2020 has brought many changes, including how some voters choose to cast their ballots in this general election. With registration deadlines quickly approaching, here’s what voters need to know. How to register to vote The first option for someone wanting to register online is to do so on the Nevada Secretary of State’s website, registertovotenv.gov…. [Read More]
County: ballots will go out the first week of October
Washoe County today issued a statement about the local voting process after a local campaign consultant urged people to flood the county with complaints. The claim: ballots were meant to have been sent in September. The Registrar of Voters, Deanna Spikula, said, yes, the county had wanted ballots to go out sooner. The county website… [Read More]
How to vote if you are experiencing homelessness in Washoe County
Lawmakers in Nevada approved a bill to send every registered voter in the state an absentee ballot ahead of the 2020 election. However, where will one’s ballot be sent if they are experiencing homelessness? KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck talked to Heather Carmen, the Assistant Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, about how to send and receive… [Read More]
Election 2020: Question 2, removing same-sex marriage ban from Nevada’s constitution (video)
Formal name: Marriage Regardless of Gender Amendment Type of measure: Legislative resolution to amend the Nevada Constitution Summary of what it does: If approved, this ballot question would overturn an (unenforced and deemed unconstitutional) section of the Nevada Constitution holding that “only a marriage between a male and female person shall be recognized and given effect in this state.” It… [Read More]
Nevada surpasses 2010 U.S. Census Bureau self-response rate
The deadline to fill out the 2020 census is quickly approaching, and according to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nevada has surpassed its 2010 census self-response rate. In 2010, Nevadans had the choice to self-respond to the census one of two ways: over the phone or by mail. By the end of the 2010 census deadline,… [Read More]
Question No. 1, a measure that would strike the Board of Regents from the Nevada Constitution, explained (video)
Question 1, a referendum on the November ballot in Nevada, would remove language including the Board of Regents from Article 11 of the Nevada Constitution, instead requiring the Legislature to provide by law for the “governance, control, and management and the reasonable protection of individual academic freedom.” The amendment would also clarify certain legal provisions related… [Read More]
Trump energizes base, attacks democrats during Nevada campaign stop
President Donald Trump used his campaign stop in northern Nevada over the weekend to slam Democrats and sow doubt about the integrity of the election. Marking his first campaign rally in Nevada since the start of the pandemic, Trump was greeted by several thousand mostly maskless supporters who crowded onto the small runway of the… [Read More]
Trump threatens legal action after Nevada approves bill to expand election mail-in voting, ballot collecting
President Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism over Nevada’s move toward a mostly mail general election during a press conference Monday, saying he expected a lawsuit would drop Tuesday against a bill that passed the Assembly and Senate on party lines over the last few days and was signed into law on Monday. Trump’s… [Read More]
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