Elections & voting
Native American voters are counting on the Legislature to increase access
After years of voter suppression and ignoring voting accessibility issues in tribal communities, who is thinking of uplifting the voices of Native American voters? This legislative session has made the answer very clear: Speaker Jason Frierson and the Assembly Democratic Caucus. The history of voting rights for Native Americans is fraught with voter suppression at […]
Anti-gerrymandering proposal finds new backer in NV Leg
A failed petition initiative aimed at curbing partisan gerrymandering will find new life during the upcoming legislative session. Republican state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer plans to introduce a resolution to amend the Nevada Constitution to create an independent redistricting commission. The language is expected to mirror a citizen-driven initiative that failed to gather enough signatures to […]
Who wants to draw some legislative districts?
Nevadans next year are expected to have the opportunity to attempt for themselves the complicated task of redrawing political districts, with the possibility of submitting their proposed maps to lawmakers for consideration. Lawmakers approved funding for the software earlier this year, but on Tuesday they heard more about how it might be used by the […]
Trump’s rhetoric on election integrity unfolds in courtrooms, tweets
See you in court! It is a threat President Donald Trump and his re-election campaign have lobbed — sometimes verbatim — at states across the country this year. Last week, the campaign threatened litigation in Pennsylvania if it wasn’t allowed to observe activity inside satellite election offices — access election lawyers say would be unprecedented, […]
Voter Guide 2020
We have deliberately focused on down-ballot and especially non-partisan races. Those contests for judges, school board and the like often get little attention and can be the most puzzling to voters.
What is the Nevada Board of Education, and who are the people running for it?
Graduation requirements. Teacher performance evaluations. School star ratings. Those are some of the policies and regulations determined or approved by the Nevada Board of Education. If you’re unfamiliar with the state board and its duties, you’re not alone. Since it was restructured by the Nevada Legislature nearly a decade ago, the board has largely flown […]
Fumo says Herndon is ‘wholly unqualified’ for Supreme Court
Clark County Judges Doug Herndon and William Kephart “should be ashamed of themselves” for putting an innocent man behind bars for murder, says Ozzie Fumo, Herndon’s opponent in the race for Supreme Court Seat D. “It’s offensive to me that someone like that believes he belongs on the Supreme Court,” Fumo says of Herndon. Herndon […]
Dan Rodimer is hungover. It’s probably all the Kool-Aid.
Dan Rodimer’s campaign made a video riffing on the movie The Hangover. It’s a clever idea. The production quality is quite good for a campaign video. And it makes a convincing case Rodimer should never be in Congress. The video opens with Rodimer waking up, or coming to, in a hotel room strewn with empty […]
School Board: District A candidates come bringing connections
Neither candidate in the Clark County School Board’s District A race has held an elected office before, but both have interacted with Nevada’s political machine in notable ways — one as a union leader, and one as the wife of a former state legislator. Lisa Guzman is assistant executive director of the Nevada State Education […]
School Board: District C alumnae face off to represent their hometown
Both of the women in the running for the District C seat on the Clark County School Board are products of the community they hope to oversee. Evelyn Garcia Morales graduated from Mojave High School, and Tameka Henry from Cheyenne High School. Both alumnae have spent their adult lives focused on improving educational outcomes. Garcia Morales […]
SOS announces online service to track your mail-in ballot
When it’s mailed to you. When it’s received by the county. And when it’s counted. The Nevada Secretary of State’s office Tuesday announced it has hooked up with BallotTrax, the nation’s the largest provider of technology to track ballots, to offer Nevada voters a free service to keep track of where their ballot is and […]
School Board: Partisan antics overshadow local policy positions in District B
You might be able to distill one of the Clark County School Board races down to t-shirts. The one donned by District B candidate Katie Williams on her official campaign website is bright blue and reads “Socialism Sucks” in a style riffing off the logo of former presidential candidate and self-described democratic socialist Bernie Sanders. […]