Barbara Cegavske Archives

Over 100,000 Inactive Voters Removed From Clark County Voter Rolls

August 14, 2024 1:58 pmAugust 22, 2024 1:36 pm

Republicans and grass roots activists have successfully challenged Clark County, Nevada, to clean their bloated voter rolls after 8,000+ ballots were counted but sent to undeliverable addresses in the 2020 election. The ballots were submitted for investigation to former Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske (R), but no action was taken....

Scoop: Green Party Submits 20K Signatures for Nevada Ballot

May 20, 2024 12:16 pmMay 21, 2024 10:47 am

UPDATE: This story has been updated to add comment from the Nevada Green Party. The Nevada Globe is reporting that The Green Party has submitted more than 20,000 signatures statewide, about twice the number required to qualify for the ballot in 2024. If the process holds up to the harsh...

Nevada Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Stop Hand Count in Nye County

November 15, 2022 1:15 pm

As reported by the Globe, numerous progressive organizations have attempted to stop hand counting in Nye County with the latest challenge filed yesterday by the ACLU of Nevada and the Brennan Center for Justice. They requested an immediate ruling and the ruling was issued last night. As reported by KSNV:...

Centene Entities Maxed Donations to Sisolak After Medicaid Contract Approval

November 4, 2022 12:10 pmNovember 7, 2022 2:37 pm

On October 22, 2021, the state of Nevada, led by Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak, announced Medicaid plans, which can be lucrative to the providers with SilverSummit Healthplan as an option. SilverSummit Healthplan is the Nevada entity of Centene. Centene is the nation’s largest private managed-care provider for Medicaid, the government...

ACLU Sues Nye County Over Hand Counting Process

October 5, 2022 11:27 amNovember 15, 2022 1:16 pm

The ACLU’s Nevada chapter has filed a lawsuit against Nye County , a Republican stronghold, and its interim clerk to stop the implementation of Nye’s new hand-counting process, which was approved and authorized by Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske. The process entails hand-counting all paper ballots alongside a machine tabulator....

Judge Rules Ineligible AG Candidate Will Remain On Ballot

September 7, 2022 12:09 pmSeptember 14, 2022 11:40 am

On August 26th, Libertarian candidate for Nevada attorney general John T. Kennedy withdrew his candidacy for the race after learning he was ineligible due to the fact that he is not a lawyer. In 2021, the Nevada statute was revised and required attorney general candidates to be in good standing...

Amid Election Integrity Concerns, Nevada SOS Approves Hand Counting

August 29, 2022 12:56 pmAugust 30, 2022 11:57 am

As reported by The Independent Tribune: The Nevada secretary of state’s office on Friday approved regulations for counties to hand count votes starting as soon as this fall’s midterm elections. But the revised regulations will no longer apply to the one county that has been at the forefront of the...