Nevada Secretary of State (4 yr terms, 2 term limit=8 yrs) The Secretary of State serves as Nevada’s chief elections officer and plays a central role in overseeing the state’s election system. This office is responsible for administering elections, certifying results, maintaining voter registration records, and ensuring compliance with state and federal election laws. The Secretary of State also oversees business filings and certain regulatory functions. Because this position directly impacts how elections are conducted and how results are verified and reported, it is critical to maintaining fair, secure, transparent, and accessible elections. In a time when public confidence in democratic processes is essential, this race plays a key role in protecting voting rights, upholding the rule of law, and ensuring that Nevada’s elections are administered with integrity.
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Endorsements
Democratic Association of Secretaries of State, Henderson Chamber of Commerce, Nevada Conservation League, End Citizens United, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, The Next 50, Silver State Equality, Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte, Western States Carpenters, Clark County Education Association, Nevada Teamsters
Article I of the Constitution is clear that states have the right and responsibility to administer elections. The Framers understood that putting federal officials in charge of their own elections creates a clear conflict of interest, which is why our federalist system reserves this power to the states. The federal government can be a partner in ensuring states have the funding and resources they need to fulfill this duty, but the actual administration has been reserved to the states since the founding of our nation.
Nevada is a state of working people, with a 24/7 economy and one of the nation’s most diverse electorates. For this reason, we have very broad voting needs: Rural and Indigenous voters, elderly and homebound people, voters who work late night or early morning hours, and our out-of-state servicemembers all need to have a say in our democracy. Voting by mail is safe, secure, and accessible, and it allows voters of all partisan affiliations to have a say in our democracy.
I am always open to collaborating on good-faith efforts from federal agencies to ensure election security. At the same time, it is a felony to intimidate or harass voters and election workers, and I will oppose any effort to do so in Nevada.
Increasing turnout starts with making sure voters are informed on the methods available to them to access the ballot box. In fact, we just launched a text message campaign to streamline voter participation and ensure voters are connected to critical information ahead of the primary, along with a new website, MyBallot.NV.gov., to allow voters to track their mail ballots. In my tenure as Secretary of State, through increased outreach efforts to our tribal communities, we saw no tribal litigation over elections in 2024, along with a turnout increase of 34% for tribal voters on tribal lands. We also worked with the Raiders to open Allegiant Stadium to voters, and it became the largest polling site in Nevada. Harvard studied the impact of this e
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