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RFK Jr Drafts Lawsuit Against Nevada Over Ballot Access

May 31, 2024 12:28 pmMay 31, 2024 4:08 pm

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has drafted a lawsuit (see below) against Nevada Secretary of State (SOS) Francisco Aguilar due to his office providing incorrect information to the independent candidate when he began the petition process to appear on the ballot in the Silver State. At that time, a staffer incorrectly...

Washoe County DA Files Lawsuit Against USPS

May 29, 2024 9:50 pmMay 30, 2024 2:53 pm

After receiving authorization from the Washoe County Board of Commissioners yesterday, and on the bipartisan heels of Sen. Jacky Rosen (D) and Governor Joe Lombardo’s (R) press conference in front of the United States Postal Service’s processing and distribution center in Reno, Nevada, the Washoe County District Attorney’s office has...

Jewish Student Files Federal Lawsuit Against UNLV, Alleges ‘Unchecked Spread of Anti-Semitism’

May 28, 2024 5:19 pm

Plaintiff Cory Gerwaski, an observant jewish student at University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) has filed a federal lawsuit (see below) against the university, Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE), UNLV President Keith Whitfield, and a variety of student groups alleging that the ‘”unchecked spread of antisemitism” has caused him...

In Unanimous Ruling, State Supreme Court Approves Voter ID Ballot Measure To Move Forward

May 24, 2024 9:49 pm

In a unanimous ruling (see below), the Nevada Supreme Court approved a voter ID ballot initiative to move forward, agreeing with a district court’s ruling that the initiative did not contain an unfunded mandate and the petition’s “description of effect” was, in fact, straightforward, succinct, and a non-argumentative summary. “Indeed,...

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...

Schools Over Stadium Strikes Out With Supremes

May 13, 2024 12:20 pmMay 20, 2024 12:29 pm

The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that rejected the language of a referendum petition to overturn Senate Bill 1, the public financing legislation needed to move the Oakland A’s to Las Vegas. The higher court agreed that the petition was “legally deficient” and “confusing.” In a...

DNC Seeks Dismissal of RNC ‘Junk’ Lawsuit, Claims RNC is ‘Sowing Distrust in Elections’

May 6, 2024 5:21 pmMay 7, 2024 1:43 pm

The Globe first reported that the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Republican National Committee and the Nevada GOP filed a lawsuit alleging five Nevada counties are violating the National Voting Rights Act (NVRA) by not maintaining clean and accurate voter rolls. The counties named are Carson City, Clark, Douglas,...