Washoe County election chief Andrew McDonald on turnover, voter rolls and … paper ballots?
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In the 2026 midterms, Washoe County will — once again — have someone new running its elections.
Andrew McDonald is the county’s new registrar of voters — the 4th person to hold that job since 2022.
But McDonald says he’s in it for the long haul and he's got some big goals: moving the registrar’s office to a bigger location, continuing to clean up the voter rolls, and bringing in new voting machines that leave a paper record for every ballot cast in person.
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