It appears that the grand and glorious body of lawmakers in Nevada, never ones to let well enough alone, have once again taken to the noble pursuit of fixing things unbroken and breaking things that were working just fine. Enter Senate Bill 100, a measure so bristling with penalties and bureaucratic muscle that a man might find himself clapped in irons for so much as misplacing a voter registration form.
Under its provisions, public officers who dawdle too long over their election duties may discover themselves the proud recipients of a felony charge, a distinction heretofore reserved for more celebrated scoundrels. And should some hapless county clerk run afoul of the great and powerful Secretary of State, said official may be banished from his post by judicial decree, presumably to wander the sagebrush in search of redemption.
But this, dear reader, is mere child’s play compared to the peculiar horror of SB 102. This fine specimen of legislative invention appears to labor under the delusion that questioning an election is an offense so grave as to warrant eternal political exile.
Should a fellow dare to wonder aloud if all was fair in the ballot box, he may soon find himself stripped of the right to hold public office, as though he had committed some high crime against the Republic rather than the far lesser sin of exercising his vocal cords. The Democrat-controlled offices of the Secretary of State and Attorney General would have the power to prosecute at will, ensuring that political discourse remains as one-sided as a Nevada poker game with a marked deck.
Thus, in the spirit of progress, Nevada marches backward, ensuring elections shall henceforth be conducted with all the efficiency of a man attempting to saddle an unbroken Mustang with a twine—while simultaneously warning any citizen against expressing so much as a skeptical brow without fear of swift and merciless reprisal.
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