Nevada: 32,000 Washoe ballot envelopes printed with "FALSE" are a vendor error, and those ballots still count

About 32,000 mail-ballot return envelopes in Washoe County, Nevada (Reno), were printed with the word "FALSE" in an "ID Required" field. County officials say it was a printing-vendor error and that the ballots inside are valid, the Reno Gazette-Journal and The Hill report.

The county says the misprint does not affect a voter's registration, ID requirements, whether a ballot counts, or anyone's ability to vote. Voters who got one of these envelopes should fill out and return their ballot as usual. The error was in the first batch of envelopes, and later batches were printed correctly, according to KOLO and 2News. County spokesperson George Guthrie said the problem was not tied to any party.

Former Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R), now with the Democracy Defense Foundation, told voters: "If your envelope says FALSE, nothing is wrong with your ballot." The issue spread online overnight after Kalshi posted that 32,000 Nevada voters "reportedly got mail ballots with a printing error."

Washoe is Nevada's second-largest county and a key swing county in the governor's race between Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) and Attorney General Aaron Ford (D), which Kalshi has at 75% for Ford. Nevada counts mail ballots postmarked by Election Day that arrive within four days.