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Washoe County registrar outlines equipment, staffing and voter-roll work ahead of 2026; board hears plan to pilot CIS audit standards
Summary
Registrar of Voters Andrew McDonald and deputies updated commissioners on staffing, vote-center siting, mail-ballot processing improvements (automatic signature verification), poll-worker recruitment and a pilot with the Center for Internet Security to increase transparency and auditable controls.
Washoe County Registrar of Voters Andrew McDonald delivered a comprehensive update to the Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday detailing staffing, vote-center planning, mail-ballot processing improvements and outreach ahead of the 2026 election cycle.
"Washoe County Register of Voters is committed to safe, secure, transparent election administration," McDonald said, reading the office—s new mission statement that emphasizes accuracy, integrity and innovation. McDonald told the commission the office is budgeted for 19 full-time employees with two current vacancies and that it manages 344,335 active registered voters as of the Sept. 2 snapshot.
McDonald and deputies described operational changes since their February briefing: an upgraded mail-ballot sorter, plans to implement automatic signature verification (ASV) for 2026, a Teams-based shift-scheduling tool for…
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