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Registrar outlines voter-roll cleanup, Nevada’s first ADA curbside voting and new signature-verification

Washoe County Board of County Commissioners · March 18, 2026
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Summary

Washoe County Registrar Andrew McDonald told commissioners the office inactivated 55,501 and canceled 25,012 voter records as part of roll maintenance, is creating 24 new precincts, will deploy Nevada’s first ADA curbside voting program for June 2026 and will use automatic signature-verification with a conservative threshold after a 13,416-signature sample audit.

Andrew McDonald, Washoe County’s registrar of voters, briefed the Board of County Commissioners on the office’s preparations for the 2026 election cycle, emphasizing roll maintenance, accessibility and new vote-processing technology.

"When you voted me in 13 months ago, I made a commitment to maintaining those voter rolls ... Starting with bulk list maintenance ... I have inactivated 55,501 voters and canceled 25,012 voters," McDonald said, describing the office’s efforts to mark records inactive when mail is returned or voters do not respond to address-verification notices.

McDonald outlined operational…

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