Vote Nevada Supporters,

I want to share some information and two Vote Nevada January events. 

First, the College of Southern Nevada Native Alliance is partnering with the Las Vegas Indian Center to host the annual Native American Arts & Craft Fair tomorrow, December 16, 2023, from 9 am to 5 pm, at the CSN West Charleston Campus, in the Student Union ballroom.  The address is 6375 W. Charleston 89146 and here is a map with the Student Union circled in red.

Second, Vote Nevada has entered a partnership with the nonpartisan nonprofit The People, a civic engagement organization founded by the team that passed Michigan’s independent redistricting commission initiative in 2018.  The People’s Executive Director Katie Fahey Schergala reached out to offer support now that attorneys have filed lawsuits against the Fair Maps Nevada redistricting commission ballot questions.  

If you watched Slay the Dragon, a documentary focused on Katie and her team’s efforts to pass redistricting reform, you know her dedication to ensuring every person has fair representation.  Read more here: https://www.thepeople.org/partner-with-the-people

You can watch Katie’s recent Ted Talk about her experience with the Michigan redistricting ballot question here: https://www.ted.com/talks/katie_fahey_a_crash_course_in_making_political_change?language=en

Katie emphasizes how unrepresentative maps negatively impact every community member, so the effort to stop gerrymandering must include every community member.  We will have more information on this partnership as it develops over the next few weeks.

Third, The Center for American Progress hosted a recent panel on Alaska’s adoption of open primaries with ranked choice voting in the general election.  Congresswoman Mary Peltola couldn’t participate on the panel, but she is featured in a recording right before the panel sharing her feelings about this new election process, which I highly recommend. 

The panel includes a Democrat, an Independent, and a Republican who all discuss the new election process outcomes.  You can watch Congresswoman Peltola and the panel here: https://www.americanprogress.org/events/how-alaskas-electoral-reform-could-help-heal-divides-in-american-democracy/

Fourth, we have a closed presidential primary coming up in February as well as a closed Republican caucus.   All voters will receive a Sample Ballot, but only registered Democrats and Republicans will receive a mail-in ballot and only Democrats and Republicans will be allowed to vote in-person in the primary and only registered Republicans can vote in the caucus.

Needless to say, there is potential for confusion, so, I’ve pulled together some resources and information to help here: https://vote-nevada-blog.org/election-2024-information/

January Events:

Vote Nevada is hosting an Interim Legislative Strategic Planning Session on January 6, 2024, from 9 to 10 am, via Zoom.  We will create a list of issues to advance and track during the interim legislative session.  You can RSVP here: https://vote-nevada.news/Interim-Strategic-Planning-2024

On January 13, 2024, from 9 to 10 am, via Zoom, join Vote Nevada for a “Let’s Chat” session about Shirley Chisholm.  Shirley Chisholm was the first African-American woman elected to Congress and the first woman to run for president under one of the two major political parties.  Her autobiography is titled Unbought and Unbossed, let’s chat about why.  You can RSVP here: https://vote-nevada.news/Lets-Chat-Shirley-Chisholm

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

Vote Nevada donation options:

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Vote Nevada is now qualified to receive donations through Smith’s Inspiring Donations, you can read more about how to donate to Vote Nevada each time you use your Smith’s loyalty card here: https://www.smithsfoodanddrug.com/i/community/smiths-inspiring-donations