State Sen. Pat Spearman, one of Nevada’s most respected and well-known lawmakers, has been hospitalized due to COVID-19, she confirmed to the Review-Journal on Thursday.
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Local nurses and elected officials condemned President Donald Trump’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Republicans’ attempts to overturn the Affordable Care Act.
More than 223,000 mailed ballots were returned to Clark County as undeliverable mail during the June primary, according to a new report and confirmed by the Review-Journal.
“I was deeply disheartened and dismayed to see the callous and dangerous behavior displayed last night in Las Vegas,” the governor said of the “Evangelicals for Trump” event.
Advocacy groups in Nevada plan to call on the state not to return to traditional, in-person voting in November, saying it may discourage some voters from participating.
A new political action committee has formed to fight the mandate to wear masks to reduce exposure to the coronavirus and to punish politicians who support the rule.
Primary election turnout so far in the primary election is about 16 percent of active voters statewide, according to figures from the secretary of state. Average statewide primary turnout in the last 10 elections is 23.74 percent.
Nevadans have been mailing in their primary ballots, but arguments between the left and right over possible voter fraud and disenfranchisement continue.
Lawyers for the Nevada Democratic Party have asked Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske to change several policies governing the all-mail June 9 primary election.
The Nevada Democratic Party is switching its campaign organizing approach to digital to deal with the social distancing requirements of coping with the coronavirus outbreak.