RivCo board to consider policy changes, purchases to improve future elections
The Nov. 3 general election posed challenges for the Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office and created confusion among some residents, but the process can be smoothed out in the future with policy changes, according to a report that the Board of Supervisors will review on Tuesday.
Under a board directive issued in early December, the Executive Office and registrar s staff initiated an After-Action Review of the 2020 election and the lingering ramifications of the problems that surfaced.
The report does not point to the same irregularities and alleged fraud that resulted in a flurry of lawsuits and forensic audits, including the one underway in neighboring Arizona, following the presidential contest. However, the county s difficulties do highlight the need for changes to bolster confidence in how elections are run, according to the report.
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A county report found that in the 2016 presidential election, there were 724,283 ballots mailed, while in the most recent one, there were 1,243,154 ballots sent an increase of 70%. (Toni McAllister/Patch)
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA The Nov. 3 general election posed challenges for the Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office and created confusion among some residents, but the process can be smoothed out in the future with policy changes, according to a report that the Board of Supervisors will review Tuesday.
Under a board directive issued in early December, the Executive Office and registrar s staff initiated an After-Action Review of the 2020 election and the lingering ramifications of the problems that surfaced.