Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo has vetoed Assembly Bill 105, which would have prohibited firearms in, or within a certain distance of, an election site.
The bill would have also required the county clerk, city clerk, or registrar of voters to post a sign at each election site notifying people that having a firearm at the site was prohibited and listing the possible penalties.
The bill passed 27 to 14 with one excused in the State Assembly, and passed 13 to 8 in the State Senate.
In his veto message, Governor Lombardo said that the bill was commendable in its intent to enhance public confidence in the safety of our election process.
However, he went on to say that the bill simply duplicated protections already established under federal and state law against voter intimidation.
