Editorial: Ferguson's tenure was marked by technology

Ferguson also worked hard to make sure the long lines during the 1996 elections, created by a shortage of voting machines, didn't happen again. Her most recent success was in encouraging early voting, which has been extremely popular. But just as everything was running so smoothly, Ferguson abruptly announced last week she was leaving to be the registrar of voters in Santa Clara County, Calif.

After November's nightmarish election in Washoe County in which voting snafus caused the official results in the U.S. Senate race to be delayed for a month, Clark County residents felt fortunate to have our system in place. Ferguson appears to have built a professional staff, and hopefully our elections will keep on running as smoothly as they did in 1998, which will be in large measure because of her efforts.

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