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Rural Nye County, Nevada prepares to hand-count ballots

Voters fill out their ballots at Bedford High School during the New Hampshire Primary on Sept. 13, 2022 in Bedford, New Hampshire. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
Voters fill out their ballots at Bedford High School during the New Hampshire Primary on Sept. 13, 2022 in Bedford, New Hampshire. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Editor’s note: Reporter Lucia Starbuck was referring to Republican gubernatorial candidate Joe Lombardo’s discomfort in a debate with Trump’s election denials, not Republican Secretary of State candidate Jim Marchant’s.

KUNR democracy reporter Lucia Starbuck joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young to discuss why officials in Nye County, Nevada who distrust voting machines are preparing to hand-count ballots in upcoming elections, sparking a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union.

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