The option “none of these candidates” won the symbolic primaries of the Republican Party in Nevada on Tuesday, an embarrassing result for Nikki Haleywho was the only prominent candidate at the polls.
The former ambassador to the United Nations has chosen to run in the primaries organized by the state on Tuesday instead of in party caucuses to elect the presidential candidate, the only process in the state that awards delegates to secure the Republican nomination.
Trump did not participate in Tuesday’s primaries, which do not award the delegates needed to win the Republican nomination. The former president is instead focused on the caucuses that will be held on Thursday and which will help him get closer to becoming the Republican standard-bearer.
A provision in the state’s election laws allowed more voters in Nevada to They marked “none of these candidates” of the name Haley.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. Photo: Reuters Haley previously said she would “focus on equitable states” and He hasn’t made much campaign effort in the Western state.
The Democratic primaries also took place on Tuesday and the president, Joe Biden, won easily against the writer Marianne Williamson and a handful of lesser-known hopefuls. Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota did not show.
Nevada, a crucial state
Biden was not in danger of losing the primary, but he campaigned in the state on Sunday and Monday start mobilizing voters for Novemberwhen Nevada becomes a crucial battleground state.
Jeff Turner, 65, arrived at the Reno Town Mall with a vote for “none of these candidates”. His preferred candidates, Florida governor Ron de Santis and then-businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, would not have appeared on the ballot if they were still campaigning because they had decided to participate in Thursday’s caucuses. Turner was one of the people lamenting the increasingly likely recurrence of the duel between Trump and Biden.
Trump is expected to welcome Nevada’s 26 Republican delegates to Thursday’s caucuses. Photo: Bloomberg“I think it’s my duty,” Turner said of voting in an election where his preferred candidates didn’t run. “I believe we all have the right to vote, we should vote. And even if he’s not one of these candidates, he at least states what I think. And I hope others see it.”
It’s what is expected Trump takes 26 Republican delegates from Nevada at Thursday’s meetings. It must gather 1,215 delegates officially take on the party’s candidacy, but could reach that figure in March.
Where does the “none of the candidates” option come from?
Nevada lawmakers added the “none of these candidates” option in all state votes after the lock, as a way for voters to express their discontent with candidates. “Nobody” can’t win elected office, but he was the top vote-getter in the 1976 and 1978 congressional primaries. finished ahead of George Bush and Edward Kennedy in the 1980 Nevada presidential primaries.
The two parallel processes were a source of confusion and frustration for voters, said Cari-Ann Burges, interim registrar of voters in Washoe County, which includes Reno. Her office has responded to requests from Republican voters for months in which process they should vote and why Trump was not present in the primary election received by mail. Those calls continued Tuesday.
Source: Clarin
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