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June 13, 2013

First Person Singular: Larry Lomax
Is that a full-time job? A question I am repeatedly asked

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Clark County, Nev. Clerk (retiring)

1997: “All you have to do is put on two elections a year. How hard can that be?” As a 30-year retiring Air Force colonel, I am joking with some fellow instructors at the Air War College as I prepare to leave for my new “civilian” job as the assistant registrar in Clark County, Nevada. I am headed to Las Vegas, cocky, confident and totally unprepared.

Over the next 15 years, I’ll eat those words many times. Read More…

June 19, 2013

Arizona lawmakers push changes in voter law
Arizona lawmakers at the state and federal level are working on separate efforts that would make it harder to vote in what Democrats are calling an attack on low-income and Latino voters. The Associated Press.

Hidalgo County delays vote centers proposal
Hidalgo County delayed a plan to test vote centers in November, putting the pilot program off for at least two more years. Jared Janes, The Monitor.

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