NV: Washoe County reverses vote, certifies 2 recounts as legal action looms

[RandySF]

RENO — Commissioners in Nevada’s second-most populous county certified the results of two local recounts on Tuesday, reversing course on a controversial vote against certification that spurred legal action and put Washoe County in unchartered legal territory.

The 4-1 decision overturns last week’s vote against certifying election recount results from June’s primary in the politically mixed swath of northern Nevada, which includes Reno. The rare move had potential implications for how the November elections could play out in one of the nation’s most important swing counties.

Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar and Attorney General Aaron Ford are still waiting for the state Supreme Court to address a petition they filed last week that seeks to confirm the legal obligations of county commissioners to certify election results. While it is unclear if or when the court will take that up, a ruling could set precedent and apply to county commissions statewide who refuse to certify results in November.

Aguilar had said that the circumstances of last week’s vote could set “a dangerous precedent” that undermines the confidence of voters.




https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/washoe-county-reverses-vote-certifies-2-recounts-as-legal-action-looms-3096272/amp/

[Igel]

1. "seeks to confirm the legal obligations of county commissioners to certify election results. "

That rather sounds like the county commissioners are required to vote to accept whatever results they get.

If so--perhaps the Review Journal is misrepresenting the text of the complaint, perhaps the complaint takes a rather self-serving view of the statutory text in question (as is often the case in briefs)--then it's a rather silly "hey, you have to rubber stamp this, fools!" kind of law.