After decades of an unchallenged status quo, Democrats are grappling with the reality that their diverse base isn’t properly represented when two small, overwhelmingly white and rural states have outsized influence in picking the party’s nominee.

To better position the state for coming reforms, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) signed a law last year changing the state’s caucus to a primary and moving its date up to the first Tuesday in February 2024.

He also expanded voting access by enshrining an opt-out, mail-in ballot system into law.

Zoom in: Nevada is a majority-minority state and the third-most diverse in the country, per the U.S. Census Bureau, with relatively large populations of Latino, Black and AAPI voters.

“Engaging those communities can flip districts and states, and we’re flipping districts by margins that are under 150 votes,” said Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen, who was the first Democratic AAPI member to serve in the Nevada Legislature.