On June 3, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak, a Democrat, signed SB 292. It makes ballot access more difficult for new or previously unqualified parties. It moves the petition deadline to late April, and it imposes a severe distribution requirement.
Nevada has not had a successful petition to qualify a party since 2011. Nevada is one of only five states in which the Green Party presidential nominee did not appear on the ballot in either 2016 nor 2020. The bill seems motivated by a desire by Democrats that the Green Party not appear on the ballot in future elections. The Libertarian and Constitution Parties are already ballot-qualified in Nevada.
Lawsuit time. Anyone going to file a lawsuit over this?
Did this version of the bill include implementing a straight ticket voting device?
Nevada is another state that would benefit from ranked choice voting.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-signs-illinois-legislative-redistricting-maps-20210604-hyohgbgxgjbnddheirxuhx7u5m-story.html
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs into law new maps for Illinois legislature, state Supreme Court
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Does Nevada still have None Of The Above on the ballot for all offices? That WA a something I liked about Nevada election law.
Should read, “That was something” above.
Is this the one where each district has to have the exact same number of signatures, no more or less?
http://search.leg.state.nv.us/isysquery/ef70a17f-6285-42cf-9bbf-5952e216c0c6/10/doc/SB292.PDF#xml=http://WebApp/isysquery/ef70a17f-6285-42cf-9bbf-5952e216c0c6/10/hilite/
SB 292
Final- Final ???
OMG, really?
Nevada still has “none of the above” on ballots, only for statewide office, not district or county office. Nevada doesn’t permit write-ins, so people who wanted to vote for Howie Hawkins in 2020 for president were completely stymied.
Did it use to have nota for district or county office?
Nevada never had NOTA on the ballot for district or county office. The legislature passed NOTA in 1976 but the original law didn’t affect legislative races.
But I thought Democrats were for increased access. That’s what the media keeps saying, and we all know they are never wrong.
What happens if None Of The Above wins the election? Do they have to have a new election with new candidates, or is it merely a symbolic NOTA victory, and the candidate with the most votes wins?
New election.
It’s symbolic. The human candidate with the most votes wins.
Ed is right.
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7895/Overview
enrolled text – Gov signed Chap 331 — 2021 session law
Thank you for posting useful links Demo Rep.