Imagine how apoplectic the MAGA right would be if a future Democratic president were to pursue universal mail-in ballots via executive order or sought to mandate the use of Dominion voting machines in every state.

Recently, a Republican candidate winning statewide in Nevada was tough, and winning as a presidential candidate was almost impossible. The difference in 2024 is that President-elect Donald Trump built a coalition that had been as elusive as a hole in one.

Nevada has closed primary elections for partisan offices. Only voters registered in the Democratic Party can vote in the Democratic primary; only voters registered in the Republican Party can vote in the Republican primary.

On the bright side, despite the widespread political dysfunction of our times, the most absurd elements of either party haven't really been capable of accomplishing much in a divided government.

Banning an app that millions of voters use would further alienate the Republican Party from the generations who will control elections for decades to come. These are the very voters we most need to engage.

Nearly half a century after her 1974 entry into the state's rough-and-tumble public arena, it would be hard to find two words better than capable and honest to capture Sue Wagner's character.

Clearly, if one was actually interested in increasing voter participation rates, returning to a caucus process while the state prepares for a mandatory state-run primary wouldn't be a serious consideration.

In other words, Republicans will be presented with two ways to vote for their party's nominee, but only one of them (the caucus) will actually hold any weight — which sounds quite likely to cause confusion among ordinary voters.