LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Election Day 2024 arrives Tuesday — voters in Nevada have from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to vote.
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Nevadans are voting on their choices for president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and several local races, including 10 Nevada Senate seats, all 42 Nevada Assembly seats and a new mayor of Las Vegas. The ballot also features seven questions.
In-person Election Day voting
Clark County is running 135 Election Day voting centers, which are also mail ballot drop-off locations. Locations include Allegiant Stadium, the Galleria at Sunset, Henderson City Hall, Las Vegas City Hall, the Meadows Mall, North Las Vegas City Hall and the UNLV Lied Library.
All polls across Nevada close at 7 p.m. or until the last person in line votes. Any person in line by 7 p.m. will be able to vote.
LINK: Clark County voting locations
Nevada offers same-day voter registration. New voters can register and vote at any polling location with a valid Nevada driver’s license or Nevada ID card. Any other form of identification, including a military ID or passport, cannot be used for same-day registration to prove your identity. Voter ID is not required to vote if a voter is already registered.
Mail-in ballots
Mail-in ballots can be dropped off at any voting location or any post office or mailbox. There is one late drop-off location where ballots can be dropped off until 8:59 p.m. at the post office at 1001 E. Sunset Road in Las Vegas.
Mail-in ballots must be postmarked by Election Day to be counted. Signatures on mail-in ballots must match the one on file. The Clark County Election Department will notify voters if there is an issue with their signature, however, a voter must have a phone number or email on file to be notified. Voters have until 5 p.m. on the sixth day after Election Day to provide a signature confirmation, Nevada law states — with the Veterans Day holiday, that date this year is Tuesday, Nov. 12.
Voters can track their mail-in ballots on BallotTrax or the Clark County Election Department’s website.
Clark County voters can see if the county has counted their mail-in ballot under the “Registered Voter Services” section of the election department’s website. The county can also be reached at 702-455-VOTE (8683). Nye County voters can call 775-482-8134.
What are the big races?
Nevadans are voting on their choices for president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and several local races, including 10 Nevada Senate seats, all 42 Nevada Assembly seats and a new mayor of Las Vegas. The ballot also features seven questions.
Nevada’s six electoral votes are at stake in the presidential race. One of two Nevada U.S. Senate seats and all four of Nevada’s U.S. House seats are up for grabs.
Clark County voters will also vote for seats on the Clark County Board of Trustees.
Question 1 proposes amendments to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education. Should it pass, it would become law.
Question 2 revises language in the Nevada Constitution about people who receive state support. Should it pass, it would become law.
Question 3 proposes amending the Nevada Constitution to allow for open primaries and ranked-choice voting. Should it pass, it would become law.
Question 4 removes language from the Nevada Constitution about slavery and involuntary servitude. Should it pass, it would become law.
Question 5 exempts diapers from certain taxes. Should it pass, it would become law.
Question 6 enshrines Nevada’s existing abortion access law, which allows a woman to have an abortion until fetal viability or after if a mother’s life is at risk, into the state constitution. If it passes, it would again appear on the November 2026 ballot.
Question 7 would require a voter to show ID in order to vote. If it passes, it would again appear on the November 2026 ballot.
When can we expect results?
Clark County will post early voting and mail-in ballot totals in its first Election Night totals with Election Day results coming later in the night. The county and the state will not release totals until the last polling place closes. Democratic Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said during the June primary, there was a 10-minute wait time from when the last polling location closed to the first results going online at 8:04 p.m.
On Election Night, the county will first release early voting and mail-in ballot totals. The mail-in ballot totals will be for ballots received through Monday. The county expects to release a second batch of data later in the evening with in-person Election Day results.
In the days after, the county will release results in the afternoon and evening as mail-in ballots are tabulated and as voters who need to verify their identities do so.
Nevada state law requires all mail-in ballots to be mailed and postmarked by Election Day. There is then a four-day period after Election Day when county clerks can accept the postmarked ballots and process them. If the ballot does not have a postmark, county clerks can process ballots up to three days after Election Day.
A law passed after the 2020 election allows Nevada county clerks and registrars to process mail-in ballots in the two weeks before an election. This change, and new equipment, will likely make the tabulation process faster than it was in 2020.
Because of close margins, the Associated Press, which calls races based on vote totals and their analysis, did not call the 2020 presidential nor the 2022 U.S. Senate race until the Saturday after Election Day. The AP called the race for Lombardo the Friday after that election.
State law prohibits “electioneering” — the soliciting of a candidate or the wearing or political insignia — anywhere on private property serving as a voting location and from within 100 feet of a polling location on public property.
