
that
machine.
J
J
Under
existing
federal
law,
an
all-paper
ballot
system
is
already
prohibited.
A
title
ii
of
the
ada
requires
that
state
and
local
governments
provide
full
and
equal
opportunity
to
vote
and
access
to
the
elections,
process
and
hava.
The
help
americans
vote
act
requires
that
an
entity
conducting
a
federal
election
must
have
at
least
one
accessible
voting
system
at
each
polling
location,
and
that
system
has
to
provide
the
same
opportunity
for
participation
for
individuals
with
disabilities,
as
is
provided
to
everyone
else.
So
there
is
some
existing
federal
law
and
accessibility
in
elections.
J
It
seems
that
much
of
what
is
driving
the
push
towards
paper
ballots
is
concern
around
election
security,
but
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
that
nevada
already
has
a
safe,
accessible
voting
system
in
place.
A
democracy
initiative
education
fund
report
found
that
nevada
ranked
highly
in
metrics
involving
voter
registration,
safe
voting,
security
and
auditing.
J
J
And
in
fact,
nevada
has
gone
above
and
beyond
to
make
sure
that
voting
is
more
accessible
to
all.
Last
year
the
legislature
passed
ab
321,
which
requires
a
ballot
to
be
mailed
to
all
registered
voters,
and
that's
helpful
to
many
voters
with
disabilities
who
may
have
concerns
about
mobility,
medical
fragility
or
transportation
concerns,
and
then
ab121
specifically
allows
voters
with
disabilities
to
use
the
online
ease
system
to
cast
their
votes.
J
Both
of
these
provisions
are
incredibly
important
for
protecting
access
to
voting
for
individuals
with
disabilities,
and
we
should
preserve
those
in
nevada
law
and
then.
Lastly,
in
light
of
recent
paper
ballot
proposals,
we
must
ensure
that
each
polling
site
has
sufficient
numbers
of
accessible
electronic
voting
systems
for
people
with
disabilities,
as
I
described
earlier,
federal
law
protects
this
right,
but
state
law
can
always
mandate
more
specific
or
heightened
protections,
and
electronic
voting
machines
are
essential
for
ensuring
that
individuals
with
disabilities
have
equal
access
to
the
polls
and
that's
critical
to
the
function
of
our
democracy.
A
I
do
not
see
any
members
that
are
signaling
they'd
like
to
ask
a
question
again,
thank
you
for
your
presentation
and
for
the
information
we're
always
glad
to
hear
about
the
needs
of
individual
groups
and
how
we
can
help
service.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
your
information
and
your
time
in
your
presentation
today
and
with
that
I
will
go
ahead
and
you're.
A
We
have
mark
valashen,
deputy
secretary
of
deputy
director
for
secretary
of
state
for
elections
out
of
the
office
of
secretary
of
state,
so
deputy
director
deputy
secretary
veloson,
there
you
are
now
I
see
you
and
so
it's
you
know
between
looking
in
carson
and
looking
on
zoom.
But
I
see
you
now
so
please,
sir,
when
you
are
ready,
proceed.
D
Thank
you
good
morning,
chairman,
ladies
and
gentlemen
committee.
I'm
going
to
pull
up
my
presentation
right
now.
Please.
H
A
D
Morning,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
again
my
name
is
mark
velasco,
deputy
secretary
of
state
for
elections
for
the
record.
Today
I
will
be
talking
through
agenda
item
number.
Seven
in
regards
to
the
effective
absentee
system
for
elections,
also
known
as
ease
a
tool
used
by
our
uniform
military
voters,
overseas
citizens
and
now
voters
with
disabilities.
D
So,
to
start
with,
I'd
like
to
cover
a
little
bit
about
the
statutory
authority
that
directs
the
use
of
these,
it
starts
off
with
nrs293d200,
which
talks
about
and
references
a
system
of
approved
electronic
transmission
for
uniform
military
and
overseas
voters.
This
system,
I
will
like
to
say,
is
it's
proprietary?
I
just
for
your
awareness.
D
This
is
our
state
solution
to
satisfy
requirements
to
support
our
you
acaba
voters.
Juakava
is
a
term
some
of
you
may
be
familiar
with,
but
just
a
reminder.
That's
the
uniformed
and
overseas
citizen
absentee
voting
act.
It's
a
federal
act
that
was
later
augmented
by
the
military
and
overseas
voting
enhancement
act.
This
is
a
solution.
Ease
that
we'll
be
talking
about
today
again,
is
something
that
other
states
have
similar
versions
of.
D
In
many
cases
there
are
vendors
that
provide
a
similar
type
service
but
eases
our
state
specific
proprietary
version
assembly
bill
121
passed
during
this
last
legislative
session,
also
authorized
the
requires
exceeding
the
secretary
of
state
to
allow
the
e-system
to
be
used
by
registered
voters
with
a
disability
as
well
to
both
register
and
apply
for
and
cast
their
ballots.
D
And
then,
lastly,
and
we'll
talk
about
this
a
little
bit
more
in
depth
in
a
few
slides,
there
is
an
additional
regulation
that
we
adopted
just
actually
last,
I'm
sorry
this
year
in
2022,
one
of
the
roughly
147
pages
of
adopted,
newly
adopted
or
modified
regulations
related
specifically
to
the
implementation
of
assembly
bill
121,
as
it
relates
to
ease
and
I'll
talk
through
some
of
that
here
in
a
moment.
D
So
to
start
with
again,
most
recently
really
between
the
2020
election
cycle
and
now
the
2022
cycle.
We
did
update
the
e's
system
again
as
its
proprietary.
We're
able
to
in
a
much
more
efficient
manner
address
everything
from
legislative
changes
to
if
we
are
notified
by
advocacy
groups
about
ideas
on
how
to
improve
it,
and
that's
certainly
something
that
we
talked
to
advocacy
groups
about,
then
we
are
able
to
turn
around
and
quickly
improve
and
update
the
system.
D
Most
recently
again,
some
of
these
improvements
included
modifying
the
affirmation
and
I'll
show
you
what
that
looks
like
here
in
a
few
moments
as
well,
and
then
we
noticed
that
there
was
a
trend
where
a
previous
method
of
electronic
transmission
that
had
been
used
through
the
e's
system.
It
would
create
an
encrypted
pdf
so
that
the
voter,
when
they
were
done,
would
email
that
encrypted
pdf
to
their
local
election
official
the
county.
D
We
realized
that
that
again,
there
were
some
some
concerns
about
the
security
of
it
and
while
we
believe
it
was
a
secure
system
that
the
goal
is
to
again
continuously
find
improvements,
so
we've
improved
that
system
and
it
now
transmits
it
through
a
secure
server
and
also
not
only
will.
I
think
that
be
a
little
bit
more
of
a
secure
process.
D
But
I
believe
it's
also
going
to
eliminate
some
of
the
concerns
that
voters
have
expressed
where,
when
they
when
it
creates
that
encrypted
pdf,
and
then
you
save
it
to
the
computer,
but
they
have
to
try
to
track
down
where
it
was
at
on
their
computer
to
send
it.
I
I
know
I
heard
from
a
couple
of
voters
that
was
a
bit
of
a
challenge,
so
this
process
will
even
further
enhance
and
make
that
easier,
not
only
for
our
military
and
overseas
voters,
but
also
for
the
individuals.
D
Voters
who
have
a
disability
as
well
this
the
fourth
bullet
on
this
page
or
slide,
rather
that
I'd
like
to
draw
your
attention
to
ease,
because
again,
it
was
related
specifically
to
the
military
and
overseas
voters.
D
Previously
it
had
been
turned
on
so
to
speak
for
only
the
federal
elections,
but
now,
with
the
passage
of
assembly,
bill,
121
ease
is
viewed
as
an
ada
tool
and
therefore
again
going
forward.
These
will
be
turned
on
for
all
elections
across
the
state
county
level.
Statewide
to
ensure
that
again,
voters
with
a
disability
are
able
to
continuously
use
it
and
get
comfortable
with
the
system.
Not
only
for
a
primary
and
general
election,
but
also
for
any
special
election
across
the
state.
D
D
Earlier
against
lcb
file
number
r081-21,
and
if
anybody
has
questions
about
it,
I'm
certainly
able
to
provide
that
text
as
well.
Some
of
the
the
things
that
this
regulation
did
first
and
foremost,
provides
a
little
bit
of
clarity
in
regards
to
who
exactly
is
able
to
to
use
ease.
D
I
do
want
to
state
also
that
the
the
regulations
were
developed
not
only
with
our
staff
here
in
the
elections
division,
but
also
in
close
coordination
with
the
office
of
the
attorney
general
and
the
lcb
legal
staff,
who
are
very,
very
helpful
across
the
board
in
the
development,
so
one
it
defines
the
voter
the
who
is
able
to
use
ease
again
pursuant
to
selling
bill
121.
D
It
identifies
what
exactly
needs
to
be
explained
again,
really
directing
the
office
of
secretary
of
state
to
to
provide
some
additional
information
and
to
update
the
affirmations.
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that
was
in
regulation
as
well,
so
it
was
very
clear
why
and
what
those
affirmations
were
and
then,
lastly,
there
was
a
reporting
requirement.
D
We
view
the
use
of
ease
again
by
the
voters
with
a
disability
to
be
a
great
opportunity,
for
you
know
those
members
of
the
electorate,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
able
to
capture
that
so
that
we
can
report
back
to
this
body
and
the
legislature
going
forward
on
our
effectiveness
of
our
outreach
campaigns
so
that
we're
aware
of
how
many
individuals
are
using
it
going
forward.
D
So
here
is
the
existing
affirmation.
Again.
This
one
is
specific,
you'll
notice
in
that
first
sentence
to
the
the
military
and
their
their
dependents
and
their
family
members
and
overseas
citizens
residing
outside
of
the
united
states.
Again,
just
just
for
awareness.
You
can
see
what
the
initial
affirmation
looked
like.
The
regulation
that
I
referenced
earlier
added
this
part
again,
just
simply
stating
under
penalty
approachery,
individual
who's
going
to
be
using
the
e-system
truly
qualifies.
D
We've
also
included
instructions
on
how
to
return
the
ballot
that
top
one.
The
return
to
the
approved
electronic
transmission
is
the
one
I
referenced
earlier
again.
That's
through
a
secure
server.
It
directly
puts
that
that
document
onto
our
server
and
the
and
that
enables
the
county
election
officials
to
download
it
directly.
D
So
it's
not
being
emailed
back
and
forth
or
again
getting
lost
anywhere
on
someone's
hard
drive
or
that
sort
of
thing
increasing
security
and
the
ease
for
the
individual
who's
attempting
to
return
that
ballot,
there's
also
an
option,
of
course
to
to
mail
it
back
in.
We
provide
an
explanation
there
as
well,
and
that
is
of
course,
postage
paid.
D
So
our
outreach
efforts,
since
the
end
of
the
legislative
session
we've
gone
in
to
the
best
of
our
ability,
tried
to
communicate
with
individuals
again
not
only
across
the
military
and
overseas
citizen
sphere,
but
also
to
members
of
the
disabled
community
to
notify
them
of
this
change.
So
that
again,
these
these
voters,
who
otherwise
are
focused
on
their
day-to-day
lives
and
work
and
families
and
those
sorts
of
things,
are
aware
of
this
opportunity.
D
As
we
approach
the
2022
cycle
that
outreach
effort
has
not
stopped,
it
will
not
stop
nor
with
the
primary
nor
with
the
general
elections.
That's
going
to
be
a
sustained
and
continuous
part
of
our
outreach
effort
going
forward.
D
We've
gotten
pretty
good,
I
think
at
being
able
to
set
up
and
coordinate
zoom
calls
in
many
cases,
so
we
can
reach
out
to
individuals
across
the
state
who
this
would
apply
to
or
in
fact
across
the
world
as
well
and
then
share
the
screen,
as
I
did
during
the
legislative
session
to
do
a
demo
of
these
to
show
folks
exactly
how
it
works
and
how
easy
it
can
be
to
actually
use
to
eliminate
any
sort
of
concerns
or
questions
about
the
system.
D
It
also
enables
us
to
answer
questions
directly
with
voters
as
well
and
again
those
those
outreach
efforts
will
continue
going
forward.
The
go
live
for
the
primary
election
is,
coincidentally.
Today
we
we've
finished
the
implementation.
D
The
setup
is
a
bit
of
a
fairly
in-depth
and
lengthy
process,
and,
while
the
members
of
the
election
division
here,
you
know,
we've
got
a
significant
amount
of
turnover.
We've
got
some
incredible
staff
members
now
that
I
think
you'd
be
very
proud
to
see
working
very
diligently
to
make
sure
that
this
system
is
set
up
properly
and
on
time
to
meet
federal
deadlines
so
that
the
the
voters
who
are
eligible
to
use
it
are
able
to
do
so.
D
The
the
go
live
date
of
april
29th
is
important
because
there
is
a
federal
requirement
for
you.
Okava
mail
ballots
that
give
us
the
uniform
that
oversees
citizen
mail
ballots
to
be
mailed
no
later
than
the
45th
day
before
an
election
which,
by
the
way,
is
tomorrow,
tomorrow's
the
45th
day
before
the
election.
So
today
it
has
to
be
turned
on
so
that
the
mail
ballots
are
sent
out
today
and
then
ease
will
be
turned
on
as
well,
so
that
those
voters
are
able
to
again
use
this
system
going
forward.
D
D
It,
of
course,
does
not
capture
who
an
individual
votes
for
that
uses.
The
system,
the
secrecy
of
the
ballot
is
extremely
important
and
that
is
not
captured
or
maintained,
but
we
do
capture
information
about
the
individuals
who
use
the
system.
It's
so
in-depth,
in
fact
that
the
you
know
if
an
individual
gets
two
or
three
pages
into
it
and
then
stops
we're
able
to
tell
in
it.
D
For
example,
there
were
a
series
of
individuals
who
stopped
using
the
e's
system
on
page
four
or
maybe
after
clicking
a
certain
spot,
and
we
identified
maybe
a
bit
of
a
problem
there
we'd
be
able
to
tell
so
that
we
could
address
that
and
make
sure
that
we
figure
out
what
was
going
on
and
improve
the
system.
D
It
does
track
return
methods
again,
so
we
can
identify-
and
these
are
all
statistics,
of
course,
that
we
will
provide
back
to
this
body
going
forward.
So
again,
you
can
see
the
effectiveness
and
are
aware
of
it
following
the
primary
there's,
continuous
work
to
be
done.
I
think
here
in
the
elections,
division
there's
a
number
of
things
that
we
say
we're
pleased,
but
not
satisfied
with.
D
This
is
one
of
them
in
particular,
there's
a
lot
of
requirements
that
we've
been
working
on
to
make
it
more
secure
to
increase
the
I'm
sorry
to
modify
the
affirmations
as
I
mentioned
before,
but
there
are
some
continuous
process
improvements
that
we're
looking
at
and
a
number
of
other
things
moving
forward
that
we'll
implement
prior
to
the
general
election
and
then
there's
also
a
couple
larger
type
processes
that
we're
going
to
anticipate
moving
forward
on
following
the
general
before
the
next
election
cycle.
A
Thank
you
for
that
deputy
secretary
velascian
with
that
members.
Do
we
have
any
questions.
E
Thank
you
very
much
and
good
morning,
so
a
very,
very
good
presentation.
I
I
learned
something
every
time
we
have
these
conversations.
This
isn't
exactly
on
the
presentation
itself.
It's
more
about
a
a
process,
question
that
I
would
like
to
ask
you
and
I'm
I'm
pretty
sure,
you're
going
to
have
to
get
back
to
me
with
the
answer.
E
So
a
number
of
the
different
counties
are
now
having
debates
about
not
using
the
machines
that
were
funded
and
we've
been
doing
a
little
bit
of
research
into
that
I'd
kind
of
like
to
know
where
the
secretary
of
state's
office
is.
If
those
counties
decide
not
to
use
those
machines,
do
you
have
a
way
to
recall
them
back
so
that
they
can
play
be
placed
in
other
counties
or
possibly
into
some
of
the
indian
country,
so
that
there's
more
access
to
voting
in
other
places
that
do
want
the
machines.
D
Thank
you
for
the
the
question.
Assemblyman
carlton
mark
washington
for
the
record.
E
And-
and
I
and
I
hated
to
sideswipe
you
this
way
I
apologize.
I
should
have
called
you
a
couple
of
days
ago
to
give
you
a
heads
up,
but
in
hearing
the
presentations
that
we've
heard
earlier
about
access
and
about
people
having
to
drive
30
minutes
to
get
to
just
a
drop
box
not
being
able
to
get
registration
done
in
different
counties.
E
So
when
we
get
to
the
point
of
being
able
to
make
sure
that
the
people
who
want
access
have
access
to
the
ballot
box,
if
those
machines
are
not
going
to
be
used
and
they
were
paid
for
and
the
state
invested
the
money
in
those
machines
granted,
it
was
only
50
percent,
but
we
still
annie'd
up,
and
I
even
got
thank
you
notes
from
some
of
the
county
commissioners
and
some
of
the
clerks
in
those
counties.
Saying.
Thank
you
very
much
for
funding
this
for
us.
E
If
they're
not
going
to
be
used,
I
would
really
hope
you
guys
figure
out
a
way
to
get
them
back
and
put
them
someplace
else.
They
don't
need
to
be
sitting
in
a
storage
room
someplace,
not
serving
the
people
of
the
state
of
nevada
when
it
comes
to
this
next
election.
So
thank
you
very
much
and
I
look
forward
to
getting
a
response
and
if
you
would
send
it
to
the
chair
and
staff,
so
they
can
share
with
everyone.
That
would
be
great.
Thank
you.
So
much.
A
Okay,
not
seeing
any
members
with
additional
questions,
we
will
go
ahead
and
close
this
agenda
item
and
move
on
to
our
next
presentation.
We'll
move
on
to
agenda
item
eight
because
we
do
have
joe
gloria,
our
registrar
voters
from
clark
county
here
physically
in
las
vegas,
and
grant
sawyer
with
us,
and
our
next
presenters
will
be
on
zoom.
So
what
we'll
do
is
we'll
have
this
presentation
agenda
item
eight
then
we'll
take
a
15
minute
break
and
then
we'll
move
back
to
agenda
item
five.
A
Just
so
everyone's
aware
of
what
the
plan
is
for
the
very
soon
future.
With
that
welcome
again
joe
gloria,
our
registrar
voters,
this
presentation
for
agenda
item
8
is
on
an
update
from
clark
county
on
the
preparations
for
the
2022
primary
election
and
whenever
you're
ready.
Please
proceed.
K
Good
morning,
madam
chair
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here
to
share
some
information
with
the
committee.
I
have
to
open
up
and
say
that
I'm
working
at
a
slight
disadvantage
today.
I
had
surgery
on
my
eyes
this
week
and
although
I'm
very
excited
that
the
cataract
has
turned
on
the
lights
again
for
me,
I'm
having
a
little
bit
of
trouble.
K
Whether
you
are
aware
of
it
or
not.
Because
of
the
speed
at
which
we
move
to
going
with
the
all-male
in
the
2020
election,
we
actually
had
to
ascertain
a
a
way
to
find
more
square
footage
so
that
we'd
have
room
for
the
increased
counting
board
and
all
of
the
processes
have
become
necessary
when
you're
looking
at
a
about
five
hundred
thousand
mail
ballots
coming
in
so
with
support
from
the
county
and
we've
been
working
since
at
least
october.
K
K
We
were
challenged
in
the
2020
election
in
that
we
were
using
a
facility
that
had
multiple
rooms
and
it
wasn't
easy
to
see
the
entire
process,
as
things
were
going
on
for
supervisors
and
even
for
observers,
who
we
wanted
to
make
sure
and
give
an
opportunity
to
watch
what
was
going
on
and
give
explanations
for
exactly
what
was
going
on
in
the
process.
So
now
that
we
have
a
nice
big
area,
it'll
be
very
easy
for
the
observers
to
watch
what's
going
on
and
for
what.
K
We
call
ambassadors
that
we
hire
and
educate
on
exactly
what
those
processes
are
to
explain
to
them
exactly.
What's
going
on,
we've
also
created
another
area
where
we're
able
to
have
redundancy
in
our
mail
ballot
processing
machine
system,
which
is
our
agilis
machine.
So
there
we
have
two
of
them
now,
which
again
increases
the
efficiency
of
what
we
do
and
gives
us
the
ability
to
process
a
large
number
of
ballots
in
a
short
period
of
time.
K
K
Another
change
that
comes
this
year
is
that
the
cities
are
now
being
supported
in
the
even
years
so
a
couple
years
back
in
the
legislature.
They
moved
those
to
the
even
years
so
now
they
will
start
to
enjoy
higher
turnout
in
the
municipal
elections
and
no
cost
to
support
those
elections,
as
it
doesn't
cost
us
anything
really
to
add
those
offices
onto
our
ballot,
since
we're
already
serving
all
of
our
voters
for
all
the
other
races
that
are
included
in
the
even
year.
K
So
we're
excited
about
that
and
we've
been
working
directly
with
the
cities
to
get
that
taken
care
of
going
back
again
to
the
mail
ballot
process.
I
wanted
to
make
you
aware
that
my
staff
has
been
very
busy
in
the
offseason
and
we've
benefited
from
a
network
of
election
officials
and
some
non-partisan
groups
who
have
sponsored
the
ability
to
go
and
observe
election
activity
in
the
state
of
colorado
which,
as
far
as
mail
is
concerned,
is
considered
one
of
the
gold
standards
for
how
they
go
about
processing
male
ballots.
K
It
was
a
tight
timeline.
However,
thanks
to
the
support
from
the
county,
we
were
able
to
purchase
some
high-speed
mail
ballot,
readers
which
read
ballots
in
at
almost
a
10
times
quicker
rate
than
our
previous
system,
which
really
wasn't
designed
for
reading
mail
ballots
of
the
large
number
that
we
were
receiving
in
2020.
K
We've
also
included
the
use
of
extractors,
which
basically
is
an
automated
system
that
adds
another
level
of
privacy
to
all
of
the
voters.
For
my
counting
board,
because
the
mail
ballot
envelopes
go
into
this
machine
and
slide
across
without
giving
the
worker
any
ability
to
see
the
voter's
name
or
their
party
or
anything
along
those
lines
on
that
return
envelope
and
then
in
an
automated
fashion,
it
opens
up
that
envelope
on
there
we'll
pull
it
out.
K
So
that's
another
important
piece
of
equipment
that
we've
added
and
we've
also
brought
in
some
equipment
for
ballot
on
demand
and
ballot
duplication
system
which
will
allow
us
to
efficiently
do
that
in
an
automated
fashion.
So
we
want
to
thank
those
groups
for
sponsoring
and
giving
us
the
ability
to
go
out
to
colorado
and
learn
and
also
for
the
support
from
county
management
to
allow
us
to
go
and
do
that
mail
ballots.
K
It's
the
election
is
upon
us
and
so
starting
today,
as
deputy
secretary
wilshire
was
mentioning
our
overseas
ballots
are
going
to
go
out
effective
today,
as
the
deadline
is
tomorrow,
so
they'll
start
going
out
overseas,
our
out-of-state
ballots
will
start
going
out
no
later
than
the
5th
of
may.
K
Our
local
ballots
will
go
out
no
later
than
the
25th
of
may
and
on
all
of
those
ballots
that
are
going
out
there.
I'll
go
postage
paid,
so
any
voter
can
just
vote
their
ballot
and
with
the
postage
paid
envelope
put
it
in
through
the
usps,
then
we're
definitely
confident
that
the
post
office
will
get
those
ballots
back
to
us.
K
You
can
look
into
a
lot
of
jurisdictions
and
you
won't
find
many
that
are
offering
that
type
of
service
to
the
voters,
as
we
do
here
in
clark
county
for
election
day,
that's
125
sites
plus
the
clerks
in
the
election
center
for
a
total
of
131
locations
throughout
the
valley,
where
any
voter
can
come
and
securely
drop
off
their
mail
ballot.
We'll
have
stan
staff
that
is
trained
there.
These
security
boxes
will
be
chained
to
something
to
secure
them
and
they'll
be
bipartisan.
K
And
then,
following
that
june,
18th
deadline
for
the
postmarked
envelopes
coming
in
from
the
postal
services.
We
also
have
the
cure
running
through
the
20th
of
june,
so
that
will
give
those
voters
an
opportunity
whose
signature
did
not
match
in
our
system.
We're
statutorily
required
to
communicate
with
those
voters.
If
we
have
an
email
address
or
a
phone
number,
we
will
contact
them
by
both
of
those
means
and
also
through
the
mail
to
let
them
know
that
they
are
in
the
cure
process.
K
We
are
also
going
to
continue
the
use
of
a
tool
that
was
put
in
place
by
the
secretary
of
state's
office.
That's
called
text
to
cure,
which
brings
an
automated
process
in
for
these
folks
who
are
in
the
cure
process
to
take
care
of
that
simply
using
their
telephone,
so
we're
taking
care
of
the
of
setting
that
up
for
the
primary
and
the
secretary
of
state,
I
believe,
we'll
be
doing
it
statewide
for
the
november
general
early
voting,
we're
very
excited
to
say,
we'll,
go
back
to
what
we
consider
normal
coverage.
K
The
challenge
that
we
dealt
with
in
2020
with
the
covet
pandemic
was
it
was
tremendous.
The
work
that
my
staff
did
to
deal
with
that
and
provide
a
safe
environment
for
work
for
voters
to
come
out
during
the
november
election,
whether
they
chose
to
vote
by
mail
or
whether
they
chose
to
come
out
and
vote
in
person.
K
We
had
a
safe
environment
for
them
to
take
advantage
and
get
out
and
cast
their
ballot,
but
this
year
we'll
be
going
back
to
the
malls
again,
which
is
what
we
we're
doing
for
many
years,
because
it's
always
been
our
policy
that
we
want
to
go
where
voters
shop
play,
get
a
bike
to
eat.
High
traffic
areas
are
good
areas
for
us
and
we
try
to
set
up
as
many
locations
in
those
types
of
areas
as
we
possibly
can
so.
The
grocery
stores,
which
is
also
a
very
popular
site
with
the
voters
in
clark
county.
K
K
There'll
be
over
30
sites
daily
for
the
primary
and
then
for
the
general.
We'll
also
add
our
college
team.
The
colleges
are
out
of
session
during
the
primary
election,
so
we
don't
support
that
team
in
the
primary.
However,
for
the
general,
as
we
have
done
for
many
years
in
the
past,
we
have
a
mobile
team
that
will
travel
to
unlv,
there's
three
campuses.
That
csn
allows
us
to
come
in
and
provide
voting
and
nevada
state
college
as
well.
K
So
we
have
supported
that
program
for
many
years
and
it
does
show
great
turnout
and
gives
students
an
opportunity,
as
they
are
busy
very
busy
trying
to
work
on
making
sure
they're
getting
their
schoolwork
done.
So
that's
a
great
opportunity
to
reach
out
to
them
and
turn
out
has
only
increased
since
we've
started
the
use
of
those
teams
for
election
day.
K
We're
still
going
to
have
the
125
vote,
centers
that
we
provide
throughout
clark
county
and
it's
important
to
mention
that
none
of
the
rural
areas
as
a
result
of
going
to
a
vote
center
lost
any
of
their
voting
locations.
In
fact,
they
all
all
of
those
rural
locations
that
we
used
to
vote
when
we
were
precinct
based
still
have
a
vote
center,
so
whether
you're
in
sandy
valley,
indian,
springs,
mesquite
all
the
way
down
to
vegas
laughlin,
boulder
city
searchlight.
You
still
have
your
election
day
vote
center
with
the
dropbox
to
support.
K
We've
been
working
hard
to
get
everything
proofed
and
prepared,
keep
in
mind
that
we're
federally
required
to
provide
all
of
our
information
in
spanish
and
filipino.
So
what
that
means
is
we
have
to
have
staff
available
to
proof
not
just
the
english
in
over
270
ballot
styles,
but
the
spanish
and
the
filipino
plus
all
of
the
information
in
the
brochures
that
we
provide
with
our
early
voting
and
vote
center,
documentation
that
we
provide
to
the
public
and
provide
to
our
local
advocates
who
help
to
share
that
information
in
their
communities.
K
All
of
that
is
coming
out
really
soon
where,
despite
the
paper
shortage,
we
have
been
secured
the
ability
to
print
these
documents,
however,
because
of
the
paper
shortage,
we're
not
printing
as
many
as
we
have
in
the
past,
the
sample
ballot
will
come
out
the
week
before
early
voting
starts,
and
we
always
like
to
encourage
the
legislature
put
in
the
ability
for
people
to
request
an
electronic
sample
ballot,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
really
like
to
make
really
clear
to
voters
is
that
when
you
sign
up
for
an
electronic
sample
ballot
through
the
registered
voter
services
on
our
website,
you
actually
receive
that
information
prior
to
any
of
the
voters
who
receive
the
paper
sample
ballot
because
we're
able
to
send
that
when
those
images
are
ready
to
go
so
they
get
their
information
a
little
bit
earlier.
K
We
were
really
excited
when
that
opportunity
came
about
as
a
result
of
the
law
that
passed.
However,
I
I
really
would
like
to
promote
it,
and
I
hope
that
the
committee
will
share
with
for
those
of
you
who
live
in
clark
county
with
your
neighbors
and
colleagues
and
friends
family.
You
should
consider
going
electronic
with
that,
especially
with
what
we're
dealing
with
in
the
paper
shortage.
K
A
little
bit
more
information
before
I'll
open
it
up
for
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
the
committee
may
have
for
me,
the
redistricting
that
we
had
to
complete.
It
was
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
as
well
that
my
staff
completed
and
as
a
result
of
getting
that
information
late
because
of
covet
and
the
census
release
coming
late.
We
were
unable
to
provide
that
information
in
the
manner
that
we
normally
take
advantage
of,
which
is
through
the
voter
registration
card
that
we
send
out
leading
into
every
even-yeared
election.
K
We
did
make
that
information
available
for
all
voters
through
our
registered
voter
services
portal
on
the
website
starting
in
mid-february.
However,
it
will
be
printed
on
each
voter's
individual
sample
ballot.
So
on
the
back
page,
where
you
see
your
address
and
your
normally,
you
do
have
your
party
there
for
the
primary
and
your
precinct
number.
You
will
also
have
your
new
districts
listed
there,
and
it
was
through
no
fault
of
our
own
that
we
were
unable
to
get
that
out.
That
information
out
the
way
we
normally
have
in
many
years
past.
K
It
only
occurs
every
10
years,
so
that'll
be
on
on
the
sample
ballot.
K
And
with
that,
I
just
want
to
mention
that
for
the
general
community
we
try
to
encourage
them
if
we
have
any
buddy
who
is
interested
in
working
the
polls
and
in
particular,
if
you
speak
spanish
or
filipino,
it's
very
important
that
we
meet
those
federal
requirements
to
have
those
translators
out
in
the
field
for
early
voting
and
for
the
election
day
vote
centers.
I'm
told
that
our
numbers
are
good.
K
So
please
encourage
your,
your
colleagues,
friends
and
all
your
neighbors
that,
if
they're
interested
in
working
to
call
four
five
five
vote
and
they'll
forget
the
information
and
find
out
how
they
can
sign
up
to
help
us
out
with
that.
K
I
can't
say
enough
about
my
staff
and
the
work
that
they've
done
to
make
all
of
these
changes
come
to
fruition
and
also
the
support
that
we've
received
from
the
board
of
county
commissioners
and
my
county
management,
who
are
always
behind
us
and
making
sure
we
have
what
we
need.
So
with
that
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
the
committee
might
have
for
me.
L
Yes,
thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you,
mr
gloria
good
morning
to
you
just
want
to
make
sure
I
heard
you
correct.
You
said
that
local
ballots
will
go
out
no
later
than
may
25th.
That
is
correct.
Do
you
happen
to
know
whether
there
is
a
more
precise
date
within
that
time
span?
We
anticipate
that
they
will
likely
go
out
or,
if
there's
a
target
date,
or
maybe
it's
over
a
multi-day
span,
or
is
that
just
sort
of
a
little
bit
up
in
the
air
save
for
between
now
and.
K
Madam
chair,
with
your
permission,
I'll
reply
directly
to
the
committee
member-
yes,
please
direct
assemblyman.
Yes,
it's
we
don't
like
to
make
predictions,
because
sometimes
things
go
wrong.
It's
a
tremendous
job.
When
you
have
to
print
1.3
million
ballots
to
get
ready
for
a
jurisdiction.
K
I
can
tell
you
that
the
performance
from
the
vendor
that
we
lined
up
with
in
the
2020
election,
it's
hard
to
believe
that
they're
able
to
do
that,
but
I've
been
through
their
facility
and
toured
and
they've
got
a
very
secure,
awesome
setup
there
with
what
they're
available
to
do.
They
can
get
those
ballots
out
once
they're
printed
and
stuffed
in
one
day,
and
although
the
facility
is
in
phoenix
when
they
drop
voters
here
in
clark,
county
usually
get
it
the
very
next
day,
the
large
majority
of
them.
K
So
the
25th
is
my
statutory
deadline.
So
I
guarantee
you
that
we
will
follow
and
make
sure
that
we
meet
that
deadline.
But
if
the
printer
is
ready,
we're
not
going
to
delay
getting
ballots
out
to
voters,
but
I
don't
like
to
predict
because
you
just
never
know
what
might
happen.
There
could
be
a
malfunction
in
the
system
and
although
they
have
redundancy
might
run
really
close
to
that
date
of
the
25th.
But
it
could
be
a
little
earlier
if
they're,
ready.
F
F
You
stand
in
line
if
you
could,
for
you
know
hours
if
it
was
a
very
you
know
busy
general
election
and
now
you
know
there
are
so
many
obstacles
that
have
been
removed
with
early
voting
and
with
the
mail
balloting,
and
I
definitely
want
to
thank
you
and
all
the
staff,
the
election
department
who
worked
so
hard
to
to
provide
those
different
avenues
for
people
to
participate
in
the
democracy.
F
One
question
I
have
with
the
switch
to
vote
centers
one
concern
was
that
a
lot
of
folks
who
waited
to
vote
election
day
traditionally
like
to
vote
on
election
day.
Would
you
know
getting
confused
as
to
the
old
traditional
polling
place
versus
the
vote
center?
K
Thank
you
for
the
question
vice
chair
warren
shaw,
and
if
you
remember
back,
then
there
were
precinct-based
polling
places,
so
you
had
to
go
to
the
correct
polling
place
too
and
you
work
across
town.
So
those
challenges
are
gone.
I've
seen
in
the
years
since
we've
implemented
the
the
vote
center
that
it's
a
very
easy
adjustment
to
make,
because
you
can't
go
to
the
wrong
site.
K
K
So
it's
much
like
early
voting,
so
it's
very
difficult
for
the
voter
to
make
a
mistake
as
long
as
they're
going
to
any
one
of
those
sites
that
we
have
listed
as
a
vote
center,
that
they're
going
to
be
able
to
to
get
processed
and
vote
their
ballot,
so
it
just
makes
it
that
much
easier
for
them
on
election
day.
Knowing
that,
no
matter
what
happens
to
them
that
day
in
the
urban
area,
we
designed
the
layout
of
those
sites
so
that
they
wouldn't
be
more
than
about
two
and
a
half
miles
apart.
K
We
try
to
stick
to
that
and
then
again
in
the
rural
areas,
we
didn't
remove
one
site
in
the
rural
areas.
They
all
kept
their
sites.
So
they're
vote
centers.
Now
so,
if
you're,
the
the
pepsi
guy
or
the
frito-lay
guy
and
you're
delivering
mosquito
laughlin,
you
can
still
go
over
there
and
vote
that
day
on
your
break.
So
it's
it's
been
a
big
convenience
for
voters
and
I
I
think
they've
adjusted
well
and
they
enjoy
the
the
flexibility
in
being
able
to
do
that.
E
K
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblyman
dick
indy.
It's
a
very
simple
process.
It's
a
it's!
It's
basically
an
app
that
you
can
go
through
for
text
to
cure
and
the
voter
verifies
their
identity
by
providing
a
picture
of
their
id
that
they
take
with
their
phone
and
attach
to
that
record,
and
then
they
have
to
sign
in
that
text
secured
to
state
that
they
are
affirming
that
they
are
who
who
the
they
are,
who
they
are
for
lack
of
a
better
term,
and
then
they
send
that
electronically
to
us.
K
That
goes
to
a
secure
file
where
my
office,
they
check
that
three
to
four
times
daily,
to
make
sure
that
they're
keeping
up
with
those
as
they
come
in.
They
verify
the
information
and
as
as
long
as
they've,
provided
exactly
what
they're
required
to
provide
through
the
tech
secure.
Then
their
ballot
is
now
moved
from
the
cure
process
to
ready
to
be
counted
and
put
in
the
stacks
to
go
to
the
counting
board.
B
That
sounds
good,
thank
you
and
I
hope
your
vision
returns
to
normal
quickly.
A
K
A
C
Our
ids
now
have
a
scannable,
a
digital
mark.
That's.
K
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Senator
ganzard,
I'm
afraid
it's
gonna,
I'm
gonna
have
to
get
back
to
you
on
that.
I
don't
think
they
take
a
picture
of
both
sides,
but
I
do
know
that
the
application
is
pretty
straightforward
and
gives
the
instructions.
I
think
it's
just
the
front
side
of
that,
but
I
would
have
to
get
back
to
you
I'll,
be
happy
to
get
that
information
to
you
to
let
you
know
if
it
requires
both
sides.
C
Thank
you.
That
would
be
great.
D
I
just
know
the
digital
side.
You
can't
really
duplicate
that
you
know
there's
no
way
to
modify
it.
So
I
thanks
for
getting
back
to
me.
A
A
K
Yes,
man,
I'm
sure,
that's
correct.
The
secretary
of
state
started
this:
the
use
of
the
tech
secure.
It's
actually
an
application
that
came
from
the
state
of
colorado
in
denver.
There
was
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
that
came
out
of
that
county
when
they
moved
to
all
male
and
amber
mcreynolds
has
been
a
leader
in
everything
that
has
to
do
with
male
ballots
for
a
long
time.
K
So
it
was
a
team
that
was
a
group
of
programmers
that
actually
used
to
work
for
denver
county
in
colorado
and
they've
broken
out
now
and
are
building
tools
for
jurisdictions
to
use
throughout
the
country.
But
it
was
a
secretary
of
state
because
there
is
a
cost.
It's
not
a
free
service,
so
the
secretary
of
state
led
the
way
with
that
and
provided
it
in
2020.
K
For
some
reason
they
couldn't
get
that
funded
for
the
primary,
so
we're
taking
it
on
in
clark
county
on
our
own
to
make
sure
that
we
still
have
that
process
available
for
our
voters
here
in
clark
county
and
for
the
general
they've
assured
us
that
they'll
have
it
available
for
the
entire
state.
Again.
A
A
A
Hello,
everyone
thank
you
for
everyone
being
prompt
and
returning
from
our
quick
break,
we
will
now
open
up
agenda
item
five,
which
is
a
presentation
on
the
uniformed
military
and
overseas
voting.
Today,
our
presenters
are
scott
weidman,
deputy
director
of
federal
voting
assistance
program
from
the
u.s
department
of
defense
and
heather
ud
from
state
legislative
affairs,
state
legislative
affairs
specialists
also
from
the
federal
voting
assistance
program.
A
They
will
be
presenting
via
zoom
and
there's
also
a
powerpoint
presentation.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
for
making
yourselves
available
to
present
to
us
here
in
nevada
today
and
whenever
you
are
ready.
Please
proceed.
G
A
A
C
G
You
know
a
couple
years
down
the
road
and
we
still
have
these
issues.
I
do
again.
My
name
is
heather
udi,
I'm
the
state
legislative
affairs
specialist,
with
the
department
of
defense's
federal
voting
assistance
program
with
me
today
is
our
deputy
director
scott
weedman.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
present
today
and
also
thank
you
again
for
just
working
with
us
on
some
of
our
scheduling
complex,
to
allow
us
to
present
later
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
share
my
screen.
G
Great
I'll
go
ahead
and
get
started
so
today
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
fvap.
So
that's
the
federal
voting
assistance
program
as
well
as
you
acaba,
we'll
talk
about
our
voting
process
for
you,
acaba
voters,
we'll
look
at
nevada
and
new
acaba
voter
statistics.
What
that
landscape
looks
like
in
nevada,
specifically
and
then
finally,
we'll
wrap
it
up.
Our
deputy
director
will
give
an
overview
of
the
state
of
the
overseas
voter
as
well
as
as
well
as
the
state
of
the
military
voter.
A
A
G
G
Citizen
absentee
voting
act
passed
in
1986.
This
is
also
known
as
you
acaba.
So,
if
you
hear
me
refer
to
this
acronym,
that's
what
we're
referring
to.
I
know
a
few
of
our
presenters
mentioned.
It
briefly
earlier
requires
that
50
states
all
50
states,
the
u.s
territories
and
d.c,
allow
protected
voters
to
register
and
vote
absentee
and
federal
elections.
G
A
couple
amendments
to
be
aware
of
the
help
america
vote
act,
amended
yuakawa,
to
require
states
to
notify
voters
of
the
reason
for
rejecting
a
registration
application
or
absentee
ballot
request
and
later
in
2009,
the
military
and
overseas
voter
empowerment
act.
That's
the
move.
Act
amended
you
acaba
to
require
states
to
send
requested
absentee
ballots
45
days
prior
to
an
election
for
federal
office
as
well
as
to
provide
those
ballots
electronically,
if
requested.
So
I
know
we
had
mentioned
or
a
few
presenters.
G
G
Citizens
whose
voting
rights
are
protected
under
you,
acaba
here
are
a
few
examples,
so
we
have
our
active
duty,
members
of
the
armed
forces,
of
course,
merchant
marine
public
health
service
and
the
national
oceanic
and
atmospheric
administration
commission
office
courts.
We
also
have
their
eligible
family
members
and
dependents
of
the
uniformed
service
personnel.
G
A
few
of
fvap's
responsibilities,
so
the
federal
voting
assistance
program.
What
we
do
is
we're
to
ensure
that
these
service
members,
their
eligible
family
members
and
overseas
citizens,
are
aware
that
they
do
have
a
right
to
vote
and
they
have
what
they
need
to
do
so
successfully
from
anywhere
around
the
world.
G
Now
the
director
of
fvap
administers
you
acaba.
On
behalf
of
the
secretary
of
defense.
We
provide
training
for
those
who
give
assistance
to
yokov
voters.
We
maintain
our
various
forms,
so
I
mentioned
the
fbca
as
well
as
our
federal
red
and
absentee
ballot,
and
we
have
a
voting
assistance
guide
that
we
work
on
every
other
non-election
year
to
assist
our
voters
as
well.
We
maintain
our
website.
G
We
work
on
various
reports
to
congress,
ensure
that
we
are
implying
with
federal
codes
regulations,
dod
instructions
collect
data
through
surveys
and
working
with
our
states
as
well
on
that
and
we
work
with
states
on
waiver
requests
when
those
are
needed
potentially
and
then,
of
course.
Last
but
not
least,
we
ensure
that
state
and
local
election
officials
are
aware
of
their
duties
and
responsibilities
for
these.
You
acaba
voters,
so
we're
going
to
chat
a
little
bit
now
about
the
yuakov
absentee
voting
process.
G
This
is
a
quick
overview
of
what
that
looks
like,
and
so,
if
we
start
at
the
the
top
left
bubble
now,
the
absentee
voting
process
for
a
you,
acaba
voter
often
begins
when
the
voter
completes
the
federal
postcard
application
to
register
and
request
their
ballot
again,
federal
protections
require
states
to
offer
voters
a
way
to
receive
their
ballot
or
check
electronically.
G
Upon
request
from
there
two
things
may
happen,
the
voter
will
receive
and
then
fill
out
and
return
the
ballot
to
their
election
office
and
the
election
office
will
then
or
the
election
will
then
receive
the
off
that
ballot
or
the
voter
will
receive
the
federal
right
and
absentee
ballot
which
is
used
as
that
backup
ballot
that
I
referred
to
in
the
event
of
voter
does
not
receive
their
ballot
in
enough
time.
If
they
receive
the
federal
write
and
absentee
ballot,
they
will
fill
this
out
and
return
it
to
their
elections.
Office.
G
So,
just
to
kind
of
reiterate
some
of
those
steps
that
we
had
just
mentioned
and
also
give
you
a
visual
of
what
the
federal
postcard
application
looks
like
we
have
it
here
on
the
screen
again.
This
is
really
the
the
first
and
foremost
step
for
a
iwakawa
voter
to
fill
out.
Our
fpca
can
also
be
found
at
fap.gov.
G
G
And
step
two
when
they
fill
out
and
they'll
then
send
their
ballot
when
it
arrives.
We
have
recommended
due
dates
for
these
iwakaba
voters
that
we
advise
for
them
to
send
it
in
to
make
sure
that's
sent
on
time
again.
This
is
another
example
of
our
federal
write-in
absentee
ballot.
That's
that
back-up
ballot
that
I
had
mentioned
earlier.
G
Now,
I'd
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
nevada
and
yukaba
statistics:
these
are
our
2020
numbers.
We
submit
a
report
to
congress
after
elections,
so
these
numbers
are
from
2020..
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
note,
so
we
have
in
2020
that
nevada
had
thousand
eight
hundred
and
forty
seven
registered
and
eligible
yokota
voters.
You
can
see
here
that
forty
percent
of
them
were
service
members.
Sixty
percent
were
overseas.
Citizens.
G
For
the
2020
general
election,
nevada
transmitted,
eight
thousand
eight
hundred
and
fifty
ballots
to
voters
and
received
a
total
of
seven
thousand
two
hundred
and
fifty
eight
returned.
So
this
gives
you
a
quick
overview
of
what
those
numbers
look
like
across
the
nations
and,
of
course,
our
territories
as
well.
G
H
H
Great
just
to
follow
up
a
little
bit
on
heather's
talking
about
the
2020
stats.
Those
stats
came
from
the
election
assistance
commission
and
their
post-election
survey.
They
did
and
that
information
comes
directly
from
the
states.
H
That
survey
did
show
also
that
in
2020
there
were
1.2
million
you
acaba
voter
york,
absentee
ballot
sent
out
nationwide
to
you,
oklahoma
voters
go
ahead,
you
can
go
back
one
heather
and
then
so
of
nationwide.
Of
the
1.2
million
ballots
sent
out,
900
000
were
actually
returned
and
890
000
of
those
were
counted,
and
then
for
that
federal,
write-in,
absentee
ballot.
That
heather
mentioned
that
backup
ballot
in
2020
nationwide.
There
are
33
000
of
those
that
were
sent
in
by
voters
now
remember
with
that
ballot.
H
Voters
can
also
send
in
their
state
ballot
if
they
do
get
it
before
the
election
deadline
and
they
can
submit
both
ballots
and
only
one
is
counted.
The
localities
have
procedures
in
place
so
that
only
one
of
those
ballots
will
be
counted
and
24
000
of
those
were
counted
in
2020,
so
that
backup
ballot
is
just
there
as
a
fail.
Safe,
most
folks
get
their
ballots
and
plenty
of
time
and
are
able
to
return
it.
But
there
were
24
000
folks
that
were
able
to
cast
a
ballot
using
that
backup
ballot
in
2020..
H
So
now
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
survey
instruments
and
the
results
of
those
that
that
heather
mentioned
I'll
go
ahead
to
the
next
slide.
The
the
first
one,
the
first
section
of
slides
here
is
talking
about
overseas
citizens.
So
remember,
the
federal
law
covers
military
members
on
active
duty
and
their
family
members
who
are
absent
from
their
local
jurisdiction,
both
state
side
and
overseas,
and
then
all
u.s
citizens
outside
the
united
states.
H
So
these
next
few
sides
are
just
talking
about
the
citizens
outside
the
united
states,
not
the
military
or
their
family
members.
So
what
we
do
is
a
two-part
method
to
gather
information,
we're
required
by
congress
to
report
to
them
on
the
voting
rates
for
overseas
citizens.
H
One
thing
to
point
out
is
that
mexico
does
80
thousand.
However,
we
do
know
that
the
number
of
u.s
citizens
in
mexico
is
well
above
that
these
numbers
reflect
the
folks
who
are
actually
eligible
to
vote,
meaning
they're
18
years
or
older.
So
we
know
that
in
mexico
there's
many
u.s
citizens
that
are
below
the
age
of
18,
some
of
which
may
have
been
born
in
the
u.s
and
then
returned
with
their
families
back
to
mexico.
H
So
we
expect
in
the
coming
years,
in
the
coming
cycles
that
many
of
those
folks
may
decide
that
they
do
want
to
vote
absentee,
I'm
not
sure
if
they're
from
nevada
or
not,
but
they
they
might
be
able
to.
You
might
be
hearing
from
them.
So
that's
just
something
that
you
might
want
to
know.
H
Okay
next
slide,
so
the
other
half
of
the
of
the
survey
information
that
we
utilize
is
directly
from
that
eac
survey
where
this,
as
far
as
the
numbers
that
the
states
report
of
the
ballots
that
were
sent
out.
As
we
said,
there
were
over
a
million
ballots
sent
out
in
2020,
and
then
we
couple
those
with
the
estimates
in
each
country
as
to
kind
of
figure
out
what
the
turnout
is
from
the
u.s
citizens
in
each
country
and
overall
worldwide.
We
had
about
7.8
turnout
remember
this
is
not
military.
H
This
is
just
the
overseas
citizens
and
then
in
some
countries
germany
was
much
higher
than
the
u.s
citizens
in
germany
voted
at
a
higher
rate
than
most
other
places
in
the
world,
and
this
is
a
combination
of
factors
as
to
why
they
may
or
may
not
have
voted,
and
that
goes
to
the
next
slide,
where
we
look
at
those
who
return
ballot.
So
the
good
news
is
that
of
those
who
showed
interest
requested
and
got
a
ballot.
95
percent
of
them
actually
did
return
a
ballot.
H
So
folks
that
are
active
are
active
and
they
are
returning
ballots
and
being
able
to
vote
for
those
who
didn't
return
about
there's
many
reasons
why
they
may
not
have
a
lot
of
times.
It
comes
to
the
nation,
the
nation's
infrastructure,
the
country
that
they're
living
in
and
the
ability
to
mail
ballots
out
or
use
that
local
country's
mail
system,
which
means
they
don't
have
to
then
go
to
an
embassy
or
consulate
or
some
other
source
or
use,
or
even
pay
for
a
private
courier
to
have
that
ballot
returned
in
2020.
H
Of
course,
that
was
further
complicated
by
covid
and
many
of
the
shutdowns
and
restrictions
that
occurred
due
to
covet,
and
you
know,
planes
weren't
flying
as
well
as
just
the
ability
to
walk
out
your
front
door
in
many
countries
were
curtailed
for
periods
of
time,
let
alone
going
to
a
post
office
or
whatnot
next
slide.
H
H
They
don't
have
an
interest
in
remaining
active
in
in
politics
or
in
sending
in
ballots,
but
then
we
have
that
obstacle
gap,
folks
that
39
almost
40
percent
of
folks
that,
based
upon
our
survey,
it
appears
that
they
may
have
wanted
to
vote
or
at
least
had
an
inclination
to
vote,
but
for
either
real
or
perceived
reasons
did
not
vote
or
weren't
not
able
to
vote
and,
of
course,
in
2020.
H
Some
of
those
reasons
were
stronger
than
they
might
have
been
in
the
past,
but
so
that's
the
that's
their
goal.
Our
goal
at
federal
voting
assistance
program
is
to
communicate
through
embassies
and
conflicts
through
social
media,
any
avenues
of
american
citizen
groups,
organizations
overseas
that
have
outlets
and
resources
for
american
citizens.
H
So
they're
aware
one
of
their
right
to
vote
many
people
once
they
leave
the
us,
they
may
think
they
can't
vote
anymore,
but
at
least
for
federal
offices,
they
are
able
to
participate,
and
we
want
them
to
know
about
that
and
then
to
do
what
we
can
to
allow
them
to
work
around
those
those
obstacles
that
they
may
face
wherever
they
might
be.
Okay,
next
slide.
H
And
then,
of
course,
you
see
that
first,
one,
the
folks
that
were
able
to
get
their
ballot
electronically
or
requested
their
ballot
and
got
electronically
were
almost
two
times
more
likely
to
get
their
ballot
returned
than
those
who
requested
their
ballot
and
or
are
asked
for
their
ballot
to
be
sent
to
them
by
mail,
because
that's
a
much
quicker
and
more
reliable
way,
perhaps
in
in
many
places
in
the
world,
depending
on
the
infrastructure
available
for
them
to
actually
get
their
ballots.
H
We
do
know
that
not
everyone
has
access
to
the
internet
around
the
world,
but
there
are
many
places
where
they
can
get
that.
As
you
know,
it's
still
bottom
underneath
underlying
paper
process
in
in
most
states,
so
they
still
have
to
print
out
that
ballot.
They
still
have
to
fill
it
out,
sign
it
and
then
either
photograph
it
or
scan
it
in
and
then
send
it
back
to
the
state.
But
the
having
the
electronic
option
to
receive
the
blank
ballot
gave
a
much
more
likelihood.
H
They
were
able
to
return
it
successfully
and
then
also
that
the
folks
with
the
electronic
ballot
return
reduces
the
obstacles,
but
only
for
voters
in
the
states,
like
nevada,
who
has
to
have
that
options
available.
We
did
have
20
states
in
2020
that
the
mail
process
by
mail
process
was
the
only
way
to
return
the
voted
ballot
next
slide.
H
So
now
we're
going
that
was
all
about
the
overseas
citizens.
Now
we're
going
to
talk
about
military
voters,
so
go
to
the
next
slide
and
we
had
about
two-thirds
of
the
military
who
were
registered
to
vote
in
2020
lower
than
the
civilian
rate,
but
still
that
kind
of
tracks
over
time.
As
to
the
the
the
relative
numbers
there
next
slide.
H
There
were
30
who
didn't
want
to
vote
that
we
actually,
in
our
surveys
directly
to
active
duty,
military
members
who
reported
to
us
that
the
reason
they
didn't
vote
was
they
didn't
want
to
and
again
similar
to
the
overseas
citizens.
We
see
that
21
said
they
couldn't
complete
the
process
and
the
major
reasons.
Again.
They
had
difficulty
requesting
their
ballot,
their
absolute
ballot
didn't
get
to
them.
H
H
So
folks
are
able
to
do
that,
and
we
appreciate
the
cooperation
of
the
secretary
of
state's
office
as
well
as
the
counties
when
these
calls
come
in
to
us
from
a
voter
overseas
who
want
to
or
having
difficulties,
we're
able
to
call
that
county
and
many
times
work
to
a
resolution
on
that.
So
we
appreciate
their
help
on
that
as
well.
The
counties
and
the
state
will
call
us
if
they
have
specific
issues
that
come
up
during
the
election
year.
H
This
chart
shows
that,
even
though
the
voting
participation
rate
was
low
relative
to
the
general
population,
the
trend
continues
that
where
the
interest
is
higher,
the
voting
rate
is
higher
and
that
did
again
happen
in
2020..
H
Another
thing
to
mention
is
that
for
folks
in
the
u.s
armed
services,
who
did
avail
themselves
of
any
of
the
assistance
that's
available,
meaning
that
they
go
to
the
ff.gov
website
to
use
the
forms
or
assistance
there
or
you
utilize,
the
service
or
installation
or
even
unit
voting
assistance
officer
network
of
assistance
that
that's
available
to
them
had
a
much
higher
propensity
to
register
and
vote
in
the
election
successfully.
H
And
here
you
can
see
a
quick
breakdown
of
the
various
methods
used
by
military
members
to
cast
their
valves
in
2020..
Those
folks
who
are
absent
from
their
jurisdiction
would
be
voting
absentee.
H
Obviously,
there's
25
of
them
that
were
in
person,
but
75
percent
were
away
because
of
their
duty
station
away
from
their
home,
where
they
would
register
and
vote
locally
if,
if
they
were
not
in
the
military,
many
of
them
did
request
and
receive
their
ballots
and
vote
by
mail,
they're,
still
a
good
number
of
folks
in
the
world
that
are
just
not
comfortable
using
any
electronic
processes
when
it
comes
to
voting.
H
That's
why
the
federal
the
federal
law
only
requires
that
the
blank
ballot
is
sent
to
the
voter
electronically
upon
request,
because
that's
a
blank
ballot,
there's
nothing
secret
there,
that's
public
information.
What's
on
a
blank
ballot,
so
they
can
get
the
ballot
that
way,
but
then
returning
it
there's
folks
that
just
aren't
comfortable,
perhaps
using
email
or
online.
Now
we
know
nevada
has
the
nbes.gov
program
that
allows
military
voters
to
use
their
common
access
card
to
sign
their
registration
form.
H
All
military
members
have
a
common
access
card
which
has
this
little
chip
on
it
and
they're
able
to
use
that
on
a
day-to-day
basis
in
their
regular
work
to
sign
documents
to
sign
emails,
and
that
allows
them
to
have
some
level
of
confidence
about
who
sent
it
and
nevada
does
allow
for
voters
to
for
military
voters
to
use
that
signature
on
that
common
access
card.
H
As
soon
as
you
press
that
button
to
purchase
something
you
get
emails
and
notifications
on
your
phone
saying,
it's
been
purchased
it's
in
a
box,
it's
on
a
truck,
it's
on
a
plane,
it's
at
your
door,
so
it's
super
people
are
getting
super
used
to
having
every
every
little
bit
of
a
process
known
to
them
and
then,
when
it
comes
to
voting,
they
may
only
get
you
know,
one
email
saying:
okay,
you're
registered
and
another
one's
saying:
okay,
we
got
your
ballot
so
that
you
know
we
always
suggest
for
state
and
local
authorities
to
give
as
much
information
as
possible
throughout
that
process-
and
I
know
nevada
is
very
good
with
with
that
from
the
electronic
perspective
and
overseas.
H
So
they
know
that
things
are
out
there
in
the
old
days
when
it
was
all
by
mail,
they
would
send
off
their
request
card
and
then
months
later
a
ballot
might
show
up
or
not
show
up
it
just
kind
of
went
off
out
there.
So
it's
it
this!
It's
really
helpful
to
those
folks.
H
We
talked
about
that
common
access
card
already
and
obviously,
as
we
talked
about
as
well,
the
underlying
process
is
still
a
paper
process
for
yokaba
absentee
voting,
so
there's
still
that
requirement
to
print
things
off
and
sign
it
and
then
scan
it
back
in
in
many
cases.
So
that
can
be
confusing.
H
So
we
appreciate
the
states
and
localities
that
that
do
accommodate
that
and
reach
out
to
the
voters
for
curing
as
need
be,
and
the
other
thing
that
we
work
on
is
that
the
folks
that
are
new
recruits
or
folks
that
are
being
deployed
all
their
installations,
have
it
at
the
end,
processing
and
out
processing
on
any
installation
they're
all
given
a
voting
brief
and
one
of
the
federal
postcard
application
cards,
so
they're
able
to
fill
that
out
and
get
that
in,
so
they
can
keep
their
local
election
office
up
to
speed
with
where
they
currently
are
and
how
to
get
information
to
them.
H
We
also
request
that
every
or
or
we
have
a
mandatory
distribution-
and
we
suggest
that
every
member
of
the
military
and
their
family
send
in
a
federal
postcard
application
every
january
that
way
in
every
state.
That
card
is
good
for
at
least
a
calendar
year,
so
they'll
be
sure
to
get
all
the
election
ballots
for
federal
offices
in
that
calendar
year.
H
Additionally,
we
send
out
an
email
at
the
90th
60th
30th
day,
so
basically
it's
once
a
month,
we
send
out
an
email
to
every
active
duty,
military
member,
notifying
them
of
the
elections
that
are
occurring
in
the
next
90
days,
so
that
they'll
be
able
to
have
opportunities
to
register
and
vote
and
then
get
that
ballot
in
enough
time
to
successfully
vote
it
and
return
it.
I
think
that's
all
we've
got
so.
Madam
chair
we'd
be
happy
to
take
any
questions.
If
you
or
any
of
the
other
assembly
folks
have
questions.
A
Thank
you
for
that
and
we're
actually
both
houses
when
it
comes
to
our
interim.
So
we
do
have.
A
Join
no,
no
perfectly
fine.
We
do
have
senate
members
joining
us
as
well,
because
they
will
correct
me
later
if
I
don't
address
it,
so
I
thought
I'd
mention
that
as
well
with
that
members.
Do
we
have
any
questions?
F
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair
and
one
question
I
have
you'd
mentioned
earlier
that
some
of
the
uniformed
or
overseas
voters
could
vote
perhaps
only
on
federal
races.
Some
could
vote
in
the
state
and
local
races,
and
I
just
wonder
what
what
can
you
explain,
which
overseas
or
uniformed
voters
can
vote
in
which
races
and
why.
H
So
I'm
not
100
sure
for
nevada
what
the
rules
are
with
that.
We
have
the
honor
on
our
federal
postal
application
form.
We
have
the
ability
for
voters
to
notate
whether
they're
permanently
overseas
or
temporarily
overseas
and
in
many
states
the
more
permanent
folks
overseas
may
only
get
the
ballots
for
federal
offices
and
then
and
then
folks
that
are
planning
to
return.
You
know,
might
be
a
student
overseas
for
a
short
period
of
time,
they'll
be
able
to
get
the
ballot
for
full
offices.
So
I
I
do
not
know
offhand.
H
I'm
sure
somebody
from
secretary
of
state's
office
would
be
able
to
answer
answer
that
some
states
do
provide
a
full
ballot
for
every
voter,
regardless.
A
I
don't
see
any
coming
from
carson
or
virtually
or
hearing
grant
sawyer.
I
would.
I
would
just
like
to
clarify
something
as
well,
because
when
it
comes
to
nevada,
specifically,
we
have
a
population
of
over
10
military
and
veterans
and
military
families.
So
this
is
really
something
that
you
know
it's
important
everywhere,
but
something
that
we
really
have
a
lot
of
regard
for,
and
so
my
question
also
on
the
summary
page,
where
it
says
most
active
duty
members
and
overseas
dod.
A
Civilians
are
not
aware
that
nevada
accepts
the
dod
common
access
card
on
the
voting
forms.
Would
that
pertain
to
active
duty
members
who
have
been
stationed
here
in
nevada
and
who
may
not
be
getting
a
nevada
driver's
license
but
are
choosing
to
vote
and
vote
for
state
or
local
elections
that
want
to
register
to
vote
here?
But
am
I
on
the
right
track
that
they
could?
H
So
that
that
card
is
simply
a
token
to
allow
a
a
level
of
assurance
about
their
identity
when
they're
filling
out
or
submitting
the
voter
registration
form
before
any
of
that
would
happen,
though,
the
voter
would
have
to
make
a
decision
to
consciously
change
their
voting
residence
to
the
state
of
nevada
to
make
sure
that
they
and
they
make
that
conscious
decision
to
know
that
they're
no
longer
a
resident
of
florida
virginia
wherever
else
they
may
have
lived
beforehand.
H
Once
they
make
that
decision,
they
would
have
all
the
other
processes
which
may
include
getting
a
driver's
license
or
having
property
or
whatever
that
may
be,
and
then
they
would
send
in
that
federal
postcard
application
form
to
the
nevada
county
where
they
are
residing,
and
then
the
county
would
process
the
form,
so
one
of
the
ways
that
they
can
sign
the
form
without
having
to
print
it
out
and
physically
sign
it
and
scan
it
back
in
and
then
resend
it
for
those
military
voters.
H
The
secretary
of
state's
office
has
a
process
where
they
can
digitally
sign
it
with
that
common
access
card.
So
that's
different
than
a
digitized
signature
is
one
where
a
human
eye
can
look
at
it
and
see
see
that
it's
a
signature,
digital
signature,
which
is
what
this
process
is,
is
just
like
a
a
it
has
your
name,
the
date
and
time
that
you
signed
it,
and
then
that's
used
by
the
locality
to
verify
that
that
was
the
voter
that
signed
it.
H
A
Correct
okay,
great
thank
you
for
that
clarification,
members.
Any
questions
not
seen
any
questions
coming
from
members
again,
I
would
really
like
to
thank
both
of
you
for
taking
time
out,
I
believe,
we're
in
different
time
zones
as
well
to
present
to
us
here
and
for
nailing
the
pronunciation
of
nevada
like
true
nevadans,
and
really
just
appreciate
this.
This
information
coming
from
a
federal
level.
H
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
and
with
that
we
will
close
the
agenda.
That
agenda
item,
which
was
agenda,
item
five
and
open
up
agenda
item
eight,
which
no,
we
are
going
to
open
up
agenda
item
9,
which
is
an
update
on
the
pilot
program
for
conducting
risk,
limiting
audits
of
elections
per
assembly
bill
422
from
2021
and
senate
bill
123
from
2019.
A
D
D
Okay,
good
afternoon,
as
mentioned
madam
chair
members
of
the
community,
my
name
is
mark
velasquez,
deputy
secretary
of
state
for
elections.
For
the
record,
I
will
be
covering
agenda
item
number
nine,
and
this
is
a
pilot,
an
update
regarding
the
pilot
program
for
the
connect
of
risk,
limiting
audits
to
start
with
a
little
bit
on
the
mandate
again,
this
initiated
originally
with
senate
bill
123
in
the
2019
session.
It
was
then
modified
during
the
2021
session
in
assembly
bill
422.
D
D
again
this.
It's
a
pilot
program
really
started
in
2019
and
has
continued
on
and
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
we've
been
doing
since
its
initial
direction
here
over
the
next
few
slides.
D
So
what
is
the
risk
limiting
audit?
And
I
think
this
is
something
that
it's
it's
worth
at
least
addressing
upfront
again.
I
believe
this
is
only
12,
slides,
total,
so
we'll
be
respectful
of
your
time,
but
just
to
make
sure
that
everyone's
on
the
same
page,
this
is
the
bottom
line.
It
is
another
post-election
audit
to
help
reassure
voters
and
specifically
the
commissioners
before
they
certify
an
election.
D
More
specifically,
it
limits
the
risk
that,
hence
the
name,
risk
limiting
of
certifying
a
contest
with
the
wrong
winner
in
the
process
by
which
we
do.
That
is
fairly
interesting.
But
we'll
talk
through
that
here
in
a
few
moments
as
well.
D
The
idea
is
that
it's
conducted
again
after
the
election,
but
before
certification-
and
that's
that's-
certainly
the
goal
but
I'll
talk
through
some
of
the
challenges
of
that
timeline,
and
what
exactly
that
means-
and
it
does
require
a
software
program-
it's
it's
fairly,
in-depth
in
the
use
of
algorithms
and
statistics
to
identify
how
this
process
occurs,
but
essentially,
after
an
election
once
all
the
ballots
have
been
received,
the
software
identifies
a
number
of
the
ballots
and
we
conduct
this
audit
on
them
and
there's
a
couple
different
ways
that
can
be
done.
D
So
a
couple
of
terms
to
be
aware
of
the
first
is
a
cast
vote
record.
This
is
an
extremely
important
term
and
a
thing
that
I
want
you
to
be
aware
of
each
county
has
an
election
management
system.
Each
election
management
system
can
export
a
cast
vote
record.
It's
a
spreadsheet
that
essentially
without
any
pii,
no
personally
identifiable
information
and
nothing
attributing
that
ballot
back
to
the
voter.
But
it's
a
spreadsheet
of
what
the
voters
what
who
they
cast
their
ballot
for.
D
D
Let's
say
candidate,
a
candidate
b
candidate
c,
and
if
that
voter,
in
that
horizontal
row
cast
the
ballot
from
one
of
those
individuals
and
just
say
one,
and
then
the
next
race
would
have
another
indication
of
who
that
individual
cast
a
ballot
for
again,
nothing
tying
it
back
to
the
voter.
But
that
is
a
very
important
part
of
this
process
that
comes
from
the
election
management.
Software
of
note,
there's
been
a
lot
of
discussion
about
transitioning
away
from
mechanical
devices
and
tabulators,
and
those
sorts
of
things
voting
machines.
D
Those
counties
that
did
transition
to
a
hand
count
if
they
did
would
not
create
a
cast
vote
record
so
that
that
process
would
invalidate
the
ability
to
conduct
a
risk
limiting
audit,
something
that
we're
looking
closely
at
to
see.
If
there's
another
way,
we
can
do
that.
That's
just
really
for
your
awareness,
a
ballot
manifest
again
another
spreadsheet.
This
is
important,
and
this
ties
into
the
the
physical
storage
of
ballots,
which
is
also
extremely
important.
D
You
got
a
picture
in
your
mind's
eye,
the
clark
county
warehouse,
for
example,
and
in
their
secure
facility,
there's
a
location
with
rows
and
rows
of
boxes
that
are
also
secure
again,
where
the
actual
ballots
are
stored.
This
is
important
because
the
the
information
on
that
digital
cast
vote
record
has
to
be
compared
physically
to
the
actual
ballot
itself,
so
in
clark,
county
of
course,
where
there's
1.3
million
registered
voters,
it's
a
much
more
complex
process,
but
even
in
the
counties
with
with
less.
D
If
you
have,
you
know,
20
000
ballots
from
an
election
or
a
series
of
ballots
that
you're
required
to
maintain
by
federal
and
state
law
for
22
months
from
both
the
primary
and
the
general
elections
it's
important
and
that
the
ballot
manifests
identify
again
where
those
actual
ballots
are
located
and
there's
some
pretty
crisp
and
tight
organization
to
that,
so
that
when
it's
as
you
go
through
the
process,
you're
able
to
retrieve
those
ballots
as
part
of
this
audit
process,
there's
a
random
seed.
That's
used
to
identify
again.
D
This
is
part
of
the
the
algorithm
and
the
statistical
basis
of
the
the
software
randomly
select
a
number.
We
use
a
ten-sided
die
roll
it
20
times
it
gives
you
a
seed
and
that
that
then
leads
to
the
random
number
of
ballots.
Based
on
the
statistics
that
you
end
up
identifying
for
the
audit.
D
So
in
this
method,
as
you
can
picture
a
male
ballot,
for
example,
it's
imprinted
with
that
unique
identifier
during
the
tabulation,
the
software,
the
voting
machines
themselves
do
something
similar
using
the
the
vd
path
that
I
believe
you're
familiar
with
as
well.
But
the
idea
is
by
having
this
imprint
on
the
ballot
itself,
the
mail
ballots
when
they're
tabulated
then
they're
stored,
and
then,
when
the
the
cast
vote
record.
As
part
of
that
audit
software
identifies
you
need
to
go
to
this
box,
this
batch
to
identify
a
ballot.
D
You
can
retrieve
it
appropriately.
When
you
take
that
ballot,
you
come
back.
You
confirm
the
imprint
id
on
that
ballot
matches.
What's
in
the
cast
vote
record
and
really
you're
looking
for
discrepancies
between.
What's
on
that,
digital
cast
vote
record,
and
what's
on
that
physical
ballot
as
well,
again
verifying
that
the
machine
had
done
exactly
what
it's
supposed
to
and
that
no
no
ballots
have
been
or
ca,
votes
have
been
flipped
or
anything
like
that.
D
Ballot
polling
is
another
method
that
we
use.
So
this
one's
actually
looking
for
in
comparing
the
odd
the
margin
of
victory.
So
in
this
one
there
isn't
a
requirement
for
the
unique
identifier
it
isn't
used
again
in
this
case
again
the
location
container
42
batch
15,
for
example,
very
similar
in
the
process
looking
to
see.
D
If,
if
there
was
a
five-point
margin
in
a
certain
race,
statistically,
you
don't
have
to
pull
every
single
ballot
that
was
cast,
but
there's
a
part
of
what
the
software
does
is
identify
a
number
those.
And
then
you
retrieve
that
number
of
ballots
and
then
again
using
the
magic
of
statistics.
D
If,
for
example,
it
says
to
pull
90
ballots
or
whatever
the
number,
the
software
comes
up
with
you'll
notice
that,
as
you
get
close
to
that
90th
ballot,
the
exact
margin
of
the
race
is
reflected
in
that
that
sampling
that
you
selected
and
when
in
doubt
again
you
can
continue
to
take
more
and
that
that
sampling,
the
margins
will
be
again
reaffirmed
as
well
again.
The
intender
is
to
validate
the
margin
of
victory,
there's
a
hybrid
option
as
well.
D
Again,
there
was
some
discussion
about
how
again
doing
valid
parent
comparison
and
ballot
polling.
We
originally
had
thought
that
we
weren't
going
to
be
able
to
use
imprinters
with
the
sns
but
again
bottom
line.
Is
we've
worked
through
this
and
now
understand
that
we
will
be
able
to
do
a
ballot
comparison
or
risk
limiting
audit
after
following
the
2022
primary
election?
D
So
what
have
we
done
so
far
since
this
was
implemented?
We've
done
a
number
of
pilots
really,
and
this
is
something
that
not
only
here
at
the
state,
but
the
county.
Clerk's
metastars
have
also
eagerly
jumped
on
every
single
opportunity
that
we
could
have
to
do
a
risk,
limiting
audit
to
learn
more
about
the
process,
to
get
better
with
our
organization
to
work
through
questions
about
the
software,
how
it
works.
D
What
we're
looking
at
we've
absolutely
done,
so
you
can
see
in
the
top
bullet
a
list
of
the
counties
where
we
conducted
crystal
limiting
audits
in
january
of
2021,
then
later
again
with
the
in
april
and
july,
again
of
also
2021
with
the
boulder
county,
primary
elections
and
general
elections,
and
really
continue
to
move
forward.
D
Not
only
are
we
doing
risk
limiting
audits
at
every
possible
opportunity,
as
you
can
see
in
a
couple
of
the
bullets
there,
that
numerous
other
counties,
adjacent
counties
and
really
from
across
the
state
clerks
and
their
staffs
are
eagerly
attending
risk,
limiting
audits
in
other
counties.
Again
just
so,
we
can
ensure
that
we're
aware
of
the
process
comfortable
with
how
it
works
and
working
through
any
sort
of
questions
or
challenges
well
in
advance
of
the
january
2024.
D
So
going
forward
and
for
2022
specifically
related
to
the
primary
risk,
limiting
autopilot
we're
going
to
do,
in
addition
to
county
specific
risk,
limiting
audits,
we're
also
going
to
do
a
statewide
audit
in
july
as
well
again,
the
idea
with
the
statewide
contest
is
you
identify
a
statewide.
D
The
the
software
identifies
the
location
in
this
case.
It
wouldn't
just
be
on
on
certain
rows
of
a
one
warehouse,
but
indeed
it's
really
across
the
state,
and
so
that
way
again,
there's
a
statewide
audit
as
well
as
county-wide
contests
as
well,
to
ensure
again
additional
opportunities
for
practice.
D
Now
the
two
things
I
do
want
to
comment
on
here,
one
again:
somebody's,
probably
thinking,
wait
a
minute
statewide
audit
in
july
july,
if
I
remember
it's
after
the
primary
election
and
certainly
after
the
10-day
requirement
by
statute
to
certify.
Why?
Wouldn't
that
be
done
beforehand,
if
the
intent
here
is
to
of
irishly
on
it
is
to
to
ensure
that
there
isn't
a
false
or
improper
certification
well
part
of
it
again
is
one
this.
D
These
are
pilot
programs,
and
it's
certainly
something
that
we're
working
on
in
part,
because
it's
extremely
time
intensive.
D
As
you
all
know
again,
following
election
day,
the
the
clerk's
administrators
have
four
additional
days
to
receive
mail
ballots
that
are
date
marked
appropriately
two
additional
days
after
that
to
conduct
their
signature
verifications
for
the
total
of
the
six
days
of
signature
verifications
after
election
day.
On
that
seventh
day.
D
Of
course,
we
are
doing
the
provisional
ballot
comparison
across
the
state
where
everyone's
provisional
ballots
be
provided
to
the
secretary
of
state,
and
we
will
compare
them
to
make
sure
no
one's
trying
to
pull
a
fast
one
and
you
know,
do
same-day
registration
and
cast
provisional
ballot
and
storyline
douglas
carson
and
washoe,
for
example,
and
try
to
bounce
around
an
area
like
that.
D
So
that's
all
on
the
seventh
day,
while
that's
going
on
concurrently,
the
clerks
and
their
staff
are
working
very
hard
to
draft
paperwork
for
the
county
commissioners
to
make
sure
they
can
meet
the
certification
timelines
along
with,
quite
frankly,
addressing
the
number
of
public
records
requests.
Legal
challenges,
requests
for
either
recounts
or
election
challenges
as
well,
and
all
that
again,
really
on
top
of
the
fact
that
they
by
that
point
would
have
been
working
about
12
hour
days
for
the
better
part
of
a
month.
D
So
this
is
something
that,
as
we
do,
these
pilot
rlas
we're
really
keenly
aware
of
the
fact
that
it's
a
very
tight
window
to
actually
do
this
prior
to
the
the
county
certification.
It's
a
process
that,
when
we
did
some
of
these
early
on
during
the
pilots
in
2021,
they
they
took
in
some
cases
almost
a
week
to
conduct
and
that's
again,
the
small
county,
specific
election
and
in
many
cases
without
any
other
distractions.
D
Or
you
know
too
many
requirements
outside
of
the
normal
day-to-day
requirements
that
many
of
our
clerks
have
on
top
of
their
election-related
duties.
So
this
is
something
that,
in
july,
as
we
continue
to
look
forward
to
these
and
identify
ways
to
improve
the
plan
is,
first
and
foremost,
to
not
interrupt
or
otherwise
degrade
the
requirements
leading
up
to
that
10th
day
and
really
all
the
requirements
post-election
requirements,
but
then
to
hone
our
processes
and
continue
to
find
ways
to
make
it
better
and
to
reduce
the
amount
of
time
increase
efficiencies.
D
Organization,
storage,
so
that
we
can
meet
that
that
timeline
moving
forward
and
as
we
get
into
2024.
D
So
the
next
steps
again,
we
continue
to
learn
from
these,
and
these
are
the
sort
of
processes
that
we
aren't
learning
in
a
vacuum.
You're
talking
to
a
number
of
other
states
who
are
doing
it,
doing
risk
limiting
audits
and
doing
them.
Well
we're
asking
opportunities
and
trying
to
identify
things
that
we
can
adapt
and
adopt
to
make
the
the
process
more
efficient.
D
We're
going
to
continue
learning
lessons
and
capturing
them
through
the
primary
and
the
general
election
during
2023.
Every
single
opportunity
that
the
clerk's
registrars
in
the
state
have
to
conduct
a
risk
living
on
it
will
be
taken
advantage
of,
and
we
will
certainly
continue
to
refine
these
processes
moving
forward.
D
When
we
begin
our
post-election
regulatory
review
that
we
will
begin
in
january
of
2023,
we
will
also
again
have
we
have
some
draft
regulations
relating
to
risk,
limiting
audits
that
we
are
continuing
to
modify
and
enhance
the
the
draft
versions
that
we
have
so
that,
as
we
move
through
the
22
election
cycle
and
continue
to
learn,
we'll
continue
to
adapt
those
so
that
we
can
move
those
to
the
appropriate
regulatory
process,
including
workshops,
adoption,
hearing,
etc.
D
A
Okay,
thank
you
all
right,
not
seeing
any
questions.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation,
deputy
secretary
velashan,
and
with
that
I
will
go
with
that
and
I
apologize.
I
forget,
there's
a
delay.
A
few
second
delay
between
our
speaking
communication.
So
thank
you
so
much
with
that.
I
will
go
ahead
and
close
agenda
item
nine
and
we
will
move
on
to
our
last
agenda
item,
which
is
public
comment
so
again,
just
reminding
everyone
to.
A
A
E
I
wanted
to
also
add
that
in
the
50s
my
family
was
part
of
the
bia
relocation
act,
which
relocated
my
family
from
oklahoma
to
los
angeles,
and
that
is
part
of
the
the
history
and
the
education
that
we
do
with
our
families
to
explain.
You
know
who
we
are,
and
it
came
up
in
previous
comments,
so
I
just
wanted
to
be
able
to
share
that.
I
grew
up
working
as
herb
as
I
grew
up
as
an
urban
native
in
los
angeles.
E
My
family
was
very
active
in
urban
indian
centers,
which
are
traditionally
set
up
to
support
the
native
americans
that
are
living
away
from
their
homelands,
and
so
I
work
here
today
in
the
last
20
years
with
the
las
vegas
indian
center
and
a
lot
of
the
outreach
work.
That
happens
with
our
urban
communities.
E
I
wanted
to
share
with
that.
I
wanted
to
share
the
definition
of
treaties
and
tribes
with
you
all
today,
for
the
record,
indian
tribes
are
distinct
political
entities
whose
inherent
sovereignty
predates
the
united
states.
The
sovereignty
is
reflected
in
the
government-to-government
relationship
between
federally
recognized
tribes
and
the
u.s
government.
A
And
miss
tiger
it
it
went
by
quickly,
but
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
that
your
two
minutes
are
up.
So
if
you
could
just
wrap
it
up,
because
we
do
try
to
be
consistent
because
we
know
that
there's
you
know.
Fairness
comes
in
consistency.
So
if
you
could
just
finish
up
with
some
points
and
then
please
email
us
so
that
we
can
still
have
those
on
the
record.
E
I
will
say
then
really
quickly.
I
wanted
to
speak
in
support
of
ab422
in
the
top-down
database
to
have
a
disaggregated
data
field
that
accounts
for
tribal
affiliation
as
our
nation
to
nation
status
as
citizens
of
tribes,
not
just
a
racial
racial
group
and
that,
secondly,
with
ab321
that
we
empower
our
counties
to
be
able
to
provide
more
access
to
the
to
the
polls
and
sorry,
I
didn't
wasn't
able
to
summarize
that
fast
enough,
but
thank
you.
C
C
And
I'm
with
convention
estates,
I'm
on
the
state
director's
team
and
I'd
like
to
make
a
quick
statement,
because
I
know
it's
only
two
minutes.
The
framers
provided
means
for
the
people
to
amend
the
constitution
means
which
virtually
circumvent
federal
officials
this
president
and
the
federal
courts
are
given
no
role
whatsoever.
In
the
amendment
process,
congress
is
authorized
to
propose
constitutional
amendments
if
it
pleases,
it
is
obligated
to
call
a
special
convention
to
propose
constitutional
amendments.
C
If
two-thirds
of
all
states
legislators
demand
it
so,
but
congress
is
given
no
hand
in
the
actual
ratifying
or
rejecting
of
the
proposal
amendments.
The
amendment
process
is
slow
and
it
was
made
this
made
this
way
so
deliberately
in
making
changes
to
our
organic
law.
People
should
not
be
stampeded
by
demagoguery,
mob
philosophy
or
false
promises.
C
The
public
should
have
ample
time
to
think
study,
debate
and
reflect
before
making
constitutional
changes
which
affect
them
and
their
prosperity
as
james
madison
put
it.
The
amendment
process
was
designed
specifically
to
guard
against
any
extreme
faculty
which
would
render
the
constitution
mutable.
This
is
an
excerpt
from
a
book
called.
We
hold
these
truths
written
in
1976
by
larry
mcdonald,
the
pres
past
president
of
the
john
birch
society
1983.,
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
E
L
Thank
you.
My
name
is
john
quant
j-o-h-n-q-u-a-n-d-t
and
I'm
with
legislative
legislative
liaison
for
convention
of
states
here
to
speak
in
favor
of
convention
of
states
resolution.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
members
and
staff
for
this
opportunity.
L
I
submitted
an
email
earlier
via
the
address,
with
a
speech,
a
link
to
a
speech
from
senator
santorum
on
monday.
He
gave
in
support
of
convention
estates
and
also
an
article
by
professor
authored
by
professor
natalson
and
published
in
the
marquette
law
review
that
provides
details
supporting
the
convention
of
states.
I
just
wanted
to
spend
the
rest
of
my
time
here,
just
pointing
out
one
of
the
many
many
issues
with
the
federal
government,
tyranny
and
overreach,
and
not
actually
doing
what
they're
responsible
for
and
referencing
our
southern
border.
L
I
don't
know
if
most
of
you
know
here,
I
think
nevada
has
its
highest
percentage
of
undocumented
aliens
per
capita
in
the
united
states,
and
we
also
have.
We
are
one
of
the
30
states
where
fentanyl
deaths
have
doubled
in
the
last
18
months.
The
fentanyl
crisis
has
gotten
out
of
control.
It's
not
just
the
drug
addicts
either.
They
have
ways
of
dispersing
this
through
aerosol
through
ventilation
systems.
It
can
be
put
in
your
liquid
and
sprayed
on
your
food.
L
We
need
to
get
this
under
control
and
convention
of
states.
The
states
have
to
get
it
under
control.
It's
not
going
to
be
the
congress.
That's
going
to
do
it,
it's
not
going
to
be
our
executive
branch,
that's
going
to
do
it.
We
need
to
sit
down.
We
need
to
take
responsibility
and
pass
this
resolution
like
19.
Other
states
already
have
the
20th
is
just
about
to
also.
We
only
need
14
more
after
that.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Madam
chair
committee
members.
I
appreciate
the
time.
A
H
A
A
Okay,
well
with
that,
we
will
go
ahead
and
close
the
agenda
item
for
public
comment.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
all
of
the
members
for
participating,
engaging
and
again
for
encouraging
and
participating
in
the
ability
to
run
an
efficient
committee
meeting
so
with
that
we
will
go
ahead
and
adjourn,
and
this
meeting
is
adjourned.
Thank
you.
Everyone.