Nevada
Are Nevada election workers at risk in the 2024 election?
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — There has been a rise in threats to election workers since 2020, especially in the battleground state of Nevada.
In our state, election integrity has come under fire.
Between the 2020 election and 2022 midterms, more than half of Nevada’s top election officials left their jobs, many citing threats and harassment.
During the 2023 legislative session, state lawmakers wanted to add protection to poll workers. Both chambers passed Senate Bill 406, which makes it unlawful to threaten, intimidate or harass an election worker. Gov. Joe Lombardo signed it into law.
“Election workers and poll workers are our unsung heroes of democracy,” said Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar.
Aguilar was a strong proponent of SB 406. He told Channel 13 the Secretary of State’s office has been no exception to threats.
“Even in the Secretary of State’s office, we saw situations that were unacceptable,” said Aguilar. “We need to bring decency back to our elections.”
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Channel 13 spoke to Aguilar about the ripple effects of election negativity. In terms of finding more workers, he said counties are getting “creative.”
“When we’re not able to retain the talent that we need to have in elections, it hurts all of us because some of that historical knowledge is invaluable,” said Aguilar.
Several voters across our state also testified in support of SB 406 last year.
“The stories used to be about the challenges of getting a set of volunteers, often senior citizens, up to speed on the tech, getting everything done, getting the results in a timely manner, and doing all of that,” said Kent Ervin, a Reno voter. “In the last few years, it has been about the difficulties of having enough poll workers and then having colleagues at the county quit their jobs because of these kinds of threats.”
Donna West, a Las Vegas voter, also testified in support, saying she has seen threats to election workers firsthand.
“During the 2020 election cycle, I was a vote count observer at the Clark County election office and saw the increase in intimidation and violence there,” West said.
Aguilar said in this election cycle, clerks are working hard to make sure Nevada is a “safe, secure and accessible election.” He said the state also implemented a new voter registration system.
“It’s going to bring transparency into the process,” said Aguilar.
Those who harass, intimidate or threaten election workers in Nevada could face up to four years in prison.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom won’t admit it, but a move by President Donald Trump is especially helpful to drivers in California — and Nevada.
Gasoline prices are pressuring consumers around the country. On Friday, the average U.S. price was $4.55 a gallon. In California, that would be a bargain. The average there was $6.16 a gallon. Nevada’s average was $5.23 a gallon, the result of around 88 percent of the state’s gasoline coming from California.
It might be getting worse — regardless of what happens in Iran.
In recent months, two major California refineries have shut down. That represented a 17 percent reduction in California’s refining capacity. Their closures weren’t caused by the Iran war, but by Gov. Newsom and California’s relentless attacks on fossil fuels.
To make up for the fuel it won’t extract or refine in-state, California depends on imports from foreign countries.
“We are importing 30 percent of our crude oil from the Middle East,” Mike Ariza, a former control board supervisor at the Valero Benicia Refinery, said in an interview. He has been warning the public about California’s potential fuel shortage. “There are not very many ships left on the way that have fuel,” he said last month.
Last week, KCRA-TV in Sacramento reported that “about 2 million barrels of oil are in the process of being unloaded in Long Beach off of the last California-bound tanker that got through the Strait of Hormuz.”
At a California legislative hearing Tuesday, Siva Gunda, the vice chairman of the California Energy Commission, said the state has enough gasoline to accommodate demand for the next six weeks. That’s not a very long time, especially given that it takes weeks or months for oil to travel from the Middle East to California. And that process won’t begin until the Strait of Hormuz reopens.
There is a region, however, with abundant oil available for sale and safe passage — the southeastern United States. Unfortunately, the Jones Act, an antiquated 1920 law, mandates that only U.S.-flagged ships may move cargo between U.S. ports. But only 55 of the more than 7,000 oil tankers worldwide comply with this requirement.
This is where Mr. Trump rode to the rescue. Late last month, the White House announced Mr. Trump would suspend the Jones Act for another 90 days. In March, he originally waived it for 60 days. This will make it easier for California and Nevada to obtain domestic product.
If only Mr. Trump could also suspend the destructive energy policies imposed by Gov. Newsom and California Democrats.
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — An adoptable pet is in the spotlight for “Furever Home Friday,” with Amy from the Nevada SPCA featured in a segment highlighting an animal available for adoption today.
The Nevada SPCA encouraged viewers looking to add a pet to their family to consider adopting.
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