Election Glitch in Nevada: A Printing Error Affects 32,000 Ballot Envelopes

The media outlet The Hill reported on Tuesday that George Guthrie, a spokesperson for the Washoe County Registrar of Voters in Nevada, told them that thousands of voters in that area received envelopes to return their mail-in ballots with the word "FALSE" written on them, explaining that the affected envelopes did not exclusively target voters from any particular political party.

Nevada is one of the most hotly contested states in tomorrow's gubernatorial election. Although many believed that Republican and current Governor Joe Lombardo would have an easy path to reelection, the truth is that in recent months Republicans have seen their popularity decline nationwide, to the point that many pollsters predict a dead heat between the conservative leader and his Democratic rival, State Attorney General Aaron Ford. Although Trump won the state by nearly four points in the 2024 presidential election, the truth is that Lombardo has had serious trouble maintaining this lead, according to several analysts, due to both the climate of national discontent and his own mistakes.

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"The inclusion of the word 'FALSE' on the envelopes for returning mail-in ballots was due to a printing error that affected approximately 32,000 envelopes from the first production run prepared by our ballot printing vendor," Guthrie explained to The Hill, noting that the envelopes intended to indicate which voters needed to provide additional identification under state law were supposed to display "TRUE" in a hidden field labeled "ID Required".

Despite this, Guthrie noted that "for voters who did not need additional identification, no indication was supposed to appear, but the printing error caused 'FALSE' to be printed on their envelopes." The error was quickly identified and corrected in subsequent batches and did not affect voter registration records, identification requirements, the validity of ballots, or voters' ability to cast their votes."