Vote Nevada Supporters,
We are heading into week 2 of the legislative session. You can view this upcoming week’s calendar of committee hearings and floor sessions here: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023
Reminder: You can access all the Vote Nevada advocacy tools and training recordings here: https://vote-nevada-blog.org/recorded-advocacy-resources/
And you can watch recordings of Vote Nevada Community Meetings here: https://vote-nevada-blog.org/vote-nevada-community-meeting-recordings/
I highly recommend watching Department of Corrections Director James Dzurenda’s presentation from Friday, February 10th. You can access his presentation by going here https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Video/ and then clicking on Assembly Committee on Judiciary. When the video player opens, click on Agenda, and then click on Presentation by the Nevada Department of Corrections in the Agenda. This will fast-forward the recording to his presentation.
After watching the presentation, I am sure you will agree that our mental health crisis must be addressed now, so, let’s come together as Nevadans to start fixing these problems by supporting Director Dzurenda’s budget and bills.
Similarly, in the 2022 primary election, 4,068 mail-in ballots were not counted due to errors such as the voter not signing the back of the ballot envelope. In the 2022 general election, 5,979 mail-in ballots were not counted due to errors.
Here are the primary election mail-in ballot statistics: https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/home/showpublisheddocument/10798/637957441057530000
Here are the general election mail-in ballot statistics: https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/home/showpublisheddocument/11353/638097234357270000
Election and voting issues are contentious this legislative session, so, it may take recommendations from we the people to figure out how to reduce the number of mail-in ballots going uncounted in our elections.
If you have any ideas, election laws and processes are managed by the Legislative Operations and Elections Committees. You can submit ideas to committee members through the Assembly Committee here https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Committee/394/Overview
And through the Senate Committee here https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Committee/404/Overview
Tomorrow, February 13th at 1:30 pm, the Carson City Democratic Men’s Club is hosting Amber Falgout, Northern Nevada Manager for Battle Born Progress. If you would like to attend via Zoom, email richdunn as one word and then @aol.com.
Indivisible Northern Nevada is hosting their Legislative Education Priorities Zoom meeting on Wednesday, February 15th at 5 pm. You can receive the link by RSVP’ing here: t.ly/oqEl
The UNLV Lady Rebels won their 15th straight game yesterday! The team’s next home game is this Thursday, February 16th at 6:30 pm. Tickets are just $1 at the Cox Pavilion, so parking is free. You can purchase tickets and see streaming options here: https://unlvrebels.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2022-23
I am sure we’ve all heard about the new Forward Party, but many of us have questions. So, I have invited the Nevada Forward Party’s Chair Cesar Marquez to join me for a discussion on Saturday, February 18th from 9 to 10 am. We will review the history of American political parties and then look at how the Forward Party fits into that history. You can review Forward Party information here: https://www.forwardparty.com/
You can RSVP for Saturday’s meeting here: https://vote-nevada.news/What-Is-The-Forward-Party
And Nevada NOW is hosting a Celebrating Black History Month Zoom event on Sunday, February 19th from 4 to 5:30 pm. You can receive the link by RSVP’ing here: t.ly/M_6r
Thank you for being Nevadans with me,
Sondra
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