Nevada Legislative Committee Reviews Change to Open Primaries

Nevada legislative committee reviews change to open primaries

(The Center Square) - A bill that would let nonpartisan Nevada voters cast ballots in party primaries could be on its way after a joint committee heard support and opposition

Politicians, scared of truly open primaries, offer ‘limited’ alternative for nonpartisan voters

Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager (Photo: Richard Bednarski/Nevada Current)A ballot measure to establish an open-primary, ranked-choice voting system in Nevada may have been rejected by voters last November, but its underlying message of voter disenfranchisement clearly struck a chord with Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager. The Assembly’s top Democrat, who opposed that ballot measure, said he suspects changes to Nevada’s closed primary system are coming…