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Open Primaries, Ranked Choice Voting Make November Ballot

July 22, 2022 11:19 amJuly 29, 2022 12:38 pm

News 3 Las Vegas reports that the ballot initiative to bring open primaries and ranked choice voting was approved by the Secretary of State, Barbara Cegavske, and will appear on the November 2022 ballot. Currently, Alaska and Maine are the only two states that use ranked choice voting in their...

Joey Gilbert Files Lawsuit Contesting NV Gubernatorial Primary Election

July 18, 2022 12:12 pmJuly 19, 2022 8:57 am

Last Friday, candidate for Nevada Governor Joey Gilbert, represented by attorney Craig Mueller, filed a lawsuit contesting the Nevada gubernatorial primary election. The defendants named in the suit are Governor Steve Sisolak, Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske, Sheriff Joe Lombardo, GOP nominee for Nevada governor, Clark County Registrar Joe Gloria,...

Washoe County Registrar Submits Resignation

June 28, 2022 12:28 pmMarch 27, 2023 11:50 am

As reported by The Globe, Washoe County Registrar Deanna Spikula has been on an extended, paid leave of absence with no announced date of return. Spikula’s last public appearance as registrar was at a March 8 Board of Commissioners meeting and according to numerous reports, there is no timeframe as...

One Million Voters Switch Party Affiliation to GOP

June 27, 2022 12:33 pmJuly 6, 2022 10:02 am

The Associated Press (AP) reports that more than one million voters switched their party affiliation to Republican with the most notable demographic shift coming from the suburban swing voters who favored Biden in 2020. According to their data analysis, record inflation, gas prices and fears that the country is headed...

Drew Johnson, CCRP Challenge DeRiso’s Appointment To Election Board

May 27, 2022 11:30 amMay 31, 2022 10:08 am

The Globe has obtained paperwork filed by the Clark County Republican Party (CCRP) and Drew Johnson, candidate for Clark County Commissioner District F, challenging Clark County Registrar Joe Gloria’s appointment of Political Consultant Lisa Mayo DeRiso to the Clark County Election Certification Board. As reported by The Globe, this spat...

Cegavske Paid $1 Million To ‘Connected’ Reno PR Firm for 2020 Mail-In Ballots

March 29, 2022 3:19 pmApril 4, 2022 12:56 pm

In March 2020, Governor Sisolak mandated a statewide lockdown in order to ‘flatten the curve’ of Covid 19 infections and hospitalizations. At that time, Sisolak asked Nevada Secretary of State (NVSOS) Barbara Cegavske to conduct the June 2020 by mail and with mail-in ballots—which was not allowed under Nevada law....

Judge Rules To Remove Tax Hike Petitions From 2022 Ballot

March 18, 2022 2:25 pm

Carson City District Court Judge James Wilson has ordered two teacher union-backed tax initiatives be removed from the 2022 ballot, reversing Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske’s decision to move them forward. As reported by The Globe, The Clark County Education Association, took to the streets during a pandemic shutdown and surprisingly...