NV-02 special election: 9/13

[Joe Republic]

Heller's appointment to the Senate will take effect the same day as Ensign's resignation; May 3rd.  Sandoval has already set the special election date for September 13th.

In a shock to nobody, Sharron Angle is already in.  Brian Krolicki is likely to announce next week, as might (GOP Chairman) Mark Amodei.  State Sen. Greg Brower and ex-naval officer Kirk Lippold are also already in.  Kate Marshall is a potential for the Democrats, and probably their strongest bet.

However, there is a brewing sh**t-storm, in that Ross Miller will decide how the candidates gain access to the ballot.  The likelihood is that he'll go with the 'free for all' method, which is the easiest path for Angle, while for obvious reasons the GOP will prefer to select their nominee by central committee.  Either way, expect lawsuits filed against Miller.  His decision will be announced on Monday.

[Tender Branson]

Strategically good choice by Sandoval for the GOP, 2 days after the 10-year-anniversary of 9/11.

[Meeker]

Strategically good choice by Sandoval for the GOP, 2 days after the 10-year-anniversary of 9/11.

I doubt that had anything to do with it.

Who is Kate Marshall?

[DrScholl]

Strategically good choice by Sandoval for the GOP, 2 days after the 10-year-anniversary of 9/11.

Who is Kate Marshall?

Nevada's Treasurer.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Strategically good choice by Sandoval for the GOP, 2 days after the 10-year-anniversary of 9/11.

lol what

[Joe Republic]

Who is Kate Marshall?

Nevada's Treasurer.

Who was re-elected last year with a not very impressive 48.3%.

[Niemeyerite]

Who is Kate Marshall?

Nevada's Treasurer.

Who was re-elected last year with a not very impressive 48.3%.

And last year was 2010... =)

[Miles]

Who is Kate Marshall?

Nevada's Treasurer.

Who was re-elected last year with a not very impressive 48.3%.

And last year was 2010... =)

She still won by about 5 points.

[Kevinstat]

However, there is a brewing sh**t-storm, in that Ross Miller will decide how the candidates gain access to the ballot.  The likelihood is that he'll go with the 'free for all' method, which is the easiest path for Angle, while for obvious reasons the GOP will prefer to select their nominee by central committee.  Either way, expect lawsuits filed against Miller.  His decision will be announced on Monday.

Could he choose a "normal", special primary election (unless perhaps if it was uncontested), method of determining the candidates of the qualified parties?  [Edited to answer: No].

If he chooses the "free for all" method, would there be a runoff if no candidate got a majority, does the candidate with the most votes simply win, or would that also be up to (Secretary of State) Miller's descretion?

How is it that that it isn't clear (and not subject to the Secretary of State's whim) what method would be used to fill the vacancy?  Is there a legal dispute, or is there a tradition of flexibility regarding such things?

Okay, I'm reading an article linked to from an article linked to from the article Joe Republic's first link on this thread takes you to, and it should explain where some of the ambiguity comes from.  Part of it is thate there's never been a special election for the U.S. House in Nevada before.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Would an Angle nomination guarantee Harry Reid will have his new Nevada colleague on his side of the aisle?

EDIT:  Never mind, I thought this was about the Nevada Senate race, I misread the NV-2...

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Do all the Republican candidates live in Reno or in the Northern part of NV-02. If its in say the NV-02 part of Clark, or in Nye county, then they will likely be in a district with Heck.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Do all the Republican candidates live in Reno or in the Northern part of NV-02. If its in say the NV-02 part of Clark, or in Nye county, then they will likely be in a district with Heck.

Pretty sure they're all from Reno or Carson City.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Do all the Republican candidates live in Reno or in the Northern part of NV-02. If its in say the NV-02 part of Clark, or in Nye county, then they will likely be in a district with Heck.

Pretty sure they're all from Reno or Carson City.

Same for Marshall?

[Joe Republic]

Do all the Republican candidates live in Reno or in the Northern part of NV-02. If its in say the NV-02 part of Clark, or in Nye county, then they will likely be in a district with Heck.

Pretty sure they're all from Reno or Carson City.

Same for Marshall?

Reno.

[ZuWo]

Strategically good choice by Sandoval for the GOP, 2 days after the 10-year-anniversary of 9/11.

If the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 really has an impact on the decison of Nevada's voters I'd say that now, with the execution of Osama Bin Laden, which is a huge success for Obama, the Democrats could benefit from the date of the election. However, I believe that the economy will overshadow other issues so 9/11 won't play much of a role.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yep, now the 10th anniversary of 9/11 will be nothing about talking about bin Laden dead.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Jon Ralston's twitter says that Ross Miller is declaring the special election a free-for-all:

http://twitter.com/#!/RalstonFlash

[Meeker]

Kate Marshall is running for the Dems. Let's hope she's the only one!

[krazen1211]

Jill Derby is in, right?

http://www.ktvn.com/story/14528933/jill-derby-to-run-for-nevada-congressional-seat


I'll laugh if this backfires on Ross Miller.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Of course, there are the inevitable lawsuits, so there's no guarantee that it will end up being a free-for-all.

Edit: If the free-for-all survives, we could see a member of Congress elected with something like 25% of the vote.

[krazen1211]

What does the ballot look like?

Can only 1 person file as a Republican or a Democrat, while everyone else has to file as some sort of minor party?

Any signature requirement? If there's no filing fee and no signature requirement you could have hundreds of people filing to be on the ballot........

[JohnnyLongtorso]

What does the ballot look like?

Can only 1 person file as a Republican or a Democrat, while everyone else has to file as some sort of minor party?

Any signature requirement? If there's no filing fee and no signature requirement you could have hundreds of people filing to be on the ballot........

It's going to be like the Hawaii special election, where you can have as many members of one party as possible. As for your second question, it would appear not, so this may be one big clusterfuck.

[krazen1211]

What does the ballot look like?

Can only 1 person file as a Republican or a Democrat, while everyone else has to file as some sort of minor party?

Any signature requirement? If there's no filing fee and no signature requirement you could have hundreds of people filing to be on the ballot........

It's going to be like the Hawaii special election, where you can have as many members of one party as possible. As for your second question, it would appear not, so this may be one big clusterfuck.

Wow. So each party can sandbag the other by nominating hundreds of people under the Democratic/Republican party names...

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This could end up like the end of the original Casino Royale with everybody going crazy, fighting each other, Americans charging in on Horses, Indians dropping out of planes, and Sharron Angle playing the part of Woody Allen and exploding at the end.

[Joe Republic]

This could end up like the end of the original Casino Royale with everybody going crazy, fighting each other, Americans charging in on Horses, Indians dropping out of planes, and Sharron Angle playing the part of Woody Allen and exploding at the end.

That already happened at the NVGOP convention in 2008.  Of course it was the fourth Sharron Angle who exploded there, however.  We're currently on the... seventh? Sharron Angle by now.