$539,000 sought to reimburse counties for special election
CARSON CITY (AP) -- Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller is asking for $539,000 from a legislative contingency account to reimburse counties for the cost of next month's special election.
The special election will fill the vacancy in Nevada's sprawling 2nd Congressional District created when Republican Rep. Dean Heller was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
The district encompasses 16 of Nevada's mostly rural 17 counties, as well as a slice of Clark County in southern Nevada.
The Board of Examiners, made up of Sandoval, Miller and Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, will consider the request Monday.
It then would go to the Legislature's Interim Finance Committee on Aug. 31.
