The Nevada Republican Party Central Committee has voted to censure the state’s GOP secretary of state, Barbara Cegavske, over claims that her office failed to do its job and “put the reliability of our elections in Nevada in question.”
A mining tax proposal introduced in the Nevada statehouse has revived longstanding debates about charter schools and tax credits that help pay for private school tuition. With less than a day remaining before the Legislature adjourns, Democrats must sway at least two Republicans in both the state Senate and Assembly to win the two-thirds support needed to pass a bill to increase taxes on mines.
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Listen as KUNR Morning Edition host Noah Glick checks in with political editor Paul Boger on Friday, Feb. 26.
NOAH GLICK: So let s talk about this election reform. Break down those two proposals for me.
PAUL BOGER: Sure. So you ve got the Republican proposal, which comes from Assemblywoman Jill Dickman. She represents most of Sparks there.
That proposal would gut what is known as AB4. That is the bill that was passed by lawmakers in the special session last summer that moved Nevada to that mail-in ballot that we saw in the general election. That was supposed to be a temporary bill. Under the language of that law, ballots would be sent in times of emergency. If a governor declares an emergency, ballots would be sent to voters.