Nevada Will Use Scannable Ballots

“Nevada Democrats will replace their app-based early voting process for the caucus with a scannable paper ballot, the first concrete details to emerge about the new process the party is designing in the wake of Iowa’s problem-plagued contest last week,” the Nevada Independent reports.

“Under the new system, early voters will fill out paper ballots that will be scanned at the end of each day, like a Scantron, at designated processing hubs monitored by the state party. Those paper ballots will be linked to voters’ unique secretary of state ID numbers — which will ensure their votes will flow to their home precinct to be counted alongside their neighbors’ on Caucus Day — through use of a check-in form, via Google Forms, as well as a paper back-up voter card.”

Josh Putnam: “While there is perhaps some wisdom in this move post-Iowa, it is still a last-ish minute change with just 11 days until the caucuses. Election administration matters and it takes constant, steady procedures.”