NEVADA INCUMBENT: ROSS MILLER (D)—TERM LIMITED

Nevada Secretary of State: At-a-Glance 2014 Kate Marshall (D) (R) Status Declared Candidate Declared Candidate Total Raised (Jan 2013 - June 2014) $420,381 $194,321 Cash on Hand Not Available Not Available

Latest Poll 40% 31% 2010 Ross Miller (D)* Rob Lauer (R) Results 53.20% 37.30% Total Raised $640,898 $190,845 *Incumbent Note: Nevada does not require candidates to report cash on hand. Sources: “Campaign Finance Disclosure” and “Election Results,” Nevada Secretary of State, accessed June 19, 2014; “Nevada 2010,” National Institute on Money in State Politics, accessed December 11, 2013.

Nevada Media Markets

2012 Q4 Political CPP 2010 Miller Market 2010 SOS Vote Share Persons 25+ Performance

Las Vegas $194 56.0% 66.8% Reno $69 49.2% 30.8% Salt Lake City $152 27.5% 2.4% Los Angeles $1,710 25.6% 0.1% Statewide $2,125 53.2% 100.0%

“Election Results,” Nevada Secretary of State, accessed December 11, 2013 and “Television Planning Guide,” MSR, 2012.

POWERS RELATED TO ELECTIONS & VOTING

Nevada’s secretary of state has the following powers over elections and voting:

. Certifies statewide candidates and ballot questions . Reports and certifies primary and general election results . Supervises state and local elections . Registers and files candidate contribution and expenditure reports

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ROSS MILLER (D)—RUNNING FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL Democratic Secretary of State Ross Miller was elected to his current position in 2006 and has served his two allowable terms. Miller was first elected to the office in 2006 with 48.7% of the vote. In 2010, he improved his performance with 53.2% of the vote, defeating Republican businessman Rob Lauer. Over the course of his two terms, Miller has exercised the powers of his office to lead implementation of online voter registration in the state,1 as well as fighting for campaign finance and elections reform, including the state’s searchable finance database.2 He also led a crackdown on fraudulent voter registration in 2008.3 He is currently serving his second term and will be ineligible to run again in 2014. Instead, he will be seeking the Attorney General’s office. Secretary of State Ross Miller (D) 2014 Miller is term limited from running again in 2014. Democrat Kate Marshall, who is termed out of her current position as State Treasurer,4 is running for the office. Marshall has received endorsements from the Nevada AFL-CIO,5 SEIU Nevada Local 1107,6 AFSCME Local 4041,7 Emily’s List,8 IUOE Local 3,9 the Northern Nevada Building and Trades Council, the Police Protection Association,10 the Nevada Association of Public Safety Officers,11 and the Northern Nevada Central Labor Council.12 In her endorsement of Marshall, EMILY’s List President, Stephanie Schriock recently said, “In this competitive election, Kate is the only candidate looking out for women and families in Nevada.”13 In 2011, Marshall lost a special election in Nevada’s nd 2 Congressional District against Mark Amodei (R), 36% to 57.9%.14 From State Treasurer and 1997 through 2000, Marshall served as the Senior Deputy Nevada Attorney Secretary of State Candidate General.15 Kate Marshall (D)

Marshall’s campaign website states that her goals if elected include:  Continue to modernize the administration of elections to increase voter participation, the accuracy of voter rolls, and to decrease costs  Increase transparency in campaign finance so that voters can "follow the money"  Improve voter access for voters with disabilities

1 Ray Hagar, “Ross Miller’s online voter-registration push can only help if he runs for AG in 2014,” Inside Nevada Politics, October 11, 2012. 2 “About Ross,” Nevada Secretary of State’s Office, accessed March 7, 2013. 3 Steve Friess, “Acorn charged in voter registration fraud case in Nevada,” New York Times, May 5, 2009. 4 “Kate Marshall for Secretary of State 2014.” Official website. Committee to Elect Kate Marshall. Accessed August 21, 2013. 5 “NV AFL-CIO / Southern Nevada CLC Endorsement List,” Nevada State AFL-CIO, Accessed August 25, 2014. 6 “SEIU Nevada, Local 1107 2014 Primary Election Endorsements,” SEIU Nevada Local 1107, Accessed June 16, 2014. 7 “AFSCME Local 4041: 2014 Candidate Endorsement List (Updated 6/16/2014),” AFSCME Local 4041, Accessed June 16, 2014. 8 “Emily’s List Endorses Kate Marshall for Nevada Secretary of State,” Emily’s List, Accessed June 16, 2014. 9 “Local 3 Primary Election recommendations—Nevada,” IUOE Local 3, Accessed June 16, 2014. 10 “Kate Marshall gets endorsements for secretary of state,” Associated Press, September 4, 2013. 11 “2014 NAPSO Endorsements,” Nevada Association of Public Safety Officers, Accessed June 16, 2014. 12 “Northern Nevada Central Labor Council 2014 Political Endorsements,” UA Local 350: Plumbers and Pipefitters, Accessed June 16, 2014. 13 Anna Brand, “’30 in 30’: Women Candidates to Watch in 2014 – Kate Marshall,” MSNBC.com, Accessed August 27, 2014. 14 “2011 Official Special Election Results September 12, 2011,” Nevada Secretary of State Website, Accessed September 5, 2011. 15 “Kate Marshall’s Biography,” Project Vote Smart, Accessed June 16, 2014.

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 Improve voter access for our military and overseas voters.16 She also supports reforming Nevada’s campaign finance laws to require candidates to report their cash on hand totals, as well as audits for campaign contribution and expenditure reports.17

Republican state Senator Barbara Cegavske jumped into the race in October, 2013, and during the June 10 primary, both Cegavske and Marshall ran for their respective party nominations unopposed.18

As state Senator in 2007, Cegavske sponsored a voter ID bill that never made it out of committee,19,20 and more recently, she reaffirmed her support for a voter ID law and stated that, as Secretary of State, she would consider introducing an ID bill if no legislators did so.21 In 2013, she also voted against a bill that would have extended Nevada’s voter registration period.22 Despite Cegavske’s vote, the bill passed the Democratically controlled Legislature but was vetoed by Republican Governor .23 State Senator and Secretary of State Our Vote Nevada PAC, a conservative political action committee led by former Candidate Barbara US Senate candidate and Nevada Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, had been Cegavske (R) working to put a voter ID measure on the ballot during the November election, but the group failed to turn in any qualifying signatures before the June 18 deadline. The conservative efforts to put the measure on the ballot suffered a setback in May, when the ACLU filed a lawsuit and a federal judge rejected the summary language of the measure and threw out all signatures gathered up to that point.24

A poll conducted in March by Precision Research for Republican Sue Lowden’s campaign for lieutenant governor found Marshall leading the race with 40% to Cegavske’s 31%. Thirty percent of respondents were undecided.25

16 “The Marshall Plan,” Kate Marshall for Secretary of State, Accessed June 16, 2014. 17 Doughman, Andrew, “Secretary of state candidates urge tougher laws addressing gifts to officials,” Las Vegas Sun, Jan 26, 2014. 18 Associated Press, “NV-Uncontested,” Miami Herald, June 10, 2014. 19 Myers, Dennis, “A solution without a problem,” Reno News Review, March 29, 2007. 20 “SB 385, Introduced on: Mar 19, 2007” Nevada Legislature, Accessed June 16, 2014. 21 Myers, Laura, “Secretary of state candidate Cegavske tells Hispanics voter ID law needed,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, Accessed June 18, 2014. 22 “Barbara Cegavske’s Voting Records on Issue: Campaign Finance and Elections,” Project Vote Smart, Accessed June 16, 2013. 23 Vogel, Ed, “Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoes three more bills,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 8, 2013. 24 Sonner, Scott, Associated Press, “Sharron Angle-backed voter initiatives off of 2014 Nevada ballot,” Reno Gazette-Journal, June 18, 2014. 25 Meyers, Laura, “Poll shows Lowden would beat Hutchison in Nevada lieutenant governor’s race,” Las Vegas Review Journal, March 21, 2014.

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