Vote Nevada Supporters,
One week from today, we are hosting three events featuring Katie Fahey, the young woman who spearheaded Michigan’s successful independent redistricting commission ballot initiative.
Katie is a founder of the new nonprofit Respect Voters. This new organization aims to protect and expand the ballot initiative process nationwide. You can watch Katie’s TED Talk here: https://youtu.be/oIAQcvewgTg?si=QfWk8JDypoEQY6de
The ballot petition process traces its direct democracy ideological roots back to the very beginning of our country. The initiative, the referendum, and the recall became widespread anti-corruption tools just over one hundred years ago when Progressive reformers viewed this trio as an effective counterbalance to Gilded Age political corruption.
Nevadans established the initiative, referendum, and recall as constitutional rights by amending them into our state constitution in the early 1900s.
Katie’s new organization, Respect Voters, aims to protect the right to run and vote on ballot initiatives in states where it exists and to establish the right to run and vote on ballot initiatives in states where it does not. https://www.respectvoters.org/
Join us on May 11th at the Las Vegas at the Clark County Library at 1401 E. Flamingo Rd, from 3:30 to 5:30 pm to meet Katie and discuss her work on redistricting reform and how we can support the Respect Voters mission. We will have pizza, water, and soda.
Please indicate if you’d like to participate in the Respect Voters planning meeting after the first event, either in-person or virtually via Zoom.
RSVP: https://forms.gle/JeEBDUWusGL2J3sP8
Join us on May 12th in Reno at The Discovery Museum at 490 S. Center Street from 12:30 to 3:30 pm to meet Katie and discuss her work on redistricting reform and how we can support the Respect Voters mission. Meeting attendees will also receive free admission to the Museum, so bring mom to meet Katie and then spend time exploring the Museum. We will have pizza, water, and soda.
RSVP: https://forms.gle/JeEBDUWusGL2J3sP8
If you are in the Carson City area, on May 14th, the Sierra Nevada Forums is hosting a panel on the U.S. Infrastructure Bill and IRA funding called Follow the Money in Nevada. The event is at the Carson City Brewery Arts Center in the Performance Hall at 511 King Street. The doors open at 5:30 pm; RSVP by emailing sierranevadaforums@gmail.com.
Early voting for the primary starts May 25th, so Vote Nevada is hosting two Education Zoom Townhalls on May 17th and 18th to discuss recommendations from the Nevada Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights for recruiting and retaining teachers.
You can review the report here: https://www.usccr.gov/news/2024/nevada-advisory-committee-releases-report-teacher-and-professional-staff-shortages-and
Both events will be identical to provide more options for candidates and the public to attend, so pick the date that works best for you. You can RSVP here:
May 17th: t.ly/3-E_r
May 18th: t.ly/gVy_6
If you have any questions about the upcoming primary election, here are some resources https://vote-nevada-blog.org/election-2024-information/ and you can also email me at info@vote-nevada.org
Thank you for being Nevadans with me,
Sondra
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