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Richard Perkins: “I have supported candidates from both major parties.”

Featuring: Richard Perkins, Democratic | Former Speaker of the Nevada Assembly

Democracy Defense Project uniting and educating voters _ Nevada Week

Published October 17, 2024 | Video Starts at 08:39

Why have you chosen to and you have chosen not to? Well, in my position as president of the university, I don't take a partisan position. Right. Okay. I don't have those constraints. And while I have supported candidates from both major parties. I chose to go down that road earlier this year. We'll go right into ballot question seven then, because that goes into increasing confidence in the elections. (08:39–08:44)

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