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Secretary of State candidates disagree on election reform, voter ID laws

State Senator Barbara Cegavske and Nevada Treasurer Kate Marshall disagreed on both election reform and voter ID laws during thir first debate as secretary of state candidates. That office oversees Nevada's election process and Reno Public Radio's Michelle Bliss has the latest details on the race.

Marshall, a Democrat, criticized her opponent Cegavske, a Republican, for voting multiple times against major campaign reform. Along with increasing how often campaign finances are reported, Marshall said she wants more transparency regarding gifts from lobbyists.

"You have gifts that go undisclosed," Marshall explained, "and I think it's up to the voter to be able to see those things and then be able to decide how they want to vote."

Cegavske agreed that more transparency is needed when it comes to reporting both gifts and campaign donations.

"I do think that we need to have some reform," she said, "and one of the areas that I think is very important, that I've seen over the years, is with the lobbyists and how  lobbyists are reporting anything that they give and how often they report it."

On the issue of creating a voter ID law for the state, Cegavske said she supports the idea of requiring registered voters to show some form of ID at the polls. Marshall, on the other hand, is against the idea, saying it's unnecessary and too costly.

The two candidates participated in an hour-long debate that aired on Vegas PBS.

Nevada's current Secretary of State Ross Miller is now running for the office of attorney general against opponent Adam Laxalt.

Michelle Billman is a former news director at KUNR Public Radio.
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