A district court judge approved a motion to dismiss the fake electors case, pointing to issues with jurisdiction.
Election 2020
An appeals court has halted the case against Donald Trump and others while it reviews a lower court judge’s ruling allowing Fani Willis to remain on the case.
Attorneys for Nevada’s six Republican electors who submitted fake electoral documents in the aftermath of the 2020 election say the state withheld exonerating evidence from the grand jury.
The high court agreed to hear arguments in late April on whether Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election.
Attorneys for the six Republican electors who were indicted by a grand jury in December said the case should be dismissed because the alleged crimes did not take place in Clark County.
Preliminary results in the race for the Clark County School District Board of Trustees show incumbent Lola Brooks, Lisa Guzman, Katie Williams and Barbara Dreyer leading.
The five-term assemblywoman held a comfortable lead over two other candidates in the Democratic primary that will decide who will succeed Sen. David Parks.
In a race for a Nevada Supreme Court seat, Assemblyman Ozzie Fumo and District Judge Douglas Herndon appeared to be headed to a general election in November, according to tentative primary results posted early Wednesday morning.
Current or former elected officials held decisive leads in three Democratic races for a seat on the powerful commission, according to early unofficial results released around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Republican Dan Rodimer in Congressional District 3 and Jim Marchant in Congressional District 4 were leading their respective primaries in challenges to incumbent Reps. Susie Lee and Steven Horsford, respectively.
Results for Nevada’s primary were delayed Tuesday night as people were still waiting in long lines even after polls officially closed.
Nevadans will narrow a massive field of would-be political and judicial leaders Tuesday as voting in the state’s first all-mail primary comes to a close.
This is the first time ballots have been mailed to all registered active voters in Nevada’s history.
The Nevada secretary of state’s office took an extra step Friday to clarify “ongoing confusion” over the all-vote-by-mail June 9 state primary, seeking to clarify misunderstandings over how mail ballots have been distributed.
Nevada’s judicial discipline board is unlikely to act on a series of complaints filed against candidates in the 2020 primary unless the targets of the complaints are elected.
Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto announced Thursday she was withdrawing her name for consideration as a running mate for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
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.
Delays in data reporting caused by the coronavirus pandemic is likely to push redistricting in Nevada back and require a special legislative session.
The 2020 primary is of greater importance because a number of contests — particularly for judicial seats — could be decided in advance of November’s general election. We offer our recommendations in selected judicial contests.
A Clark County elections employee’s COVID-19 diagnosis should not affect the upcoming primary election or its result reporting and ballot verification processes.