In The News: Department of Political Science
Ten years ago, Nevada voters handily rejected a ballot measure proposed by state lawmakers that would have eliminated judicial elections in favor of an appointment and retention system. But after November’s balloting saw a handful of underfunded challengers unseat incumbent judges, some influential voices are again calling to revive efforts to overhaul the state’s judicial selection process.
Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute Executive Director Robert Lang and Department Chair of Political Science David Damore discuss their book, Blue Metros, Red States on Nevada Newsmakers.
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson wants to see a change in the way judges take the bench in Nevada.
Nearly a year after Douglas County prosecutors dismissed false report charges against a KU law student who said she’d been raped by a classmate, a lawsuit and experts say Title IX investigators at the university doubled down on a flawed police investigation, failing her a second time.
Supporters of President Donald Trump have used the state’s mailed ballots and a few allegations of fraud to claim that widespread voting impropriety helped tilt Nevada’s election to President-elect Joe Biden.
Close to giving Joe Biden victory, Nevada has become a Democratic state for the past 20 years, according to assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Nevada State University Kenneth Miller. According to him, the reason is one: Las Vegas. "The city has grown a lot and voters more sympathetic to Democrats have come to rival the former Republican majority in the state," he said.
As election officials continued counting ballots cast during the 2020 presidential election, some Republican strategists are questioning whether votes for third-party candidates could have closed the gap between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in key battleground states.
From the counting room to the courtroom. That's where things are headed as Nevada has become center stage for a legal showdown.
State electoral division still needs to count early votes sent by mail
Although news outlets have declared former Vice President Joe Biden the victor in the 2020 president election, courts in Nevada and beyond may yet play a role in deciding the country’s next president.
The Nevada Trump campaign continues to express frustration that mail-in ballots continue to be processed without meaningful observation, while it waits for its appeal to be heard before the Nevada Supreme Court.
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