Nevada updates on NPV, the Electoral College, and federalism.
NPV status: introduced 2007–failed; passed Assembly 2009-failed.Introduced 2011-Failed SB 344
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Tweet This San Francisco Chronicle article does not tell the full story of today’s hearing in Nevada’s Senate Legislative Operations and Elections Committee. Koza/NPV supporters were completely outnumbered. Only two people testified in favor of the Koza scheme during the hearing. Five people testified against the scheme—more would have testified in opposition to AB...
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Tweet AB413, Nevada’s NPV/Koza bill, was introduced in their Assembly on March 16 and passed on April 21 (27-14). The bill now moves to their Senate, where it has been referred to the Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections.
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