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Here's What Voters Need To Know About The Primary Election
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:04:06
Publish Date: 2018-05-24 16:13:10
Description: Early voting for Nevada's primary election begins Saturday, but what's on the ballot and what do voters need to know before they head to the polls? KUNR's Paul Boger spoke with Deanna Spikula -- the Washoe County Registrar of Voters -- to find out more. Deanna, thank you so much for joining me. Let's talk about how the primary is different than the general election. In the state of Nevada, we have closed primaries. That means that you have to be registered as either a Republican or a Democratic party-affiliated registered voter in order to see those races, a partisan race, on your ballot. So its first thing people wanted check if they're interested in a certain race either on the Republican or Democratic side. They will need to make show their affiliated and their registration and their party affiliation is the same so they can vote on that race. It's all a bit different, some states don't do that. Our primary elections are nominating elections. So basically, we're kind of thinning
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