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Office assistant Shawna Johnson marks a countdown until election day on a whiteboard at the Washoe County Registrar of Voters office, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Office assistant Shawna Johnson marks a countdown until election day on a whiteboard at the Washoe County Registrar of Voters office, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, third from left, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., attends a class on dealing with work stress and trauma with office assistant Shawna Johnson, from left, and business technologist Michael Mulreany, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, third from left, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., attends a class on dealing with work stress and trauma with office assistant Shawna Johnson, from left, and business technologist Michael Mulreany, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., walks through the office Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., walks through the office Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Wendy Steiner, office assistant at the Washoe County Registrar of Voters office, carries a sign for poll worker training Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Wendy Steiner, office assistant at the Washoe County Registrar of Voters office, carries a sign for poll worker training Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, left, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., stands with Michael Mulreany, business technologist, while helping prepare the office for elections, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, left, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., stands with Michael Mulreany, business technologist, while helping prepare the office for elections, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., wears socks with the word "vote" while sitting at her home Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., wears socks with the word "vote" while sitting at her home Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Window light illuminates a depiction of Jesus at the home of Cari-Ann Burgess, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Window light illuminates a depiction of Jesus at the home of Cari-Ann Burgess, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., left, prays with her husband Shane Burgess before eating dinner at their home Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., left, prays with her husband Shane Burgess before eating dinner at their home Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., arrives at the office Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., arrives at the office Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., moves around boxes while preparing the office for elections Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., moves around boxes while preparing the office for elections Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., left, kisses husband Shane Burgess as she arrives at their home Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., left, kisses husband Shane Burgess as she arrives at their home Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., curls her hair before church on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Reno, Nevada. (AP Photo/Serkan Gurbuz)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., curls her hair before church on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Reno, Nevada. (AP Photo/Serkan Gurbuz)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., pauses while helping prepare the office for elections, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., pauses while helping prepare the office for elections, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., walks through the office Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., walks through the office Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., center, eats dinner with her husband Shane Burgess, right, at their home Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cari-Ann Burgess, interim Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, Nev., center, eats dinner with her husband Shane Burgess, right, at their home Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)