Cari-Ann Burgess, the interim registrar of voters for Washoe County, Nevada, has taken a stress-related leave of absence just over a month before Election Day. This latest development in the county's elections office follows a series of high-level departures and increased scrutiny from election conspiracy theorists.
Cari-Ann Burgess, interim registrar of voters for Washoe County , Nev., walks through the office Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. RENO, Nev. — The top election official in a northern Nevada county key to winning the presidential battleground state is taking a stress-related leave of absence with just over a month to go before Election Day, creating a sense of uncertainty about election operations in a county that has been under near constant attack from election conspiracy theorists.
Burgess’ duties will now be reassigned as the office prepares to send out mail ballots and gets ready for the start of early voting. She said Burgess’ leave took effect Thursday and that county officials did not know whether she would return before the election. Washoe County includes Reno and is Nevada’s second most populous, behind Clark County, which includes Las Vegas. Its elections operations have been in the spotlight ever since former President Donald Trump lost the state in 2020, under fire by a committed group of conspiracy theorists. Most recently, a dust-up over certification of the primary election results landed the county in uncharted legal territory and put it at odds with the Nevada attorney general and the state’s top election official.
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