Digging out is gonna be a chore.

About time. Early in-person voting starts in Nevada tomorrow. All early voting sites are also mail ballot drop-off locations. When making your choices, consult the Nevada Current Voter Guide, especially for those nonpartisan down-ballot races (of which there are oodles this year).

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Judge races make up the vast majority of those aforementioned oodles of nonpartisan down-ballot contests. This year, as every campaign year, Nevada Current senior reporter Dana Gentry actually interviewed the judicial candidates (except for a handful who declined) to provide voters with a more informed and contextual look at the candidates and the races. As a result, the stories often also provide insight into how judges think, and how the system works. Or doesn’t. And a lot of the judge stories are also just interesting reads. Like this one, the last of the bunch this year: Disciplined judge defends family court seat against challenge from disciplined attorney

“The best way to prevent any funny business from this administration after Election Day is to make sure that our turnout is massive,” observed an organizer with Common Cause. The D.C. bureau’s Ashley Murray previews Saturday’s national rally/GOTV events. Saturday’s ‘Vote Early Day of Action’ marks No Kings’ shift from protest to polls

Note: Yes your friendly Nevada Current will be covering No Kings and early voting’s first day and we’ll put up a story, oh, I’m gonna shoot for late Saturday afternoon. 

Then what? Can Democrats get much if any policy enacted — or repealed — even if they win All The Things next month? The D.C. bureau’s reporters tag team this look at the potential congressional Democratic agenda. Democrats aiming for control of Congress vow action on healthcare, cost of living, Iran war

Note: Trump’s obvious deterioration, perpetual rage, and manic unpredictability render him a loose cannon rolling calamitously around the deck of the ship of state. His unfitness for the job becomes more glaringly obvious each day, and the damage he has already inflicted on U.S. power and influence, as well as global stability and security, is incalculable. Democrats are sheepish about the prospect of impeaching Trump again, no matter how numerous or egregious his high crimes and misdemeanors. But even a substantial number of Republicans are freaking out over Trump’s latest coddling of Putin and betrayal of Ukraine. And, like many Republican voters, in their guts, they know he’s nuts. What if a sufficient number of congressional Republicans not only got on board impeachment but — gasp! — led the effort, in the name of, oh, national security? Yes, most fanciful. And yet Trump himself is nothing if not exhibit A in support of the proposition that anything can happen.

The deep damage to democracy won’t be repaired any time soon, so on that score Trump can declare a partial victory. Jerk. But if you’re constantly hammering into the heads of the MAGA faithful that voter fraud is rampant (as opposed to minuscule, i.e., the truth), why should those true believers bother to vote? Here’s a news analysis of some of the research on that very issue, via  The Conversation. Why the Republicans’ voter fraud messaging may backfire

Good Luck