Nevada GOP chair outraged that ‘certain people’ got to vote
It’s standard practice to keep polls open if you’re on line at closing time. This was lost on the Nevada Republican Chair.
.@NVGOP Chairman admits at #Trump's Reno rally they don't want "certain people" voting. pic.twitter.com/fOZehZOmBP
— Correct The Record (@CorrectRecord) November 6, 2016
Michael McDonald, the chair of the Nevada Republican Party, complained at a rally on Saturday that “certain people” had the opportunity to vote. According to CNN, McDonald “was referring to a polling location in Clark County, which is 30% Hispanic and the county in which Las Vegas is located.”
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…In the video, McDonald complains that “in Clark County, they kept a poll open ’til 10 o’clock at night so a certain group could vote,” even though “the polls are supposed to close at 7.” It is, indeed, true that polling places were kept open past the stated 7pm closing time, but not for the nefarious reason that McDonald suggests.
It is a standard practice during elections to allow anyone who was in line prior to closing time to cast a ballot, so that no one is disenfranchised because they failed to anticipate their neighbors’ interest in the election.
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