The Nevada Secretary of State's Office has revealed that partial election results from nine counties were inadvertently accessible to media outlets for less than an hour after a secure results website remained linked to a testing environment. The office said it uploads data to a secure test system to ensure accuracy and readiness for release as soon as state law allows. The issue was discovered and access to the data was disabled after the problem was discovered. The department is addressing the issue internally and will continue working towards improving election security and ensuring timely results.