With the March Primary now less than four months away, the Nevada County Elections Department needs your help to maintain accurate, up-to-date voter rolls. Clerk-Recorder Natalie Adona says “residency confirmation cards” are being sent out to virtually all registered voters. That’s required by state law before every primary election…

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Adona says it’s challenging to know exactly how much “dead wood” is actually on voter rolls at any one time. She says they get address and status information from a lot of sources. That includes the DMV, Health Department, Department of Corrections, and the National Change of Address data base. But it’s usually not received in a timely manner…

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And if it’s not close to a Primary, the postcards are sent only to registered voters who haven’t participated in an election in the last six months or who haven’t made an update to their registration in over a year.