About those long election lines & late results

In praise of post-election Fridays. As far as just, you know, the work part of this job, somewhat paradoxically I’ve come to find election nights themselves a bit anticlimactic. So very much thought and time and effort goes into covering the candidates and issues and policies and mudslinging and hypocrisies over the months prior to the election. Sure, election night can be a rush — high-paced moving of the merch and all that — but it can also also seem a little like data entry, compared to the work undertaken in the preceding months.

That said, especially after this year’s more or less all-nighter imposed on the staff at the Current and all the other state’s news outlets (see story about delayed election results below), I sure am glad it’s Friday.

IN THE NEVADA CURRENT

Second in the nation tho. There are several reasonable sounding explanations for the preposterously long time it took for any Nevada election results to be released Tuesday night. And yet the fact remains that by the time Nevada did begin releasing results as Tuesday night was about to become Wednesday morning, it was the very last state in the nation to do so (and yes that includes Alaska and Hawaii). Can Nevada fix this? (Asking for a Democratic Party in a state that is scheduled to host the second Democratic presidential primary of 2028). April Corbin Girnus reports: ‘Nevadans deserve better’: Long Election Day lines in Clark County raise concerns

Very powerful Nevada interests — and Laborers Local 872, too, for that matter — vowed REVENGE!!!!! on state legislators who dared — dared! — to vote against their beloved scheme for the state of Nevada to subsidize California film corporations and Howard Hughes Holdings. Accordingly, Laborers 872 spent really rather handsome sums of money to oust Democratic state Sen. Edgar Flores in the primary this year, because he voted against it. And that fierce and unforgiving display of political muscle was so magnificent that… well, Michael Lyle reports: Flores selected as new Nevada Senate majority leader

A Ford ability? Every Democratic politician in the country who won this week has the same political problem, which is also the same as the household finance problem their constituents have: There are no quick and easy fixes to the soul-crushing cost of living crisis greatly exacerbated by Trump’s narcissism-facilitated blundering and incompetence. But like every Democratic politician who won last week, your governor-elect has to take a swing at it. Busy Mr. Lyle reports: Ford vows no new taxes, will ‘fight like hell’ to tackle high cost of living

Rep. Dina Titus (D-Fabulous Las Vegas Strip) is a lead sponsor of a bill that would halt Trump’s asinine arch project. Alas, Democrats don’t take control of Congress for another couple months, and of course Trump’s approach to his remodeling, redecorating, and arts & crafts projects is “Build first; let the courts catch up.” But! That doesn’t mean there aren’t other means that Titus and the rest of the Nevada congressional delegation, along with their colleagues, can take to put the kibosh on a project that is, like the person who wants to build it, a vulgar atrocity. Guest columnist Vivian Leal takes a thoughtful but spirited walk through things Congress can (and should!) do to put an end to one of Trump’s many (many, many) farces. How Nevada can help stop stop L’Arc de Trump before it rises

Good Luck