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How has that been going for you? My homeboy been canvassing and he told me a good day is if he can get 15 people to talk to him. Are people more receptive in your area?
'18 Midterms: Dems win House by largest midterm raw vote margin ever
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I’ve only been canvassing twice. Monday and yesterday. I haven’t talked to many people either because they’ve been at work. The people I do talk to either refuse, tell me they will think about it, say they already voted (in which I then ask them if they’ve gone dem) or have a brief conversation with me. I’m a little hesitant when it comes to talking to people so they tell me they’re good I keep it moving. If they are receptive then I go on talk about the candidates and the issues at hand. I wanna go today but I’m a little tired and want to relax. I may just go to the campaign office and phone bank.
my governor just delivered one of the most spineless political moments ive ever seen
what a fukkin weasel
Zoom School debate
At the forum, [[Republican congressional candidate] Danny Tarkanian said two of his children fell behind grade level in English and math in their public school, and he blames it on too many children speaking Spanish in the classroom and teachers taking time to have material translated back and forth.
My g - how is your child falling behind in their english and math the fault of other children speaking spanish? Your child had issues with one grade. It happens. Stop trying to attack other children who are working just as hard to be successful. Nevada
Current partisan lean
Heading into the 2018 elections, the governor of Nevada is Brian Sandoval (R). In Nevada, two-thirds of the state legislature is required to override a gubernatorial veto. Although the Democratic Party controls majorities in both chambers of the legislature, it falls short of the two-thirds requirement with its 27-14 majority in the Nevada State Assembly and its 10-8 majority in the Nevada State Senate.[1]
Opportunities for the Democratic Party in 2018
Nevada is holding a gubernatorial election in 2018, meaning that the Democratic Party has an opportunity to take the governorship. Additionally, the Democratic Party has an opportunity to gain a legislative supermajority. In order to do so, the Democrats must gain at least one seat in the state Assembly and at least four seats in the state Senate.
If we can get another veto proof democratic state legislature
Should tampons and sanitary napkins be exempt from Nevada's sales tax?
Take a box of tampons for example: Tampax Pearls, 36 tampons in a particular box, which for some women may be a month's supply.
News 3 found it online for about $7 at a local Las Vegas big-box store. The sales tax in Clark County would be about 57 cents.
That's hundreds of dollars in additional sales tax, and Provost says there are low-income women who cannot afford it.
She said they call it "period poverty," where women skimp on these items in order to buy food or other essentials.
The FDA classifies tampons as a type of medical product, and Nevada already exempts some medical products from the sales tax.
This exemption passed the 2017 legislature. Because it tweaks the sales tax, it needs your approval to become law.
“Because it's such a massive amount of our total revenue stream, it's important when we look at making changes and tweaks - how is that going to develop over time, and what are the implications of that,” Wachter says.
“Anytime we look at the tax base and we decide to narrow it, and in this case it’s feminine hygiene products, the rate eventually will have to increase in order to keep producing the same amount of revenue that it’s used to producing to fund the government that we fund at every level,” Wachter says.
Provost says it’s an issue of fairness.
“This isn’t a choice, this isn’t a luxury, this is truly a necessity for many women on a day-to-day basis,” she says, adding, “these other items that may be affected by the sales tax aren’t truly a necessity.”
