Nevada
Nevada officials preparing to create a statewide voter registration database
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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Monitoring voter information may quickly turn out to be simpler for state officers.
Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar is asking state lawmakers for about $30 million to assist lawmakers as Nevada launches a statewide voter registration database.
In line with the Related Press, Nevada was one in every of 15 U.S. states that did not require any kind of digital pollbook testing or certification in the course of the 2020 election. Ballot employees use digital pollbooks to examine in voters and entry info like lists of registered voters with names, addresses, and precinct info.
In 2021, the Nevada Legislature handed AB422 to vary voter registration techniques forward of the 2024 election cycle. That required the Secretary of State to create a centralized database that collects and shops voter preregistration and registration info from all counties.
Aguilar stated proper now, Nevada operates on a “bottom-up” voter registration system. Which means all counties accumulate the info themselves, have their very own elections administration techniques after which ship the voter registration information to the State.
Proper now, Aguilar stated the state is dealing with a number of challenges because the Secretary of State’s workplace will get information in “every day snapshots” from counties. His workplace stated meaning they’re need to play catch-up.
By transitioning to the brand new registration system, it might be “top-down.” Aguilar stated the state would handle the voter registration database to make election processes throughout all 17 counties extra constant. It will additionally permit the Secretary of State’s workplace to have information in real-time.
Secretary of State’s Workplace
The Secretary of State’s workplace stated the $30 million could be used to standardize elections processes and information procedures and to replace IT help forward of the subsequent elections.
The variety of energetic registered voters continues to develop throughout Nevada.
In a report launched Wednesday, the Secretary of State’s workplace stated there are 11,468 extra energetic registered voters in February 2023 in comparison with January 2023.
The Democratic get together say a rise of 0.21%, the Republican get together was up 0.19%, nonpartisan energetic voters went up by 1.51%, Impartial American Occasion voters went up by 0;.77%, and the Libertarian Occasion went up 0.64%.
As of Wednesday, there are 1,863,360 energetic registered voters in Nevada.
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Nevada
Could Nevada Be the Swing State to Decide the Presidency? | KQED
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Las Vegas man sentenced to prison for defrauding hospital, over $700k lost
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A Las Vegas businessman was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Tuesday for submitting over $700,000 dollars in fraudulent invoices to a hospital.
Roland Sagun Torres mailed invoices to a Nevada hospital for products that were never provided to the hospital, according to a press release from the United States Department of Justice.
From early 2020 to July 2022, Torres used the names of over 100 doctors and patients.
The hospital mailed checks to Torres ultimately amounted to $712,000 dollars.
Torres pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud.
United States District Judge Gloria M. Navarro also sentenced Torres to three years on supervised release and ordered him to pay back $712,000 as restitution.
Contact Annie Vong at avong@reviewjournal.com.
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Nevada lawmakers push for protections for Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
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WASHINGTON D.C. (KOLO) – Nevada lawmakers are pushing the Biden administration to provide greater protections for the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, Jacky Rosen, and Representatives Steven Horsford and Susie Lee all sent a letter to the Department of the Interior asking them to prohibit mining on federal public land on the Amargosa River watershed.
They say doing this would ensure the area’s water source, which is also used by Death Valley, the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, and the residents of Nye County and Amargosa Valley, is not disrupted.
“The ecosystem at Ash Meadows NWR is entirely dependent on groundwater. Recent proposals for exploratory mineral drilling and extraction near the Refuge boundary pose an immediate threat to the integrity of this fragile ecosystem,” the lawmakers wrote.
“In response to this threat, there is widespread support to enhance protections for this unique ecological system,” they continued. “…Formally withdrawing these lands from new mining and exploration would preserve the crucial and culturally-significant water resources in and around Ash Meadows, Death Valley, and Amargosa Valley from additional harm. Maintaining the integrity of this watershed is not only important for conserving the unique plants and animals that live in this special place, but it also helps protect the water source for the surrounding communities.”
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