Right here’s a have a look at what to anticipate within the 2024 election in Nevada:
Election Day
Nov. 5.
Ballot closing time
10 p.m. ET.
Presidential electoral votes
Republican senatorial candidate Sam Brown speaks at an election evening social gathering on June 11, 2024, in Reno, Nevada.
6 awarded to statewide winner.
Key races and candidates
President: Harris (D) vs. Trump (R) vs. Chase Oliver (Libertarian) vs. Joel Skousen (Unbiased American Social gathering) vs. “None of these candidates.”
U.S. Senate: Rosen (D) vs. Brown (R) and two others plus “None of these candidates.”
Poll measures: Query 6 (Proper to abortion), Query 3 (High-five major, ranked alternative normal election), Query 7 (Require picture ID to vote).
Different races on curiosity
U.S. Home, state Senate, state Meeting, state Supreme Court docket and Washoe county commissioner.
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Resolution Notes
Nevada conducts its elections predominantly by mail. In 2021, the state adopted a regulation requiring mail-in ballots to be robotically despatched to energetic voters, making everlasting an emergency measure carried out through the COVID-19 pandemic. Within the midterm elections the next yr, about 80% of voters solid their ballots in-person earlier than Election Day or by mail.
Mail ballots which might be postmarked by Election Day shall be counted if they’re obtained by Nov. 9, 4 days after Election Day. With numerous mail ballots probably arriving after Election Day, the end result of some extremely aggressive races may not be decided till these further mail ballots are obtained and tabulated. State Republicans challenged this regulation, however a federal court docket dismissed the lawsuit in July. In latest elections, votes counted after Election Day have been closely Democratic.
A county employee helps a voter at a drive-thru mail-in poll drop off space on the Clark County Election Division on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Las Vegas.
Though most ballots are solid by mail, voters have the choice of voting in-person at a polling place on Election Day. The state doesn’t launch any vote outcomes till the ultimate voter in line has solid a poll, which may very well be nicely after the time polls formally shut.
In statewide elections, Democrats have a tendency to hold solely two of Nevada’s 17 counties: Clark (house to Las Vegas) and Washoe (house to Reno). Whether or not they win relies on how huge their margins are in these two counties. Clark County has by far the most important inhabitants within the state and is important to Democratic electoral success. It comprised 69% of the entire statewide vote in 2020.
Within the 2022 midterm elections, the Republican candidates for U.S. Senate and governor each took an early lead when the primary votes had been reported after polls closed, however the two races tightened significantly and finally noticed completely different outcomes as extra mail ballots had been tallied. Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto finally overtook Republican Adam Laxalt for the lead 4 days after Election Day and finally prevailed when the outcomes had been licensed. Within the gubernatorial race, Republican Joe Lombardo stored his slim lead and defeated Democratic incumbent Steve Sisolak.
Nevada doesn’t have an automated recount regulation, however candidates could request and pay for a recount inside three days of the county or statewide canvass, whatever the vote margin. The AP could declare a winner in a race that’s topic to a recount if it may well decide the lead is simply too giant for a recount or authorized problem to alter the end result.
Previous presidential outcomes
2020: Biden (D) 50%, Trump (R) 48%, AP race name: Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, 12:13 p.m. ET.
Voter registration and turnout
Registered voters: 2,379,571 (as of Sept. 1, 2024). About 30% Democrats, 28% Republicans.
Voter turnout in 2020 presidential election: 68% of registered voters.
Pre-Election Day voting
Votes solid earlier than Election Day 2020: about 89% of the entire vote.
Votes solid earlier than Election Day 2022: about 80% of the entire vote.
Votes solid earlier than Election Day 2024: See AP Advance Vote tracker.
How lengthy does vote-counting take?
First votes reported, Nov. 2020: 11:41 p.m. ET.
By 6 a.m. ET on Nov. 4: about 79% of complete votes solid had been reported.
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