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July 5, 2023July 5, 2023

Non-Partisan Less Than One-Quarter of One Percent From Overtaking Democratic As Top Voter Group

By Doug Goodman -Founder & Executive Director Nevadans for Election Reform – July 4, 2023

Did the Nevada Legislature’s regular and two special sessions have an impact on voter registration? Difficult to say. However, the June voter registration numbers could allow for a reasonable assumption. Non-Partisan voter share gained almost one-half of one percent on Democratic voter share and is now less than one-quarter of one percent (0.24%) away from over-taking the Democratic Party as the leading group of active voters in the state.

Except in the rural counties, Non-Partisan was the only group to gain share. In the rurals, all parties gained, however, Non-Partisan led the way more than doubling the Republican gain.

State-Wide

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-779	-0.13%	31.84%	-0.16%
R	278	0.05%	29.12%	-0.09%
NP	7,386	1.25%	31.60%	0.28%
IAP	385	0.47%	4.37%	0.00%
LIB	4	0.02%	0.86%	0.00%
Other	-302	-0.72%	2.20%	-0.02%
Total not D or R			39.04%	0.26%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Clark County

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-1,113	-0.24%	34.18%	-0.21%
R	-758	-0.22%	25.26%	-0.15%
NP	5,041	1.13%	33.02%	0.25%
IAP	100	0.17%	4.22%	-0.01%
LIB	-14	-0.13%	0.76%	0.00%
Other	-296	-0.89%	2.41%	-0.03%
Total not D or R			40.42%	0.21%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Washoe County

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	213	0.22%	31.17%	-0.10%
R	327	0.33%	32.66%	-0.07%
NP	968	1.12%	28.39%	0.16%
IAP	142	1.01%	4.59%	0.01%
LIB	5	0.14%	1.17%	0.00%
Other	-18	-0.29%	2.02%	-0.01%
Total not D or R			36.17%	0.16

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Rural Counties (See rural county table below district tables)

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	121	0.32%	17.87%	0.02%
R	709	0.69%	48.68%	0.24%
NP	1,377	2.43%	27.19%	0.60%
IAP	143	1.37%	4.94%	0.06%
LIB	13	0.56%	1.09%	0.00%
Other	12	0.48%	1.17%	0.00%
Total not D or R			34.39%	0.66%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

18 – 34 Year Old

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-954	-0.60%	29.92%	-0.26%
R	-231	-0.26%	16.91%	-0.09%
NP	2,809	1.20%	44.83%	0.41%
IAP	10	0.04%	4.25%	-0.01%
LIB	-23	-0.33%	1.31%	-0.01%
Other	-200	-1.35%	2.77%	-0.05%
Total not D or R			53.17%	0.34%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

55+

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	301	0.12%	34.05%	-0.11%
R	593	0.20%	38.64%	-0.10%
NP	2,333	1.45%	21.27%	0.21%
IAP	270	0.83%	4.25%	0.02%
LIB	11	0.36%	0.40%	0.00%
Other	-48	-0.45%	1.38%	-0.01%
Total not D or R			27.30%	0.22%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

By district voter share changes.

Congressional Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	4	0	0
Republican	4	0	0
NP	0	4	0
IAP	1	2	1
LIB	1	0	3
Other	4	0	0

In all Congressional districts (100 percent of the districts) the number of voters not affiliated with either major party exceeds the number of voters registered to one of the major parties.

In three (75%) of the districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

NP holds the top share in CD3.

State Senate Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	21	0	0
Republican	20	1	0
NP	0	21	0
IAP	8	10	3
LIB	9	10	2
Other	20	1	0

In all 21 districts (100%) the number of voters registered as Non-Partisan or the total number not affiliated with either major party is greater than or within 5% of the number of voters registered to one of the major parties.

In 15 (71.43%) of the 21 districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

NP holds the top share in SDs 5,9,10,11,12

State Assembly Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	42	0	0
Republican	42	0	0
NP	1	41	0
IAP	19	18	5
LIB	16	11	15
Other	36	4	2

In all 42 districts (100%) the number of voters registered as Non-Partisan or the total number not affiliated with either major party is greater than or within 5% of the number of voters registered to one of the major parties.

In 29 (69.05%) of the 42 districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

NP holds the top share in Ads 8,9,15,16,29,35, and 41

Rural Counties

Party	# Counties Lose Voter Share	# Counties Gain Voter Share	# Counties No Change
Democratic	13	1	1
Republican	14	1	0
NP	1	14	0
IAP	5	8	2
LIB	6	5	4
Other	7	3	5

The voter share of those not registered to either the Democratic or Republican Party increased in 14 of the 15 rural counties with an average share of 31.06 percent.

If the trend continues; being a multi-year trend there is no reason to believe it won’t, will the Democratic Party relinquish its voter share lead this month? Will the party fall below 30 percent voter share before next year’s state primary in June?

June 15, 2023

How Partisan was the 2023 Legislative Session

By Doug Goodman -Founder & Executive Director Nevadans for Election Reform – June 15, 2023

The 82^nd regular session of the Nevada Legislature adjourned sine die at 12:19 A.M. June 6^th.

While media rightfully focuses on major or contentious legislation which resulted in most of the party line votes, how partisan was the session?

Bill Draft Requests (BDR)

1,229 BDRs filed

1,066 filed within statutory deadline

163 filed between February 24^th to June 2nd

Bills and Joint Resolutions

1056 bills and joint resolutions on NELIS

295 died – 27.94%

Of the bills that died at 1st deadline not including committee bills (58)

62 were D – 34.25%

107 were R – 59.12%

12 bipartisan – 6.63%

Bills died with no 1st house vote not including committee bills (2)

4 were D – 50%

3 were R- 37.5%

1 was bipartisan – 12.5%

Bills dying at 2nd house committee not including committee bills (2)

3 were D – 50%

1 was R – 16.67%

2 were bipartisan – 33.33%

First house vote; one party line, five unanimous

Bills dying no 2nd chamber vote not including committee bills (13)

15 D – 60%

7 R – 28%

3 bipartisan – 12%

First house vote; nine party line, 12 unanimous

Of bills that received votes in both chambers

there was a total of 1522 votes

Of those 835 were unanimous – 54.86%

136 were party line – 8.94%

Combining with bills that died with one vote

1568 votes

852 unanimous – 54.34%

145 party line – 9.25%

Election Bills

Unlike the session overall, election related bills faced a more heightened level of partisanship.

36 bills

13 R

None passed

11 did not get hearing

1 passed first chamber, did not get hearing in 2^nd

1 Governor bill was exempt, did not get hearing

9 D

6 passed (1 vetoed)

9 heard 1st committee

1 no 1^st committee vote

1 not heard 2^nd chamber

1 exempt not heard

6 – committee

5 passed

1 no 2^nd committee vote

6 – Secretary of State

3 passed

3 no first committee vote

1 – Nevada League of Cities

1 not heard

1 – Office of the Governor

Exempt not heard

How does this compare to other sessions? The last time I did this type of analysis was following the 2015 session. I looked at how that session compared with the previous three, 2009, 2011, 2013. The biggest difference, the percentage of party-line votes. You can read the 2015 report here.

As I write this, partisan differences have resulted in two special sessions. The first dealing with the capital improvement projects (CIP) budget and the second with a bill to provide tax incentives to the Oakland Athletics to bring major league baseball to Las Vegas.

The CIP bill passed but was not complete party line vote. During the regular session it failed to get the necessary votes. The bill to provide public funding to entice the Oakland Athletics to move to Las Vegas did not get a hearing during the regular session. The special session bill passed with both bipartisan support and opposition.

Adding to the tension was another bill, incentives to motion picture industry to build a production studio in Las Vegas. This bill did not get a floor vote.

All three of these bills were introduced the last weeks of the session.

Another point adding to the contentiousness is the legislature’s exemption from the state’s open meeting law. This allows for suspension of rules, behind the bar (on the chamber floor) committee meetings and votes with no public participation, and proceedings held under Committee of the Whole rules where hearings are held in each chamber without public participation. These types of proceedings are most prevalent during the last two weeks of a regular session and common during a special session.

All bills passed have been forwarded to the governor for action. How many will the governor sign, how many will he allow to become law without his signature, and how many will he veto. We will know next week.

June 5, 2023June 5, 2023

Non-Partisan Continue To Close Gap On Democratic Voter Share

By Doug Goodman -Founder & Executive Director Nevadans for Election Reform – June 5, 2023

Both the Democratic and Republican Party continued their voter share decline in May with Non-Partisan getting closer to over-taking the Democratic Party as the group with the greatest voter share. Voter roll maintenance in Humboldt, Lincoln, and Nye County helped the major parties in those counties.

State-Wide

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-216	-0.04%	32.00%	-0.01%
R	-2,889	-0.52%	29.22%	-0.15%
NP	3,418	0.58%	31.33%	0.18%
IAP	44	0.05%	4.36%	0.00%
LIB	-53	-0.32%	0.87%	0.00%
Other	-374	-0.89%	2.23%	-0.02%
Total not D or R			38.79%	0.16%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Clark County

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	1,178	0.25%	34.38%	-0.16%
R	834	0.24%	25.41%	-0.12%
NP	7,194	1.64%	32.77%	0.30%
IAP	547	0.96%	4.23%	0.01%
LIB	53	0.51%	0.77%	0.00%
Other	-46	-0.14%	2.44%	-0.02%
Total not D or R			40.21%	0.29%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Washoe County

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	205	0.21%	31.27%	-0.12%
R	243	0.24%	32.73%	-0.12%
NP	1,241	1.46%	28.23%	0.24%
IAP	115	0.83%	4.59%	0.01%
LIB	23	0.65%	1.17%	0.00%
Other	-2	-0.03%	2.02%	-0.01%
Total not D or R			36.00%	0.24

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Rural Counties (See rural county table below district tables)

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-1,599	-4.03%	17.84%	0.21%
R	-3,966	-3.70%	48.43%	0.75%
NP	-5,017	-8.13%	26.59%	-0.85%
IAP	-618	-5.61%	4.88%	-0.02%
LIB	-129	-5.28%	1.08%	0.00%
Other	-326	-11.58%	1.17%	-0.08%
Total not D or R			33.72%	-0.95%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

18 – 34 Year Old

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-293	-0.18%	30.18%	-0.06%
R	-1,042	-1.15%	17.00%	-0.20%
NP	1,560	0.67%	44.42%	0.29%
IAP	14	0.06%	4.26%	0.00%
LIB	-49	-0.70%	1.32%	-0.01%
Other	-164	-1.09%	2.82%	-0.03%
Total not D or R			52.82%	0.25%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

55+

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-19	-0.01%	34.17%	0.01%
R	-885	-0.30%	38.74%	-0.10%
NP	649	0.40%	21.06%	0.09%
IAP	17	0.05%	4.23%	0.00%
LIB	-19	-0.61%	0.40%	0.00%
Other	-87	-0.81%	1.40%	-0.01%
Total not D or R			27.09%	0.08%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

By district voter share changes.

Congressional Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	3	1	0
Republican	4	0	0
NP	1	3	0
IAP	1	2	1
LIB	1	3	0
Other	4	0	0

In all Congressional districts (100 percent of the districts) the number of voters not affiliated with either major party exceeds the number of voters registered to one of the major parties.

In three (75%) of the districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

NP holds the top share in CD3.

State Senate Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	19	2	0
Republican	19	2	0
NP	2	19	0
IAP	5	10	6
LIB	6	3	12
Other	21	0	0

In 15 (71.43%) of the 21 districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

NP holds the top share in SDs 5,9,10, and 11

State Assembly Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	37	4	1
Republican	36	6	0
NP	3	39	0
IAP	9	24	9
LIB	14	8	20
Other	38	2	2

In 28 (66.67%) of the 42 districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

NP holds the top share in Ads 8,9,15,16,29,35, and 41

Rural Counties

Party	# Counties Lose Voter Share	# Counties Gain Voter Share	# Counties No Change
Democratic	10	4	1
Republican	9	5	1
NP	4	10	1
IAP	7	5	3
LIB	7	5	3
Other	11	2	2

The voter share of those not registered to either the Democratic or Republican Party increased in 10 of the 15 rural counties with an average share of 30.73 percent (decrease of 0.82% due to list maintenance in Humboldt, Lincoln, and Nye county.

The legislative session must end tonight by midnight. How will voters view the results and will that have any impact of voter registration trends?

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023

Non-Partisan Voter Share Less Than One Percent From Overtaking Democratic Party

By Doug Goodman -Founder & Executive Director Nevadans for Election Reform – May 3, 2023

Less than one percent. With release of the April voter registration numbers, that is the difference between Democratic Party and Non-Partisan voter share. Less than one percent from Non-Partisan becoming the largest group of active registered voters in the state.

NOTE: Elko County performed voter roll maintenance in April resulting in the decline of voters reflected in the below tables.

State-Wide

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	145	0.02%	32.01%	0.00%
R	-3,390	-0.61%	29.37%	-0.19%
NP	4,002	0.69%	31.14%	0.20%
IAP	-5	-0.01%	4.36%	0.00%
LIB	-55	-0.34%	0.87%	0.00%
Other	-210	-0.49%	2.25%	-0.01%
Total not D or R			38.62%	0.19%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Clark County

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	1,259	0.27%	34.54%	-0.17%
R	935	0.27%	25.53%	-0.13%
NP	7,531	1.75%	32.47%	0.31%
IAP	540	0.96%	4.22%	0.01%
LIB	73	0.71%	0.77%	0.00%
Other	-2	-0.01%	2.46%	-0.02%
Total not D or R			39.92%	0.30%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Washoe County

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	304	0.32%	31.39%	-0.09%
R	281	0.28%	32.85%	-0.10%
NP	1,071	1.27%	27.99%	0.19%
IAP	90	0.65%	4.57%	0.00%
LIB	30	0.85%	1.17%	0.00%
Other	16	0.26%	2.03%	-0.01%
Total not D or R			35.76%	0.18

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Rural Counties (See rural county table below district tables)

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-1,418	-3.45%	17.63%	0.27%
R	-4,606	-4.12%	47.69%	0.40%
NP	-4,600	-6.94%	27.45%	-0.59%
IAP	-635	-5.45%	4.90%	-0.03%
LIB	-158	-6.08%	1.09%	-0.01%
Other	-224	-7.37%	1.25%	-0.03%
Total not D or R			34.68%	-0.66%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

18 – 34 Year Old

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-209	-0.13%	30.24%	0.00%
R	-1,681	-1.82%	17.20%	-0.30%
NP	1,458	0.63%	44.13%	0.34%
IAP	-128	-0.57%	4.26%	-0.02%
LIB	-65	-0.92%	1.33%	-0.01%
Other	-87	-0.58%	2.85%	-0.01%
Total not D or R			52.56%	0.30%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

55+

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	238	0.09%	34.15%	-0.03%
R	-349	-0.12%	38.84%	-0.11%
NP	1,399	0.88%	20.97%	0.15%
IAP	82	0.25%	4.23%	0.00%
LIB	-1	-0.03%	0.41%	0.00%
Other	-32	-0.30%	1.41%	-0.01%
Total not D or R			27.01%	0.14%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

By district voter share changes.

Congressional Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	3	1	0
Republican	4	0	0
NP	1	3	0
IAP	1	2	1
LIB	0	0	4
Other	4	0	0

In all Congressional districts (100 percent of the districts) the number of voters not affiliated with either major party exceeds the number of voters registered to one of the major parties.

In three (75%) of the districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

State Senate Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	20	1	0
Republican	19	2	0
NP	1	20	0
IAP	6	10	5
LIB	4	3	14
Other	19	1	1

In 15 (71.43%) of the 21 districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

State Assembly Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	40	1	1
Republican	41	1	0
NP	3	39	0
IAP	13	20	9
LIB	14	10	18
Other	36	3	3

In 28 (66.67%) of the 42 districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

Rural Counties

Party	# Counties Lose Voter Share	# Counties Gain Voter Share	# Counties No Change
Democratic	11	4	0
Republican	8	7	0
NP	5	9	1
IAP	10	3	2
LIB	6	3	6
Other	10	0	5

The voter share of those not registered to either the Democratic or Republican Party increased in 9 of the 15 rural counties with an average share of 31.55 percent (decrease of 1.74% due to Elko list maintenance with a range 22.98 to 39.79)

Voters not registered to vote as either Democratic or Republican continue to be the largest segment of voters in the state and in Clark and Washoe Counties. Non-Partisan continue to lead among voters between the ages 18 to 34; over 52% not Democratic or Republican. With less than one percent separating Democratic and Non-Partisan voter share statewide, the looming question; when will Non-Partisan become the leading group of voters?

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023

Nevada Gains Active Voters; Non-Major Party Voter Share Increases Lead

By Doug Goodman -Founder & Executive Director Nevadans for Election Reform – April 4, 2023

As the number of active registered voters increased by almost 15,000 in March, the combined share of voters registered as Non-Partisan or in a minor party increased its lead as the largest group of voters across the state. At the end of March, just under 40 percent of voters in the state and in Clark County fell into the group. In Washoe County it’s 35 percent and among voters 18 to 34 years of age the number is over 52 percent.

State-Wide

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	1,889	0.32%	32.01%	-0.15%
R	1,571	0.28%	29.56%	-0.15%
NP	10,654	1.87%	30.94%	0.32%
IAP	696	0.86%	4.36%	0.00%
LIB	118	0.72%	0.87%	0.00%
Other	-13	-0.03%	2.26%	-0.02%
Total not D or R			38.43%	0.30%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Clark County

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	1,689	0.36%	34.72%	-0.18%
R	1,154	0.34%	25.66%	-0.14%
NP	8,378	1.98%	32.16%	0.35%
IAP	498	0.89%	4.21%	0.00%
LIB	70	0.69%	0.77%	0.00%
Other	19	0.06%	2.48%	-0.02%
Total not D or R			39.62%	0.33%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Washoe County

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	201	0.21%	31.47%	-0.11%
R	205	0.21%	32.95%	-0.12%
NP	1,156	1.39%	27.80%	0.23%
IAP	114	0.83%	4.57%	0.01%
LIB	24	0.69%	1.16%	0.00%
Other	-10	-0.16%	2.04%	-0.01%
Total not D or R			35.58%	0.23

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Rural Counties (See rural county table below district tables)

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-1	0.00%	17.36%	-0.11%
R	212	0.19%	47.29%	-0.19%
NP	1,120	1.72%	28.04%	0.31%
IAP	84	0.73%	4.93%	0.01%
LIB	24	0.93%	1.10%	0.00%
Other	-22	-0.72%	1.28%	-0.02%
Total not D or R			35.35%	0.30%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

18 – 34 Year Old

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	299	0.19%	30.24%	-0.27%
R	240	0.26%	17.50%	-0.14%
NP	4,827	2.14%	43.79%	0.46%
IAP	187	0.84%	4.28%	-0.01%
LIB	46	0.66%	1.34%	-0.01%
Other	-33	-0.22%	2.86%	-0.04%
Total not D or R			52.27%	0.40%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

55+

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	896	0.34%	34.18%	-0.10%
R	1,001	0.34%	38.95%	-0.11%
NP	2,559	1.64%	20.82%	0.21%
IAP	268	0.84%	4.22%	0.01%
LIB	19	0.62%	0.41%	0.00%
Other	10	0.09%	1.41%	-0.01%
Total not D or R			26.87%	0.21%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

By district voter share changes.

Congressional Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	4	0	0
Republican	4	0	0
NP	0	4	0
IAP	1	2	1
LIB	0	0	4
Other	4	0	0

In all Congressional districts (100 percent of the districts) the number of voters not affiliated with either major party exceeds the number of voters registered to one of the major parties.

In three (75%) of the districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

State Senate Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	21	0	0
Republican	21	0	0
NP	0	21	0
IAP	4	9	8
LIB	2	2	17
Other	21	0	0

In 14 (66.67%) of the 21 districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

State Assembly Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	42	0	0
Republican	42	0	0
NP	0	42	0
IAP	12	10	10
LIB	8	10	24
Other	40	0	2

In 28 (66.67%) of the 42 districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

Rural Counties

Party	# Counties Lose Voter Share	# Counties Gain Voter Share	# Counties No Change
Democratic	13	2	0
Republican	11	4	0
NP	3	12	0
IAP	6	4	5
LIB	2	6	7
Other	11	0	4

The voter share of those not registered to either the Democratic or Republican Party increased in 12 of the 15 rural counties with an average share of 33.29 percent ( increase of 0.19% with a range 24.07 to 39.54)

We are now at the half-way point of the Nevada legislative session. On April 14^th we will know the first group of bills that will not advance. As the session proceeds to Sin Die (adjournment) on June 5^th, the question is how will the session be viewed by voters and how will that impact voter registration.

March 15, 2023

2023 Legislative Session Election-Related Bills

Latest status of election-related bills of the 2023 Nevada legislative session

	As of May 26, 2023		NOTE: RED CELL = BILL DIED
			Of the 37 election-related bills, 17 died: 1-Democratic sponsor, 1-League of Cities, 2 from the Secretary of State, and 13 Republican sponsored bill.
			Of the 14 Republican sponsored bills introduced only one AB190 received a hearing also receiving a vote
2023 BDR	Bill #	Submitted by	Secondary sponsor	BDR Purpose	Date Submitted	Details	Heard 1st Chamber	Cmte vote Green=pass Red=failed Bold =unanimous	Vote 1st Chamber	Heard 2nd Chamber	Cmte vote	Vote 2nd Chamber	Signed by Gov
24-33	AB88	Assemblyman Hafen		Requires proof of identification to vote.	4/26/2022	Voter ID
105	SB 325	Senator Seevers Gansert		Revises provisions relating to elections.	7/26/2022	Establishes and elections crime unit w/ IG in AG’s office
173	SB 157	Senator Hansen		Eliminates same day registration and voting.	8/1/2022	Eliminates same day registration and voting.
175	SB 230	Senator Hansen		Requires photo identification for voting.	8/1/2022	Requires photo identification for voting.
202	AB 370	Assemblywoman Alexis Hansen		Revises provisions governing elections.	8/1/2022	Adds mail ballot opt-out to voter registration forms. Allows voters to opt-in for selected elections. Allows voters to opt-out of having info sent via AVR but still register to vote at AVR agency
24-293	AB 190	Assemblywoman Kasama		Revises provisions governing elections.	8/2/2022	Requires title companies, property mgt companies, and apt associations to distribute voter registarion forms as part of closing process	Mar-30	Apr-13	34/6/2
363	SB 215	Joint Interim Standing Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections (NRS 218E.320)		Establishes provisions related to voting machines.	8/29/2022	Return of funds by counties for voting machines if go to paper ballot. Impact of AB 242?	Mar-16	Apr-11	13/8
364	SB 216	Joint Interim Standing Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections (NRS 218E.320)		Establishes provisions relating to voting by members of tribal nations.	8/29/2022	Counties must maintain relationship w/ tribes. Tribes can request tribal ID be accepted for online.	Mar-30	Apr-13	Exempt
365	AB 242	Joint Interim Standing Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections (NRS 218E.320)		Revises provisions relating to voting by persons with disabilities.	8/29/2022	All ballots cast in person must be cast mechanically.	Apr-11	Apr-13	28/14	May-16	May-19	16/4/1
24-371	AB 61	Nevada League of Cities and Municipalities		Revises provisions governing the canvass of the vote in municipal elections.	8/29/2022	If all returns are not in by deadline adds “as soon as possible”
389	AJR 6	Assemblyman Watts		Revises provisions governing elections.	8/31/2022	Constitutional amendment having NV join NPVIC awarding electoral votes to national popular vote winner	Apr-06	Apr-13	27/14/1	May-02	May-09	12/9
20-408	AB 59	Secretary of State		Revises provisions concerning the confidentiality of certain personal information of certain persons.	9/1/2022	Add Sec of State employees to those able to request confidentiality of personal information	Mar-03
24-409	SB 54	Secretary of State		Revises provisions relating to elections.	9/1/2022	Creation of elections SOP and tng	Mar-02	Apr-11	15/3/3	Exempt
24-410	AB 64	Secretary of State		Makes changes to certain penalties for certain violations relating to campaign contributions and expenditures.	9/1/2022	Expands to all public officials penalties for failure to report zero C&E rpt	Feb-21
24-411	SB 53	Secretary of State		Makes changes to the deadline for certain candidates to file a declaration of candidacy.	9/1/2022	Moves candidate filing from March to Feb	Mar-02
24-412	SB 60	Secretary of State		Revises provisions relating to elections.	9/1/2022	Omnibus bill. Codifies recent federal changes to presidential electors; Returns statue removed in 2021 concerning replacement mail ballots; Revises NP candidate filing form; Adds that vote cast when voters are voting for more than one candidate = one vote; Adds cyber security; Standardizes time for city candidate withdrawl. Other voter registration timeline changes.	Mar-02	Apr-11	13/8	May-11	May-18
445	AB 95	Assemblyman Orentlicher		Revises provisions governing elections.	9/7/2022	Requires all candidates to incl major party to file petition of candidacy. Makes petition collect and care-giving expense valid campaign expenses	Feb-23
513	SB 75	Senator Titus	ASW Dickman	Provides for election reform.	11/18/2022	ROV elected
C-515	SJR1	Senator Titus		SJR: Revises certain provisions governing judges.	11/18/2022	Retention election for unopposed judges
529	SB 135	Senator Titus		Changes the deadline for returning mail ballots by mail.	11/28/2022	Changes the deadline for returning mail ballots by mail to early voting rather than election day.
530	AB 286	Assemblywoman Brittney Miller		Revises provisions governing elections.	11/28/2022	Requires voting locations in jails and youth detention facilities	Apr-04	Apr-13	39/3	May-16	May-18
539	SB 133	Senator Daly		Revises provisions governing elections.	12/1/2022	Makes it a felony to creatre or be a false presidential elector. Conviction is not eligible for return of voting rights or employment by government.	Feb-21	Apr-11	11/10	May-11	May-18	28 / 14
542	SB 326	Senator Daly		Revises provisions governing elections.	12/1/2022	Revises PAC C&E reporting to incl total of donations and expenses $1,000 or les	Apr-04	Apr-13
43-583	SB238	Senator Stone		Revises provisions relating to the issuance of driver’s licenses to noncitizens.	12/5/2022	Requires notification and statement on DL or ID of non-citizens that citizenship is required to vote
664	AB307	Assemblywoman Dickman		Revises provisions governing elections.	12/9/2022	Election integrity
690	AB 326	Assemblyman Yurek		Revises provisions relating to elections.	12/10/2022	Creates and election crimes unit within the secretary of state elections division
736	AB 230	Assemblyman Gray		Revises provisions governing elections.	12/10/2022	Same as SB 135
739	AJR 4	Assemblyman Hafen		AJR – Revises provisions governing elections.	12/10/2022	Redistrciting Commission	Exempt
776	AB 394	Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections		Revises provisions governing elections.	12/10/2022	Sec of State to provide by regulation procedures for when abstract or certification is not submitted timely. Also except for audit or recount, ballots may only be counted once.	Apr-06	Apr-13	28/14	May-04	May-18	13/8
812	SB 162	Senator Scheible		Revises provisions relating to elections.	12/10/2022	Establishes polling locations in county jails	Apr-13		Exempt
821	AB 246	Assemblywoman Torres		Revises provisions governing elections.	12/10/2022	Requires election materials to be trasnslated to include website and polling location. Toll-free line for interpretation services.	Mar-28	Apr-13	Exempt
836	AB 192	Assemblywoman González		Revises provisions governing elections.	12/10/2022	Standardizes mail ballot envelopes by color by county or city & standardizes polling location signage	Mar-09	Mar-21	Exempt
842	SB 443	Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections		Makes various changes relating to elections.	12/10/2022	Comforms with other bills in changing driver license to picture ID; Requires DMV to open on Sat & Sun 2 wks before deadline for registering to vote by mail and 6 days after primary to issue DL or ID	Apr-13	Apr-14	Exempt
843	SB 404	Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections		Revises provisions relating to elections.	12/10/2022	Omnibus bill. AMENDED – Changes to challenges; acceptable ID for residency challenge, Mail ballots may not be challenged, Clerks / RoV can start counting early voting ballots on first day of EV	Apr-13	Apr-14	13/8	May-16	May-18	28/14
892	SB 327	Senator Ohrenschall		Revises provisions relating to voting.	12/10/2022	Change tribal voting location to opt out from opt in	Mar-30	Apr-13	Exempt
894	SB 406	Secretary of State		Revises provisions relating to elections.	12/29/2022	Makes it a felony to threaten election officials and workers; extends prohibition of raising campaign funds during session blackout to all constitutional officers	Apr-11	Apr-13	21/0	May-11	May-11	42/0
1090	SB 405 exempt	Office of the Governor		Revises provisions relating to elections.	2/24/2023	Omnibus bill. Voter ID with expanded acceptable ID; requires DMV to issue free voter ID if none other; Returns mail ballot to opt-in; Requires those who turn in mail ballots for others to have written authorization and max 30 ballots	Exempt

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023

2023 Legislative Session Election Bills

Latest status of election related bills in the 2023

March 1, 2023March 1, 2023

Non Major Party Voters Now Largest Segment in Two-Thirds of State Legislative Districts

By Doug Goodman -Founder & Executive Director Nevadans for Election Reform – March 1, 2023

With the increase of active voters registered as Non-Partisan in February, the segment of active voters not registered to vote in either the Democratic or Republican Party is now the largest group of voters in two-thirds (66.67 percent) of all state legislative districts. That segment remains the largest bloc statewide, in Clark and Washoe county, and is now just under 52 percent among voters 18 – 34 years of age.

State-Wide

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	1,253	0.21%	32.16%	-0.13%
R	1,027	0.19%	29.71%	-0.13%
NP	8,481	1.51%	30.61%	0.27%
IAP	624	0.77%	4.36%	0.01%
LIB	103	0.64%	0.87%	0.00%
Other	-20	-0.05%	2.28%	-0.02%
Total not D or R			38.13%	0.26%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Clark County

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	1,317	0.29%	34.90%	-0.15%
R	911	0.27%	25.80%	-0.12%
NP	6,846	1.65%	31.81%	0.29%
IAP	461	0.83%	4.21%	0.00%
LIB	75	0.74%	0.77%	0.00%
Other	-15	-0.05%	2.50%	-0.02%
Total not D or R			39.30%	0.27%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Washoe County

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-41	-0.04%	31.58%	-0.09%
R	20	0.02%	33.06%	-0.07%
NP	677	0.82%	27.57%	0.16%
IAP	62	0.45%	4.56%	0.01%
LIB	8	0.23%	1.16%	0.00%
Other	-4	-0.06%	2.05%	-0.01%
Total not D or R			35.35%	0.16

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Rural Counties (See rural county table below district tables)

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-23	-0.06%	17.47%	-0.10%
R	96	0.09%	47.48%	-0.19%
NP	958	1.49%	27.73%	0.27%
IAP	101	0.88%	4.92%	0.02%
LIB	20	0.78%	1.10%	0.00%
Other	-1	-0.03%	1.30%	-0.01%
Total not D or R			35.05%	0.28%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

18 – 34 Year Old

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	167	0.11%	30.50%	-0.21%
R	62	0.07%	17.64%	-0.13%
NP	3,813	1.72%	43.33%	0.39%
IAP	139	0.63%	4.29%	-0.01%
LIB	23	0.33%	1.34%	-0.01%
Other	-47	-0.31%	2.90%	-0.03%
Total not D or R			51.86%	0.34%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

55+

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	528	0.20%	34.28%	-0.09%
R	668	0.23%	39.06%	-0.09%
NP	2,005	1.30%	20.61%	0.17%
IAP	231	0.73%	4.21%	0.01%
LIB	35	1.15%	0.41%	0.00%
Other	-1	-0.01%	1.42%	-0.01%
Total not D or R			26.66%	0.17%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

By district voter share changes.

Congressional Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	4	0	0
Republican	4	0	0
NP	0	4	0
IAP	0	3	1
LIB	0	0	4
Other	4	0	0

In all Congressional districts (100 percent of the districts) the number of voters not affiliated with either major party exceeds the number of voters registered to one of the major parties.

In three (75%) of the districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

State Senate Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	21	0	0
Republican	21	0	0
NP	0	21	0
IAP	4	11	6
LIB	3	3	15
Other	20	0	1

In 14 (66.67%) of the 21 districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

State Assembly Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	42	0	0
Republican	42	0	0
NP	0	42	0
IAP	10	23	9
LIB	11	9	22
Other	37	2	3

In 29 (66.67%) of the 42 districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

Rural Counties

Party	# Counties Lose Voter Share	# Counties Gain Voter Share	# Counties No Change
Democratic	13	1	1
Republican	14	1	0
NP	0	15	0
IAP	4	8	3
LIB	2	3	10
Other	7	1	7

The voter share of those not registered to either the Democratic or Republican Party increased in 14 of the 15 rural counties with an average share of 33.10 percent (range 23.67 to 39.87)

On March 4, 2023, the Nevada Democratic Party will hold its state party leadership election. There has been a lot of media attention given to the friction between the current leadership and the challenging slate. I have to pose the question; could the result of the election have an impact on voter share in the coming month?

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023

Voter Roll Maintenance Benefits GOP

By Doug Goodman -Founder & Executive Director Nevadans for Election Reform – February 2, 2023

Voter rolls underwent routine maintenance in January with the resulting changes benefiting the Republican Party with Non-Partisan benefiting in the rural counties and among younger voters. However, the overall status of voter share did not change with those not registered in either the Democratic or Republican Party (registered as Non-Partisan or in a minor party) still being the largest segment statewide, in Clark and Washoe counties, and among voters 18 to 34 years of age with Non-Partisan being the largest in that group. Only among voters 55 years of age and older is this voter share percentage under 30 percent.

State-Wide

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-19,404	-3.14%	32.30%	-0.10%
R	-12,954	-2.29%	29.84%	0.17%
NP	-16,863	-2.91%	30.35%	-0.02%
IAP	-2,299	-2.77%	4.35%	0.00%
LIB	-616	-3.67%	0.87%	-0.01%
Other	-2,196	-4.91%	2.29%	-0.05%
Total not D or R			37.87%	-0.08%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Clark County

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-15,083	-3.16%	35.05%	-0.06%
R	-8,617	-2.46%	25.92%	0.15%
NP	-13,366	-3.12%	31.53%	-0.03%
IAP	-1,661	-2.91%	4.21%	0.00%
LIB	-432	-4.09%	0.77%	-0.01%
Other	-1,730	-4.95%	2.52%	-0.05%
Total not D or R			39.03%	-0.09%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Washoe County

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-3,988	-4.02%	31.67%	0.01%
R	-3,853	-3.73%	33.14%	0.12%
NP	-3,698	-4.30%	27.42%	-0.07%
IAP	-584	-4.10%	4.55%	0.00%
LIB	-180	-4.91%	1.16%	-0.01%
Other	-419	-6.34%	2.06%	-0.05%
Total not D or R			35.19%	-0.13

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

Rural Counties (See rural county table below district tables)

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-333	-0.80%	17.56%	-0.09%
R	-484	-0.43%	47.67%	-0.06%
NP	201	0.31%	27.46%	0.17%
IAP	-54	-0.47%	4.90%	-0.01%
LIB	-4	-0.16%	1.09%	0.00%
Other	-47	-1.51%	1.31%	-0.02%
Total not D or R			34.76%	0.14%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

18 – 34 Year Old

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-7,787	-4.67%	30.71%	-0.16%
R	-3,810	-3.98%	17.77%	0.03%
NP	-8,557	-3.71%	42.94%	0.21%
IAP	-979	-4.22%	4.30%	0.00%
LIB	-326	-4.46%	1.35%	0.00%
Other	-1,044	-6.44%	2.93%	-0.07%
Total not D or R			51.52%	0.14%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

55+

Party	Change in # Voters	% Change	% Voter Share	Difference in Voter Share %
D	-5,251	-1.98%	34.37%	-0.09%
R	-4,777	-1.59%	39.15%	0.05%
NP	-2,316	-1.48%	20.44%	0.05%
IAP	-460	-1.43%	4.20%	0.01%
LIB	-54	-1.74%	0.40%	0.00%
Other	-397	-3.55%	1.43%	-0.03%
Total not D or R			26.48%	0.03%

Other includes Green Party, Natural Law Party, other or not specified.

By district voter share changes.

Congressional Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	3	1	0
Republican	0	4	0
NP	2	2	0
IAP	1	3	0
LIB	3	0	1
Other	4	0	0

In all Congressional districts (100 percent of the districts) the number of voters not affiliated with either major party exceeds the number of voters registered to one of the major parties.

In three (75%) of the districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

State Senate Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	12	7	2
Republican	4	17	0
NP	10	11	0
IAP	7	12	2
LIB	12	2	7
Other	21	0	0

In 13 (61.90%) of the 21 districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

State Assembly Districts

Party	# Districts Lose Voter Share	# Districts Gain Voter Share	# Districts No Change
Democratic	23	18	1
Republican	10	32	0
NP	20	22	0
IAP	18	17	7
LIB	25	6	11
Other	41	0	1

In 25 (59.53%) of the 42 districts the percentage of voters not registered as Democratic or Republican is the leading group of voters.

Rural Counties

Party	# Counties Lose Voter Share	# Counties Gain Voter Share	# Counties No Change
Democratic	9	5	1
Republican	11	4	0
NP	3	12	0
IAP	11	4	0
LIB	3	6	6
Other	4	2	9

As I write this the start of the legislative session is four days away. Will the status of voter registration be on the minds of legislators opening up more collaboration or will they stick to party lines on the important issues facing the state? We will know very soon.

January 28, 2023January 28, 2023

Random Thoughts – Opinion

By Doug Goodman -Founder & Executive Director Nevadans for Election Reform – January 27, 2023

As we head in to the 2023 Nevada legislative session, I wanted to put out a few random thoughts.

November saw the first passage of Question 3, an amendment to the Nevada constitution that, if passed by the voters a second time in 2024, will replace our current closed primary system with a top-five nonpartisan open primary and ranked choice voting in the general election. Nevada voters are ready to take control of their elections again as evidenced by 53 percent of voters voting “yes”. Look for the campaign to focus on clarifying just how simple and easy the proposed Final Five Voting process is and how the process benefits all Nevadans.

What about the election just completed.

Just under 55 percent of active registered voters cast ballots. This is about average for mid-term elections, but disappointing given mail ballots were sent to all active voters. Since Nevada still maintains in-person voting, the question of cost benefit has to asked. Assembly Bill 321 (AB 321) approved by the legislature last session making the temporary system of mailing ballots to all active voters put in place for the 2020 election due to COVID did not include any money for voter education. The result was voter confusion as shown by the number of ballots that were either returned, rejected, or in need of correction (curing). It is important to note that prior to 2020, Nevada had no excuse absentee voting, anyone could request a mail ballot. In 2019 a major change that allowed a voter to be placed on a permanent list to receive a mail ballot for all elections instead of having to submit a new request for each election was enacted.

Mailing ballots to all voters has become a hot-button issue whether deservedly so or not. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) rated Nevada 13^th following the 2020 election for election administration, meaning we are doing things right.

Perhaps going back to the pre-AB 321 process and using the money required to mail ballots to all, some $14 million, to address some of the valid issues; voter roll maintenance and voter education is worth considering.

The level of emotion connected with all mail ballots also inspired some counties to propose going back to hand-marked paper ballots and manual counting of the votes. This is allowed under current election statute (NRS293B.050). However, the legislature has ordered the secretary of state to change the voter registration and voter roll maintenance process to one controlled by the secretary of state instead of the individual counties (top-down instead of bottom-up) Instead of each county reporting to the secretary of state, the secretary of state would provide the data to the counties. Given this change, the state cannot risk having 17 different voting and tabulation processes. To keep the process standardized and therefor more efficient and accurate, something I believe is supported by both Democratic and Republican voters alike, the law allowing counties to use different methods needs to be changed so all counties use the same voting and tabulation methods.

Another hot-button issue is requiring voters to show valid identification to vote. Is this a solution looking for a problem? Yes. Does the issue impact the legislature from solving other, more important issues? Yes. Is there a fix that could remove this issue and its effect on our political environment? Yes.

Polls suggest that most voters, whether a proponent of voter ID requirements or not, would not object to showing an ID to vote. The proposals being presented this session will include a wide variety of acceptable identification documents all centered around the documents required to be presented to register to vote. For those lacking any of the numerous acceptable identification county clerks or registrar of voters would provide a voting identification free of charge.

Because of the partisan emotion surrounding the issues of mail ballots and voter ID, it is unlikely bills presenting potential solutions will advance. Food for thought, shouldn’t we try to remove obstacles to progress rather than strengthening walls? What would happen if pragmatism won out over partisanship?

During this last election cycle, all election administration offices saw key people and staff leave. Going into 2023, both the Clark and Washoe county registrar of voters is new. The secretary of state and county election offices are trying to hire new staff and have them trained in time for the February 2024 presidential preference primary; there will be three elections in 2024. Educating voters to this fact will play a major role impacting turnout for the state primary in June. Hopefully the required funds will be approved by the legislature.

Random thoughts.