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It’s time to make our primary elections make sense
It’s primary season in Nevada, and once again our state’s complicated mixture of open and closed primaries is on full display. Candidates for city councils are running in nonpartisan open primaries, while races for county commission and state legislature are closed, partisan elections. Caught in the confusion are now the largest group of voters in […]
Voting rights alone will not save us
Much has been said and written about voting rights this last year and for good reasons. Vote Nevada, a nonprofit founded by Nevadans for Nevadans, will be contributing to this dialogue over the summer with events focused on our full suite of democracy rights, such as the right to fair representation and the right to […]
Another chance to curb the partisanship in redistricting
The first three words of the U.S. Constitution are “We the People,” while the words “political party” are absent in the document. Yet, by 1812, elected officials were actively shifting power from the people to the political parties through redistricting. And since 1812, every ten years, the parties continue to decide which voters will matter […]
Voters were overwhelmed: What to do about judicial elections
Our recent election was unique in many ways, one of which was the high number of judicial candidates. This was the first election cycle under a new rule to run all district court positions simultaneously to ensure the district judges are paid equitably, but this fix created a burden on voters. As a League of […]
Apparently some Democrats think gerrymandering is fine in blue states
In June of 2019 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Rucho v. Common Cause that federal courts will no longer accept partisan gerrymandering cases. Chief Justice Roberts wrote for the majority that partisan gerrymandering is a political issue that must be resolved at the state level. In response, the League of Women Voters U.S. launched […]
Guest op-ed: Making voter registration simpler and more secure
This year voters will consider whether to make voter registration automatic for eligible citizens at the Department of Motor Vehicles, a change that will improve access to the ballot box while protecting the accuracy and integrity of our voter rolls. Automatic Voter Registration, on the ballot as Question 5 and endorsed by the League of […]