Nevada elections department subpoenaed in Trump probe
December 16, 2022 GMTRENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's departing Secretary of State was served a subpoena last month as part of the U.S. Department of Justice special counsel’s investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results.
Nevada Supreme Court certifies official election results
November 22, 2022 GMTRENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Supreme Court justices and the secretary of state formally certified the results of the 2022 general election on Tuesday in the western battleground state where just over half of all ballots were cast by mail.
Nevada high court rejects plea to stop county’s hand-count
November 15, 2022 GMTRENO, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court denied an emergency writ from two voting rights groups on Monday that sought to shut down a controversial hand-count of all paper ballots in rural Nye County, meaning that the county clerk can continue the hand-counting of ballots that have been counted by machine tabulators.
Rural Nevada county won’t hand-count until polls close
November 7, 2022 GMTRENO, Nev. (AP) — Officials in a rural Nevada county say they will not proceed with hand counting early mail-in votes before polls close on Election Day.
Republican Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske ordered Nye County in late October to halt its hand-counting of ballots until after polls close on Nov.
Nevada secretary of state declines to lift hand-count ban
November 5, 2022 GMTRENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s secretary of state declined Friday to lift a ban on a rural county’s controversial early hand-count of mail-in ballots, saying a modified procedure the county clerk proposed still raises “concerns relating to the integrity of the election.”
Hand vote count on hold after Nevada high court says illegal
October 28, 2022 GMTPAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — An unprecedented hand-count of mail-in ballots in a rural Nevada county is on hold and may not resume after the Nevada Supreme Court said in an after-hours ruling the current process is illegal and the Republican secretary of state directed the county clerk to “cease immediately.”
Nevada ballot may see open primary, ranked voting initiative
June 30, 2022 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — An initiative offering Nevada voters open party primaries and ranked-choice voting appears headed for the November ballot, while the state Supreme Court turned down a case that could have put a constitutional amendment about a school vouchers program before the voters.
Dozens of Nevada candidates file; 2022 election takes shape
March 19, 2022 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's election choices began to take shape Friday, with some last-day surprises on the state level but all the Silver State's eligible congressional incumbents filing for new terms.
Judge: Sponsors can pull 2 tax initiatives off Nevada ballot
March 11, 2022 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge has ruled that teachers union sponsors who qualified two tax-raising initiatives for a statewide vote can pull them from the 2022 ballot.
The decision by a judge in Carson City reverses Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske’s plan to keep on the ballot the measures to increase state sales and casino taxes to fund education.
Nevada election official to keep tax measures on 2022 ballot
October 13, 2021 GMTCARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's top election official is challenging the status of two ballot measures that the state's largest teacher’s union promised to withdraw after successfully using them as bargaining chips and pressuring legislators to boost education funding.
Nevada: GOP filed far fewer election complaints than claimed
March 17, 2021 GMTCARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's top election official announced Tuesday that her staff had found far fewer complaints of alleged election fraud than state GOP leaders had claimed there were after her office processed election materials delivered to the capital on March 4...
Nevada GOP brings election complaints to secretary of state
March 5, 2021 GMTCARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Pro-Trump demonstrators convened in front of the Nevada Capitol to hand-deliver complaints of election fraud to Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske and demand she investigate them...
GOP elections chief mum as Democrats defend Nevada vote
November 19, 2020 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — While President Donald Trump has escalated his legal battle over the election in Nevada and sought to contest its results, the Republican official in charge of supervising the state's vote has stayed quiet...
Nevada set to hold primary with shift to mail-in balloting
June 9, 2020 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada is attempting a high-wire act of holding its first-ever election almost entirely by mail while accommodating a new law allowing voters to register at the polls and trying to keep people safe amid the pandemic...
Nevada seeks mail-in only June primary election amid virus
March 25, 2020 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada election officials are seeking to conduct a June primary election almost entirely by mail, canceling most in-person voting out because of the coronavirus...
Numbers show Democrats made slight gains with Nevada voters
September 4, 2019 GMTCARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — New voter registration numbers show Democrats made slight gains in Nevada last month, maintaining their edge over Republicans...
Input vital to lagoon project
November 3, 2017 GMTLAUGHLIN — Bob Bilbray, of Bilbray Industries and strategic development advisor for the Laughlin Economic Development Corporation, provided LEDC members with an update on the lagoon project, highlighting the importance of getting input and making sure the project is done right.
Guest speakers talk duties, projects, more
November 1, 2017 GMTLAUGHLIN — Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske and Nevada Senator Dr. Joe Hardy visited as part of the Laughlin Economic Development Corporation’s leadership forum Oct. 26.
Cegavske recently visited the Laughlin Republican Women’s Club and returned with some good news for the town and to recap what her job is at the state.