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The change comes as Lombardo's campaign filed new campaign finance documents Sept. 1, outlining exactly how much money the legal defense fund raised — $85,000 — and who funded it.

Coalition seeks 2024 ballot measure to put abortion protections in Nevada Constitution
By Sean GolonkaIf the proposed constitutional amendment sought by Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom qualifies for the ballot next year, it would need to pass in two consecutive general elections to be added to the state constitution.

Top Nevada Republicans reverse course, urge party to vote early or by mail in 2024
By Gabby BirenbaumNational and Nevada GOP leaders are launching a campaign for Republicans to vote early and by mail in the 2024 election, reversing course on a voting method former President Donald Trump lambasted as corrupt in 2020.

GOP Senate candidate Sam Brown once supported 20-week abortion ban, is now less specific
By Sean GolonkaDuring the 2014 forum, Brown said he "would have supported the legislation that passed this last special session," referring to the 2013 law that banned abortions in Texas past 20 weeks of pregnancy.

'We've got to do those things again:' Inside the Biden campaign's plans for Nevada
By Gabby BirenbaumAfter working in the White House after the election, President Joe Biden's re-election campaign named Alana Mounce as its 2024 ballot access director, tasking her with ensuring the president is on the ballot in all 57 states and territories.

Deputy Secretary of State for Elections Mark Wlaschin, who led the hearings and a trio of regulation workshops last month, said during the Monday meeting that the regulations help provide "additional clarity, not only for election officials across the state, but also for members of the public about how elections are conducted."

Trump opponent seeks longshot 14th Amendment case to bar him from Nevada ballot
By Jacob Solis, Sean GolonkaThe lawsuit comes alongside another high-profile effort led by six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters, who earlier this week sued to block Trump from the state's ballot — a case that Trump's team is actively fighting against.

DeSantis super PAC calls Nevada GOP primary 'rigged' for Trump; other candidates shy away from state
By Gabby BirenbaumNevada's lone Republican in Congress said there's a 'hell of a lot of confusion' over the primary, caucus situation.

Assemblywoman and Reno council member join race for key Reno-area state Senate seat
By Jacob Solis, Tabitha MuellerThe two Democrats are competing for the seat of Sen. Heidi Seevers Gansert (R-Reno), who announced in early August that she would not run for re-election in order to spend more time with her family.

Teacher-led PAC files petition to block public funding for A's stadium in Vegas
By Howard Stutz, Rocío HernándezA PAC formed by a statewide teachers union has filed a referendum petition to block $380 million in public funding for the A's proposed stadium.

2024 House races: Las Vegas districts again in spotlight as GOP seeks to unseat Democratic incumbents
By Gabby BirenbaumThe battle for control of the U.S. House of Representatives will again run through Las Vegas, where three of the state's four congressional districts were decided by less than 6 points in 2022.

Pending approval by the Las Vegas City Council, Assemblywoman Sabra Smith Newby (D-Las Vegas) is expected to resign from the Legislature to take a job as the city's deputy manager.

2024 Senate race: Growing field of Republican challengers looks to unseat Jacky Rosen
By Sean GolonkaMarchant, a prominent election denier and fervent Trump supporter, has framed the race as "MAGA vs. establishment," a reference to the institutional support for Brown, who has declined to endorse Trump.

Even months out from the election, Bolger noted that this type of early polling "makes it easier for the [leading] candidate to raise money [and] makes it harder for other candidates to raise money and attract support."

GOP lawmaker Heidi Kasama to run for Congress, challenge Susie Lee
By Tabitha MuellerSecond-term Assemblywoman Heidi Kasama (R-Las Vegas) announced plans Monday to run for Nevada's Congressional District 3, pledging to focus her campaign on education, economic development and public safety.

After judge denies GOP request to block presidential primary, party appeals to Nevada Supreme Court
By Sean GolonkaThe state law passed in 2021 stipulates, "a presidential preference primary election must be held for all major political parties on the first Tuesday in February of each presidential election year," unless there is only one or no qualified candidate for that party.

Campaign for Choice: Inside the 1990 effort that's protecting Nevada abortion access today
By Noel SimsCampaign for Choice — underestimated at the time and overlooked since — organized in 1990 to pass a referendum which has locked down abortion rights in Nevada for more than 30 years.

Seeking small-dollar support, Marianne Williamson campaigns in Vegas, aims for presidency
By Naoka ForemanIf elected, she said she would establish a national Department of Children and Youth, as well as a Department of Peace and a Reparations Council made up of Black leaders who would distribute funds over the course of 20 years. She also said would enact free tuition to trade schools and public colleges, including community and four-year colleges, and eliminate interest on college loans and forgive federal and privately held student debt.

July marked the first month that nonpartisans outnumbered Democratic voters — a major shift from just a year ago when registered Democrats outnumbered nonpartisans by nearly 68,000 people.

During the 2022 general election, the Clark County Election Department received more than 15,000 mail ballots on Election Day, more than 27,000 the day after, more than 36,000 two days after and nearly 2,000 across the final two days for mail ballots to be received, according to the audit report.