Some of state’s reopening policies seem confusing
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Some of state’s reopening policies confusing
The mail-in ballot process for this year’s primary has changed how campaigns for office are conducted in this election. The campaigning season is shorter, and there is less advertising by candidates as a consequence.
Despite tweeted claims by President Donald Trump, Nevada’s mail-in election is completely legal and claims of fraud are speculative and unsupported by evidence.
Reader suggests more focus on issues
The stay-at-home order has robbed our young adults who graduate high school this year of significant milestones that mark their passage into adulthood.
On May 15, city officials declared Atwater, California a “sanctuary city.” Not for undocumented immigrants, but for businesses and churches who choose to ignore governor Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19-related shutdown orders. The city won’t be enforcing the governor’s edicts. Those edicts, mayor Paul Creighton told local businesses, are “between you and the state of California.”
An apology to the readers, especially the Republicans
Recalls of public officials in Nevada are rarely successful, which is the way it should be, since recall proponents are asking voters to undo the results of a legitimate election.
Often medical personnel treating patients with COVID-19 experience enormous psychological stress.
One laudable side effect of the COVID-19 panic is a nationwide effort to promote “vote by mail” as a universal alternative to standing in line at polling places. One reason that effort is laudable is that it would likely decrease vote fraud.
We should shut off left and right and enjoy every day
Shutting down Nevada businesses to flatten the coronavirus curve came at a cost — big budget deficits the likes of which the state has never seen.
