Election 2022
Nevada sheds two-tiered minimum wage, puts $12 per hour floor in constitution
Nevada’s unusual minimum wage system will soon be a thing of the past, unofficial election results show. As of Friday, the Nevada secretary of state was reporting that 54% of voters approved Question 2, which sets the state minimum wage at $12 per hour for all employees and removes a provision that allows employers to […]
Organizers, officials reaching out to voters whose signatures on ballots need verification
If people forgot to sign their mail-in ballot, or their signature doesn’t match with past voting records, they have until the end of the day Nov. 14 to resolve their issue, a process known as signature curing. Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria said there were about 7,100 ballots that needed to be cured […]
Young Black and Latino voters seen as key in turning back midterm ‘red wave’
WASHINGTON — Young Black and Latino voters were critical in holding off the Republican “red wave” in several battleground states for U.S. Senate seats and in tight U.S. House races in the midterm elections, according to analyses by researchers and grassroot organizations. Young, diverse voters between the ages of 18 and 29 had the second-highest youth […]
Democratic House incumbents poised to survive redistricting gambit
In the first election since congressional districts were redrawn, three Nevada incumbent U.S. House Democrats have declared victory, while Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei is on pace to win by his largest margin since being elected in 2012. U.S. Reps. Dina Titus, Susie Lee, and Steven Horsford declared victory Thursday. Each had narrow leads […]
Leading by 46k votes, Ford declares victory, Chattah leaves Twitter
Nevadans have apparently rejected a vocal Trumpian personality, selecting Democratic incumbent Attorney General Aaron Ford over Republican challenger Sigal Chattah. Leading Chattah 51% to 46% in counted votes as of Thursday, Ford issued a statement declaring victory while Chattah deleted her campaign Twitter account. Ford was one of several Democrats nationwide to survive a midterm that […]
County sets Saturday goal for counting ‘majority’ of remaining ballots, says Trump should hush
Clark County officials Thursday condemned accusations made by former President Donald Trump who claimed, without evidence, that Nevada’s election process was “corrupt.” County officials added that the majority of the 50,000 outstanding mail-in ballots left in Clark County will likely be counted by Saturday. During a press conference on the status of outstanding mail ballots, […]
With Question 1, Nevada passes most inclusive states equal rights amendment in nation
Nevadans said “yes” to codifying equal rights in the state constitution, unofficial election results show. Question 1 asked voters to add to the state constitution language that people can not be discriminated against based on “race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, ancestry, or national origin.” That makes it the […]
Tens of thousands of still uncounted ballots could reverse current Republican leads
59,600 – that’s how many ballots were placed in drop boxes in Clark County on Election Day, officials announced Wednesday. Earlier Wednesday, county officials said nearly 15,000 mail-in ballots had been dropped off by voters prior to Election Day, and another nearly 13,000 had been delivered by the U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday. USPS delivered […]
Biden says midterm elections turned out to be ‘a good day’ for democracy
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that even though midterm election results have yet to determine which party will control Congress, Democrats had a strong night defending their majority in both chambers. Control of both the U.S. Senate and House remained unclear Wednesday as more than 50 House seats have not been called and […]
Nevada’s role in determining control of the U.S. Senate: The scenarios
As of mid-day Wednesday, with votes still being counted in Nevada and other states, only one U.S. Senate seat in the country was flipped from one party to the other, when Democrat John Fetterman beat Republican Mahmet Oz in Pennsylvania. That means the Democrats can lose one seat — and only one seat — and […]
It took until Election Night but Republicans and Democrats finally agreed on something: Be patient
Election Day has morphed into Election Week. Tuesday ended with none of Nevada’s top ticket races being called. Election officials at Clark and Washoe counties, which together make up almost 90% of the state population, announced they did not have the resources to process the mail ballots that were received on Election Day via the […]
Mailing it in proves more convenient for voters than for vote counters
Long lines, short staffing and Nevada’s ongoing learning curve with universal mail-in voting combined to assure that voters will once again have to wait to find out who they elected. County officials in Nevada’s two most populous counties announced that mail ballots dropped off Tuesday would not be counted on election night—and may take several […]