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Samantha Stone

Nevada NewsMakers Producer / Reporter





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SAGE Commission Recommendation #43 gets a road test (sort of).

Published: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:12:23 +0000
This space reported two weeks ago that the administration is experimenting with a new approach to the state budget. The result will be, in effect, a hierarchy of citizen needs, as determined by the people who serve them.  Not the elected ones, but a committee of agency heads assigned to evaluate the state’s existing programs, [...]

Of Note Nevada

Josh Hicks

Insights into Current Events in Law and Politics in the Silver State.


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None of the Above

Published: 2010-07-26T17:02:34-07:00
With many voters holding unfavorable opinions of both Senator Harry Reid and his challenger, Sharron Angle, more voters than ever may be checking the box for "none of these candidates" in November. Interestingly, Nevada is the only state to give voters the option to vote for none of the above (although, voters everywhere can always refuse to cast a ballot at all in a particular race, a practice resulting in what is called an "undervote"). Nevada has allowed voters to select "none of these candidates" in all statewide races since 1975. There is no legal consequence if "none of these...