Gov. Steve Sisolak rejected a request by the Republican secretary of state for emergency powers to oversee the newly authorized third-party collection of election ballots.
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President Donald Trump Tuesday issued a pardon to former bank robber and Hope for Prisoners founder Jon D. Ponder, just as Ponder was preparing to speak on the second night of the Republican convention.
Officials are struggling to recruit polling place workers to staff locations for this year’s election, so the county’s top election official wants to scale back plans.
Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske wants a new emergency regulation that would add more oversight to the state’s newly passed law.
The motion to dismiss, written by Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford and top deputies and filed Monday, also claims the court has no grounds to intervene in election preparations.