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.
Cari-Ann Burgess, interim registrar of voters for Washoe County, Nev., walks through the office Sept. 20, 2024, in 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.
left a month before this year's presidential primary season, thrusting Burgess into the spot in January.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,
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