{"id":137890,"date":"2021-02-16T14:24:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T19:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=137890"},"modified":"2021-02-16T14:43:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T19:43:18","slug":"nevada-democrats-move-to-be-first-in-presidential-primaries-ousting-nh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-democrats-move-to-be-first-in-presidential-primaries-ousting-nh\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada Democrats Move To Be First In Presidential Primaries, Ousting NH"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnevada-democrats-move-to-be-first-in-presidential-primaries-ousting-nh%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=137890&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1283757864-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Monday, Nevada Democrats took action to change their presidential nominating system from a caucus to a primary. Legislation introduced in the Assembly would change the format of Nevada presidential nominating contests, potentially pushing it to be the first primary in the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/02\/15\/nevada-democrats-presidential-caucuses-469069\">Politico<\/a> reported that this is \u201ca move former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid threw his support behind immediately following last year\u2019s caucuses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Democratic presidential nominating process was under intense examination after the Iowa caucuses had technical difficulties and reporting of the votes was delayed. The Associated Press never called a winner in the contest due to calculation problems.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa and New Hampshire have traditionally been the first states to hold their primaries. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/02\/15\/nevada-democrats-presidential-caucuses-469069\">Politico<\/a>, however, the two states were also criticized by Democrats who said they are not \u201cdemographically representative of the country. The populations of both states are predominately white, unlike Nevada which is more diverse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-2\">In a prepared statement, Jason Frierson, the Nevada Assembly speaker, commented on the new legislation. He said it \u201cwill lay the groundwork for Nevada to become the first state in the nation in the presidential nominating process\u2026Nevada\u2019s diverse population and first-hand experience in issues relating to climate change, public lands, immigration, and health care provide a unique voice that deserves to be heard first.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">William McCurdy, chair of the Nevada Democratic Party, released a <a href=\"https:\/\/nvdems.com\/nv-dems-statement-on-legislation-making-nevada-a-presidential-primary-state-and-moving-to-first-in-the-nation\/\">statement<\/a> regarding the new legislation on Monday, saying, \u201cExpanding access to the presidential nominating process in Nevada is something NV Dems have worked on for many years,\u201d noting the efforts of Democrats last year to make the caucuses more accessible. He states, however, that \u201cthe only way we can bring more voices into the process is by moving to a primary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nvdems.com\/nv-dems-statement-on-legislation-making-nevada-a-presidential-primary-state-and-moving-to-first-in-the-nation\/\">statement<\/a> explains the specifics of the new voting process:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>This legislation changes Nevada\u2019s presidential nominating process from a caucus system to a primary separate from the June down-ballot primary and includes ten days of early voting and same-day voter registration. It moves the date of the primary to the second to last Tuesday in January making Nevada the first in the nation presidential nominating state.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-3\">New Hampshire is expected to challenge Nevada\u2019s efforts to hold its nominating contest first. New Hampshire state law says that its primary must occur at least seven days before a \u201csimilar election\u201d in any other state. Bill Gardner, the state\u2019s secretary of state, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/02\/15\/nevada-democrats-presidential-caucuses-469069\">reportedly<\/a> made many efforts to successfully keep New Hampshire first in line for decades.<\/p>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-3\">Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and other Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/02\/15\/nevada-democrats-presidential-caucuses-469069\">reportedly<\/a> support the switch from caucus to primary. Reid has also been reported to be \u201cleaning on his relationship with President Joe Biden and his administration and arguing his state is more representative of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-3\">If Nevada does away with its caucus, the few remaining states to hold caucuses instead of primaries would be Iowa, North Dakota, Wyoming, Kentucky (Republican only), with U.S. territory caucuses occurring in American Samoa, The U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Nevada Democrats took action to change their presidential nominating system from a caucus to a primary. 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