Elections & voting
Nevada Republican Party caucus goes exactly as Nevada Republican Party planned: Trump wins
Nevada’s confusing and chaotic moment in the nation’s presidential nomination process came to its inevitable end Thursday, with former President Donald Trump winning the Nevada Republican caucus, two days after a symbolic victory in a state-run primary. The Associated Press called the caucus for Trump on Thursday night shortly after 8 p.m. with only a […]
Biden sails to victory in ‘first in the West’ Nevada primary
Democratic President Joe Biden won his second official Presidential Preference Primary of 2024, the “first in the West” Nevada primary Tuesday. The Associated Press called the race Tuesday with 61% of votes counted, and Biden winning 90% of them. While Democrats expected Biden to win the state, he appeared beside 12 other candidates, including author […]
Top election official tries to get ahead of caucus-caused confusion – without criticizing caucus
Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar on Wednesday offered little direct criticism of the Nevada Republican Party for rejecting the state-run presidential preference primary in favor of hosting their own party-run caucus. But he defended the state’s primary election system, calling it more accessible to voters than a caucus held over less than three hours […]
How will Nevada Republicans observe January 6 this year?
Saturday marks three years since the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. One way Nevada Republicans might commemorate the insurrection is by being thankful Sigal Chattah did not win the attorney general’s race in 2022, and the Democrat who did has finally filed criminal charges against Nevada’s fake electors. Because not only […]
How a new way to vote is gaining traction in states — and could transform US politics
With U.S. democracy plagued by extremism, polarization, and a growing disconnect between voters and lawmakers, a set of reforms that could dramatically upend how Americans vote is gaining momentum at surprising speed in Western states. Ranked choice voting, which asks voters to rank multiple candidates in order of preference, has seen its profile steadily expand […]
No Labels says Nevada, nation open to a third-party presidential ‘unity ticket’
No Labels, a national group contemplating a third-party presidential run next year, are pushing back against criticisms from Democrats that their theoretical “unity ticket” would inevitably help former president Donald Trump. “It’s hard to claim No Labels is spoiling a race that (President Joe Biden) is losing by quite a bit,” said Ryan Clancy, chief […]
Anti-gerrymandering ballot initiative resurrected for 2024 election cycle
Fair Maps Nevada on Tuesday filed two notices of intent to circulate petitions for the 2024 general election ballot. Both are proposed constitutional amendments that would strip the power to draw the state’s political boundary maps away from the state legislature and create an independent redistricting commission. If either initiative qualifies for the ballot, it […]
States that send a mail ballot to every voter really do increase turnout, scholars find
Lately, a rough consensus has emerged among people who study the impact of voting policies: Though they often spark fierce partisan fighting, most changes to voting laws do little to affect overall turnout, much less election results. But one fast-growing reform appears to stand out as an exception. When every registered voter gets sent a […]
Nevada’s exodus of election officials took with them 104 years of experience, says report
Ten of Nevada’s 17 counties have lost their top election official since the last presidential election, a higher turnover rate than in almost all other western states, according to a new report out Tuesday. Among the 11 western states analyzed by the cross-partisan political reform group Issue One, only Arizona — a fellow battleground state […]
Americans are worried about democracy. You wouldn’t know it from the GOP debate.
There’s a growing feeling, among both experts and ordinary Americans, that our democracy isn’t functioning well — and even that it’s under threat. “American democracy is cracking,” the Washington Post reported August 18. “I’m terrified,” one democracy expert told the paper. “I think we are in bad shape, and I don’t know a way out.” Forty-nine percent […]
Looking forward to talking to candidates ‘who want my second and third-choice votes’
As a Black woman and the founder of Nevada Women In Trades, I was surprised when I discovered that a version of a federal bill on apprenticeships I am tracking has been co-sponsored by Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Rep. Steven Horsford supported The National Apprenticeship Act of 2021 in the House of Representatives, and […]
Trump a rallying cry, minefield for 2024 Senate, House candidates in Nevada
As the field for Nevada’s GOP Senate primary grows, candidates are again being forced to reckon with Donald Trump as a campaign issue, with some candidates leaning into their support of the thrice indicted former president and others attempting to keep their distance without angering their party’s primary voters. Across the aisle, Democratic groups are […]