Sixty percent of Republican voters, along with several Republican candidates for federal and statewide offices, oppose implementing open primaries and ranked-choice voting in Nevada’s elections, according to a new Nevada Independent/OH Predictive Insights poll.

Their overwhelming opposition — just 16 percent of Republican likely voters expressed support for the initiative — marks a growing trend of bipartisan disapproval of the major election changes proposed by Question 3 on this year’s general election ballot. It reverses a position of stronger support recorded among Nevada voters as recently as 10 weeks ago. (To learn more about Question 3, including how it works and arguments in favor of and against the initiative, click here.)

In July, a Nevada Independent/OH Predictive Insights poll found that registered Nevada voters supported the changes by a 15-point margin (42 percent support to 27 percent opposed). The new September poll instead surveyed likely voters, a more Republican-leaning group, and found significantly more opposition, which outweighed support for the changes by a 4-point margin (42 percent opposed to 38 percent support).

A spate of election bills are moving through the legislative session in its last week.

Chief among them is an attempt to make Nevada the first state to hold a presidential primary. The others would make permanent the all-mail ballot system used during elections last year, create a “top-down” centralized voter database, and require ballots to include a straight-ticket voting option.

Assembly Bill 126 would replace the state’s current party-run presidential caucuses with state-run primary elections, and it would place those contests on the first Tuesday of February. It’s an attempt to position Nevada as the first state to formally weigh in on the presidential nomination process.

“Nevada has consistently punched above our weight when it comes to elevating the issues we experience everyday,” Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson (D-Clark) said. “From addressing racial justice, climate change, staunchly working to expand voting rights, our voices are diverse and better reflect the rest of the country than the current nominating structure, and it’s time for Nevada to take its rightful place as (the first in the nation).”

Sixty percent of Republican voters, along with several Republican candidates for federal and statewide offices, oppose implementing open primaries and ranked-choice voting in Nevada’s elections, according to a new Nevada Independent/OH Predictive Insights poll.

Their overwhelming opposition — just 16 percent of Republican likely voters expressed support for the initiative — marks a growing trend of bipartisan disapproval of the major election changes proposed by Question 3 on this year’s general election ballot. It reverses a position of stronger support recorded among Nevada voters as recently as 10 weeks ago. (To learn more about Question 3, including how it works and arguments in favor of and against the initiative, click here.)

In July, a Nevada Independent/OH Predictive Insights poll found that registered Nevada voters supported the changes by a 15-point margin (42 percent support to 27 percent opposed). The new September poll instead surveyed likely voters, a more Republican-leaning group, and found significantly more opposition, which outweighed support for the changes by a 4-point margin (42 percent opposed to 38 percent support).

Sixty percent of Republican voters, along with several Republican candidates for federal and statewide offices, oppose implementing open primaries and ranked-choice voting in Nevada’s elections, according to a new Nevada Independent/OH Predictive Insights poll.

Their overwhelming opposition — just 16 percent of Republican likely voters expressed support for the initiative — marks a growing trend of bipartisan disapproval of the major election changes proposed by Question 3 on this year’s general election ballot. It reverses a position of stronger support recorded among Nevada voters as recently as 10 weeks ago. (To learn more about Question 3, including how it works and arguments in favor of and against the initiative, click here.)

In July, a Nevada Independent/OH Predictive Insights poll found that registered Nevada voters supported the changes by a 15-point margin (42 percent support to 27 percent opposed). The new September poll instead surveyed likely voters, a more Republican-leaning group, and found significantly more opposition, which outweighed support for the changes by a 4-point margin (42 percent opposed to 38 percent support).

A spate of election bills are moving through the legislative session in its last week.

Chief among them is an attempt to make Nevada the first state to hold a presidential primary. The others would make permanent the all-mail ballot system used during elections last year, create a “top-down” centralized voter database, and require ballots to include a straight-ticket voting option.

Assembly Bill 126 would replace the state’s current party-run presidential caucuses with state-run primary elections, and it would place those contests on the first Tuesday of February. It’s an attempt to position Nevada as the first state to formally weigh in on the presidential nomination process.

“Nevada has consistently punched above our weight when it comes to elevating the issues we experience everyday,” Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson (D-Clark) said. “From addressing racial justice, climate change, staunchly working to expand voting rights, our voices are diverse and better reflect the rest of the country than the current nominating structure, and it’s time for Nevada to take its rightful place as (the first in the nation).”