In a press conference held in front of the Nevada Capitol yesterday, Democratic leaders including Assemblyman Steve Yeager, Treasurer Zach Conine, Attorney General Aaron Ford and Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar presented what they believe to be solutions for Nevadans which include additional government spending on state services, state workers, and public education. Notably absent from the conference was Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro who had a “scheduling conflict.”

Yeager outlined the Democratic majority’s spending and special interest proposals, including gun control and expanded access to abortion, in the following tweet:

After their presentation, the Nevada Globe asked Assm. Yeager if Governor Lombardo’s election integrity bill, SB405, will receive a hearing. Yeager replied, “We are here at the Legislature to solve problems. This isn’t a problem that exists in the state of Nevada,” Yeager said. “It’s simply a solution in search of a problem…Our elections are safe and secure…we have the best elections in the country.”

Although 35 states have implemented various requirements for voter identification, AG Ford curiously charged that Voter ID was “unconstitutional.”

“This attorney general will not abide by an unconstitutional act like voter ID here in this state, where the only people who’ve ever prosecuted it are standing before you,” Ford said. “I stand by Speaker Yeager and that entire Legislative Building in not giving that bill a hearing.”

SOS Aguilar joined the chorus, stating: “It is important to understand when you mess with a fundamental right, you better be very careful in what you are doing to limit your access to the ballot box.”

In response, Governor Lombardo said, “I think if you look at the polling data, reference to election integrity, [it’s] holding positive across party lines, and it would be malpractice not to even consider a conversation about it.”