A political action committee prioritizing the Latino community is seeking to intervene in the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign’s lawsuit against the Nevada Secretary of State over November ballot access.
Somos PAC, a sister organization to the Latino-focused Somos Votantes group, filed a motion Thursday to intervene in the lawsuit, arguing Kennedy is ineligible to appear on the ballot unless he resubmits a petition that complies with Nevada law.
Kennedy’s campaign filed a lawsuit last week alleging Nevada’s law requiring independent candidates to name their running mate by the time they start gathering signatures to appear on the ballot is unconstitutional.
“No one is above law, which is why today Somos PAC decided to push back on RFK Jr.’s desperate attempts to sidestep well-established law that protects hardworking Nevadans,” said Melissa Morales, president and founder of Somos PAC, in a statement.
Morales said ballot access laws ensure voters are informed on who they are petitioning to be on November’s ballot. Nevada’s requirement for third-party candidates to include their running mate on petitions was established to protect Nevadans and ensure they know exactly which candidates are petitioning to be on the ballot, Somos PAC argued.
Kennedy’s campaign did not immediately return a request for comment.
Somos PAC also argues that allowing Kennedy to be placed on the ballot despite failing to comply with Nevada law will “frustrate Somos PAC’s mission and divert resources from crucial programs.”
It will force the organization to rework its voter engagement and paid media programs, the PAC argues.
“Being forced to pull resources away from other key states and divert them into Nevada so close to the General Election will compromise Somos’s ability to fulfill its mission of empowering Latinos to participate in the democratic process,” the motion says.
The political action committee plans to raise $33 million to support President Joe Biden and other Democratic candidates, according to the motion. It also plans on spending around $5 million on voter engagement programs to encourage Latinos to vote.
The group argues that staff and volunteers will have to spend more time at each potential voters’ door to explain why Biden is a better advocate for the Latino community than both Donald Trump and Kennedy, rather than just Trump.
Running ads opposing Kennedy will also reduce the pool of funds available for ads supporting President Biden or opposing Donald Trump,” the motion says.
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A recent Review-Journal letter to the editor mischaracterized Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, also known as the Clark County Lands bill. As the former executive director of the Nevada Conservation League, I wholeheartedly support this legislation, so I wanted to set the record straight.
Sen. Cortez Masto has been working on this bill for years in partnership with state and local governments, conservation groups like the NCL and local area tribes. It’s true that the Clark County lands bill would open 25,000 acres to help Las Vegas grow responsibly, while setting aside 2 million acres for conservation. It would also help create more affordable housing throughout the valley while ensuring our treasured public spaces can be preserved for generations to come.
What is not correct is that the money from these land sales would go to the federal government’s coffers. In fact, the opposite is true.
The 1998 Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act is a landmark bill that identified specific public land for future sale and created a special account ensuring all land sale revenues would come back to Nevada. In accordance with that law 5 percent of revenue from land transfers goes to the state of Nevada for general education purposes, 10 percent goes to the Southern Nevada Water Authority for needed water infrastructure and 85 percent supports conservation and environmental mitigation projects in Southern Nevada. This legislation has provided billions to Clark County and will continue to benefit generations of Southern Nevadans. Sen. Cortez Masto’s lands bill builds upon the act’s success.
So here’s the good news: All of the money generated from land made available for sale under Sen. Cortez Masto’s bill would be sent to the special account created by the 1998 law. Rather than going to an unaccountable federal government, the proceeds would continue to help kids in Vegas get a better education, bolster outdoor recreation and modernize Southern Nevada’s infrastructure.
I know how important it is that money generated from the sale of public land in Nevada stay in the hands of Nevadans, and so does the senator. That’s why she opposed a Republican effort last year to sell off 200,000 acres of land in Clark County and other areas of the country that would have sent those dollars directly to Washington.
Public land management in Nevada should benefit Nevadans. We should protect sacred cultural sites and beloved recreation spaces, responsibly transfer land for affordable housing when needed and ensure our state has the resources it needs to grow sustainably. I will continue working with Sen. Cortez Masto to advocate for legislation, such as the Clark County lands bill, that puts the needs of Nevadans first.
Paul Selberg writes from Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas High’s baseball team claimed a 3-2 home win over Coronado on Friday.
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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada’s jobless rate is holding steady, but the state is still adding jobs.
A new report from DETR shows February’s unemployment rate unchanged at 5.3 percent, with the labor force growing by nearly 3,800 people.
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Nevada now has about 1.6 million nonfarm jobs, up 2.2 percent over the past year and 1,500 more jobs than in January.
“This month’s report shows a strengthening labor market,” said David Schmidt, Chief Economist. ”Compared to the report for January, the pace of job gains in the past year increased from 1.9% to 2.2%, building on what was already the fastest pace of job growth in the country. While the unemployment rate remained stable, the labor force participation rate rose to 63.7%, 1.7 percentage points higher than the national level.”
In Las Vegas, employment ticked up by 1,100 jobs in February, about 0.1 percent, and is up more than 25,000 jobs compared to last year.
Reno added 1,000 jobs on the month, while Carson City shed about 200 but is still slightly above where it was a year ago.
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