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Los Angeles Times

Retiree Madonna Raffini recently shopped for groceries for herself and her 96-year-old mother. “I went into Walmart, of all places, and looked at the meat — little teeny steaks. Two of them, less than a quarter-inch thick, $18.99. That’s outrageous,” said the former Wells Fargo employee. “We can’t afford to eat beef anymore, or chicken for that matter. So that’s my No. 1 beef” in the 2024 election.

The Nevadan

Nevada’s election results could take several days to report, but that’s because the vote counting and certification process is thorough and is meant to ensure every legal voter is able to cast their ballot, and that each of those ballots are verified. Here’s what to know about the vote counting process in Nevada, from beginning to end.

NPR

Incumbent Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen appeared poised to win the race early this election cycle, but Republicans saw an opening at the end of the race that inspired a last-minute run by the GOP in the Silver State.

Las Vegas Review Journal

More than 1 million Nevadans — just over half the state’s total registered voters — have already cast their vote in the 2024 election after early voting wrapped up Friday night. Early voting turnout suggests the race will be close, but higher than usual Republican participation means Democrats must play catch-up on getting out the vote, a reversal of previous election cycles.

Las Vegas Review Journal

More than 1 million Nevadans — just over half the state’s total registered voters — have already cast their vote in the 2024 election after early voting wrapped up Friday night. Early voting turnout suggests the race will be close, but higher than usual Republican participation means Democrats must play catch-up on getting out the vote, a reversal of previous election cycles.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The Las Vegas Valley’s affordability and housing crisis is taking center stage this presidential election, a UNLV political scientist, said.

Las Vegas Review Journal

As Hate Crimes Awareness Month comes to a close, the reason behind the month rings louder than ever before.

CNN

While gamblers outside of the United States have long been able to place bets on who will win the White House, in a historic shift this election cycle, Americans can make political wagers of their own.

Geo

Growing up in California, the historically most important destination for migrants in the Americas, the Spanish word exodo had a familiar ring. My Salvadoran parents used it to describe their journey along the Pan-American Highway as they left El Salvador for San Francisco in the 1950s. The exodo also included the stories of family members like my cousin Ana, who crossed the border illegally after surviving the perilous train ride from war-torn El Salvador in the 1980s.

Associated Press

The Rev. Arturo Laguna leads a largely immigrant church of about 100 followers in Phoenix. His job as a pastor, he says, gets complicated come election season. Laguna’s church, Casa de Adoracion, is in Arizona — one of seven closely-watched swing states that could possibly decide the next president. It is also a microcosm of the larger Latino evangelical Christian community in the U.S.

KCRG

We are only a couple of days from Election Day and the race for president remains tight. Pollsters and experts agree it will come down to how voters vote in the battleground states. But not all are created equal. So what are the chances the election could be decided by the smallest swing state?

Hill

The first votes of the 2024 presidential election are rolling in, raising questions about what can be gleaned from the data in forecasting the possible outcome of the race.