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Talk in Silver State circles about enshrining Nevada’s presidential primary as first in the nation is out of place. Addressing the state’s inability to count votes quickly should be a priority before we focus the nation’s attention on our election process. Some races in Nevada’s just-concluded midterm elections took several days to determine a winner, and…

Ranked-choice voting, on Nevada’s ballot in 2024, would change how we vote for statewide offices, the state legislature, and the U.S. House and Senate. Ranked-choice voting, or RCV, would both implement an open primary and ask residents to rank the top five candidates in order of preference when casting a ballot. This, instead of simply…

The misnamed Better Voting Nevada Initiative has a number of flaws, including advancing a concept that would fiddle with how Nevadans vote. A key part of the initiative requires ranked-choice voting, which would ask residents voting in the general election to rank the top five candidates in order of preference when casting a ballot, rather than simply…

Three months after ranked-choice voting appeared on the Nevada ballot, support for the concept is low. Just 33 percent of more than 350 Nevadans polled were familiar with ranked-choice voting, or RCV. Of those polled between Jan. 19-26, just 34 percent supported the concept of ranked-choice voting. By comparison, the Top Five Ranked Choice Voting…

Nevadans will have three statewide ballot questions before them this November, and none have driven more discussion and intrigue among political junkies and insiders than the question of ranked-choice voting, or RCV. While its chances of success are uncertain, it does touch on a universal feeling that something is wrong with our electoral system, and structural reforms…

Proponents of ranked-choice voting claim the system guarantees a majority winner, increased participation, decreased negative campaigning and an end to “strategic voting.” Those who live in states which have already adopted ranked-choice voting, on the ballot in Nevada this fall, say that hasn’t happened. “I don’t like ranked-choice voting because it disenfranchises voters, makes it…

In November, Nevadans will vote on the badly misnamed Better Voting Nevada Initiative. Disguised as a “fairer” method of voting, if this initiative passes there will be two major effects, both of which have very bad consequences. First, you’ll be giving up your First Amendment right to assemble. Second, if you’re concerned about voter verification,…