The race features a well-funded political newcomer who has questioned the trust, but not the security, of elections, squaring off against a trio of repeat candidates who have all made unproven claims of mass voter fraud.
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To curb drug use, the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) is proposing restricting physical mail from entering facilities and replacing it with electronic copies — a move that has drawn sharp criticism from criminal justice advocates who see physical mail as a morale-boosting connection between inmates and the outside world.
In this week's Indy Elections: Ford gets a lawyer in state ethics investigation, GOP AG candidate calls out SOS and exclusive campaign finance reports.
The President's executive order seeks to create a federal list of citizens eligible to vote by mail, and directs the U.S. Postal Service to use it. Some states decry unconstitutional overreach.
The White House did not provide information about which 15 states Trump was referring to. However, a White House official sent The Nevada Independent several data points that indicate one of the states could be Nevada.
What's the difference between gambling and predicting? Anecdotally, it seems like a distinction without a difference. Legally, however, the difference is significant.
Voters can no longer select their preferred party at the DMV. Instead, new voters' information is transmitted to their county election office, and when their eligibility is confirmed, they are mailed a form to select their political party.
The lawsuit argues the U.S. attorney general has "sweeping power" to obtain voter data from states and asks the court to require the release of the data.
In this edition of the Indy Elections newsletter: National Dems pounce on redistricting proposal, unions push play on film tax credits and Annie Black is back.
The Nevada secretary of state's office moved to a top-down voter registration system that collects and stores voter preregistration and registration information and is used by all 17 county clerks.