On Thursday, the Democratic National Committee asked a federal appeals court to deny an appeal filed in a nearly yearlong legal case brought by state and national Republicans seeking to end Nevada’s practice of accepting mail ballots as many as four days after an election, as long as they were postmarked by Election Day. 

With the party locked out of power and having lost the popular vote for the first time in decades, Blanco (who has worked in Nevada since 2009) ran for DNC vice chair with a motto of “back to basics” — a return to the organizing principles she learned under former DNC Chair Howard Dean and the late Nevada Sen. Harry Reid. 

The secretary of state's office is eyeing reforms to the process, as the only way that state officials could force the fines to be paid is through a resource-intensive lawsuit.

The change marks an important symbolic victory for the Nevada GOP, less than three months after winning a presidential election in the Silver State for the first time since 2004.

More than $40 million was raised by backers of the abortion and ranked-choice voting ballot questions in 2024, primarily from groups that do not have to disclose their donors.

A viral Reddit post accusing Republicans of switching votes in Nevada from Kamala Harris to Donald Trump has been viewed thousands of times, but it fails to account for other factors that easily explain certain highlighted disparities in voting data.

Gov. Joe Lombardo raised more than $3.2 million in 2024 and has more than $5.5 million in cash on hand as the Republican governor gears up for his second legislative session and a high-profile re-election campaign.

Trump lost the Silver State in 2020, but his allies hatched a plan to try to overturn the election results in part by identifying themselves as their states’ true electors. Foyr years later, the fake electors have not faced any significant repercussions.

The charges relate to accusations that the GOP fake electors knowingly forged documents purporting to be the state’s true 2020 electors. The Nevada attorney general’s initial prosecution was dismissed in Clark County this year over concerns about the jurisdiction. 

Ford, who is termed out from his role as the state’s top lawyer, said he is considering running in 2026, the first Democrat to openly do so. Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo plans to run for re-election in 2026.

Although the ballot question would have only removed the constitutional guarantee of the board’s existence and not repealed any other existing laws, it marked the latest tension point between Nevada lawmakers and the Board of Regents. 

A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in Native American turnout, particularly for presidential elections.

As in 2022, state Democrats argue that Nevada is the only state that meets the DNC’s professed preferences for a state that is racially and economically diverse, politically competitive and feasible for candidates and the party, both from a cost and technical competence perspective. Given Democratic losses in 2024 with Latino voters and working class voters, state party Chair Daniele Monroe-Moreno wrote that the DNC should elevate a state that possesses those kinds of voters in droves.

Democrats largely benefitted from the new boundaries — particularly in swing Assembly districts and Congressional District 3 — but the new districts hurt them in the races that cost them a chance of a supermajority.

On top of separating loved ones, immigration advocates say that a mass deportation campaign could be widely disruptive to Nevada’s economy and cultural fabric. 

Inflation, concern about border security and unfocused Democratic messaging all contributed to Trump’s increasing success with Nevada Latinos.

In an interview with The Nevada Independent, Aguilar said many of the ballot counting difficulties likely stemmed from staffing levels in Clark and Washoe counties, despite efforts by both counties this year to accelerate ballot processing. 

Culture war issues centered in the Clark County School Board’s races will likely be a source of tension next year as two former members of a conservative parents group join the 11-member board.

A conservative group challenged more than 30,000 voters’ eligibility, but state law requires familiarity with individual cases to try to nullify a registration.

In Nevada, nearly 1.5 million ballots were cast, exceeding 2020 levels. That year, Trump had warned expanded mail balloting would forever sideline Republicans.