Across Nevada, county election officials have resigned at notable rates in the past two years
But for many clerks in rural counties it is the culmination of frustrations stemming from a misunderstood office — by distrustful voters as well as the Democratic-controlled state Legislature. Some have trouble balancing myriad duties from managing decades of public documents to safeguarding millions in public funds. Others have struggled to keep up with new voting laws passed by the Legislature to increase election accessibility.
In her office sit election manuals, estate records, boxes of cremated remains and a shelf of yellow Nevada statute books. She calls the office the “underbelly” of local government — the elections, licensing and records management in Nevada’s 55,000-person capital surrounded by sagebrush and cattle. Spero, who has been on the job in Humboldt County since 2003, is now the state’s longest-serving clerk. Former Nye County Clerk Sam Merlino resigned in July after two decades when the board of commissioners voted unanimously to recommend counting all ballots by hand.“And so now I’m the one people reach out to, and that can be a little intimidating, too,” she said.
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