Clark County elections officials say backers of a Republican-led recall effort have submitted hundreds of more signatures than they need to trigger a special election to recall Democratic state Senator Nicole Cannizzaro.
Nevada State Senator Joyce Woodhouse has filed a lawsuit alleging that a Republican-backed petition to recall her doesn’t have enough valid signatures to trigger a special election.
State officials have said it does.
The lawsuit was filed Monday in Clark County District Court.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Clark County officials say a group behind efforts to recall three Nevada state senators has submitted 17,465 signatures in an attempt to unseat Democrat Sen. Joyce Woodhouse of Henderson.
A letter from local voters says canvassers have been misrepresenting recall efforts against three state lawmakers and harassing voters to gain signatures.
A federal lawsuit challenging petitions to recall three Nevada state senators in districts with significant Hispanic and African-American populations alleges the effort is an unconstitutional attempt to replace the legislators with Republicans in violation of the U.S. Voting Rights Act.
Just days after Republicans launched an effort to recall Nevada State Sen. Joyce Woodhouse, they've put another lawmaker in their sights: State Sen. Patricia Farley.
Addiction to heroin and prescribed painkillers remain a scourge in Nevada. Nevada has one of the highest death rates from opioid overdoses in the country.
As several bills related to recreational marijuana made their way out of the senate yesterday to beat the deadline, Democratic Senator Tick Segerblom said Nevada is on its way to becoming a leader in the nation’s cannabis industry.
Patricia Farley, a Republican Senator elected in 2014, decided to become a registered non-partisan. And the moderate lawmaker decided to caucus with the Democrats.
