Nevada will play a crucial role in the presidential primary next year, as the fourth state to nominate a candidate and the first heavily Latino state to vote. In an effort to win support of the growing minority, Republican lawmakers in the state are trying something new — expanding voting rights for minorities instead of restricting them.
As lawmakers consider restricting the minority vote in Nevada requiring voter ID, the GOP-controlled state Senate passed a bill last week that would switch the state’s historically messy caucus system to a primary; members of the Assembly debated the legislation earlier this week. The purpose of the change, a state Republican leader told the Wall Street Journal, would be to get more of Nevada’s more than one-fourth Latino population to participate in the election.
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As lawmakers consider restricting the minority vote in Nevada requiring voter ID, the GOP-controlled state Senate passed a bill last week that would switch the state’s historically messy caucus system to a primary; members of the Assembly debated the legislation earlier this week. The purpose of the change, a state Republican leader told the Wall Street Journal, would be to get more of Nevada’s more than one-fourth Latino population to participate in the election.
Read full article More Information at www.votovision.com
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