Washoe County unveils faster mail ballot sorter, new extractor machines ahead of election

RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Washoe County election officials on Thursday unveiled and demonstrated new election equipment aimed at speeding up the sorting and processing of the tens of thousands of mail ballots expected in the upcoming election.

The $500,000 ballot sorter, provided through a grant from the Nevada Secretary of State's office, is estimated to sort ballots by precinct two to three times faster than the previous machine, said deputy registrar of voters Andrew McDonald.

(The old machine's) belt broke. We had roller issues, maintenance, so it was constantly being in service. This is brand new it's going to work efficiently. It's much faster," he told News 4-Fox 11.

Also new this election are four ballot extractor machines, which mechanically separate ballots from their envelopes. Removing ballots from the envelopes was previously done by hand.



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