About a third of registered voters in Nevada cast ballots early

About one-third of Nevada’s registered voters had already cast their ballot in the midterm elections as of Friday, the last day for early, in-person voting before Election Day Tuesday.

“More than 660,000 voters have turned out for the midterm election so far and we’re hoping more (come) out on Election Day,” said Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar in a statement Friday afternoon.

Those who wish to participate in the process could still return their completed mail ballots at — or show up to — a polling location from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

Aguilar, the state’s chief election officer, previously recommended against mailing them back this close to Election Day to ensure that they’re counted.

Instead, they can take completed ballots to drop boxes located throughout the valley, the elections department or polling locations Tuesday.

“I encourage voters who haven’t voted yet to vote in person or drop their ballots off at a dropbox,” Aguilar’s statement said.

As of Friday evening, about 396,000 mail ballots had been returned out of the roughly 2 million that were shipped out across the state, according to Aguilar’s office.

Nevada’s voting breakdown by party as of Friday night was: 165,000 Democrats; more than 117,000 Republicans, and 113,684 other. Ballots can be tracked at myballot.nv.gov.

Another 300,000 Nevadans had voted in person. About 190,000 of them did so in Clark County.

The Thunderbird Family Sports Complex in the northwest valley and the Galleria at Sunset mall in Henderson were among the most popular sites for in-person, early voting.

Nearly 5,000 of Nevada’s returned mail ballots required signature verification, or curing, because signatures on returned envelopes didn’t match the ones on record, or were missing, according to the secretary of state’s office.

The Clark County Election Department contacts voters who need to rectify their signatures, and they have until Nov. 9 to take action.

This cycle, voters will elect a governor and other statewide officials, members of Congress and the Legislature, and local officials and judges.

Through Question 6 and Question 7, Nevadans will also decide if they want to enshrine abortion rights into the state Constitution or implement voter ID for future elections, respectively.

Voters seeking additional information on every candidate can visit the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s voter guide at reviewjournal.com/voter-guide-2026.

Nevada offers same-day, in-person registration for inactive voters, which requires a state identification card. Those with IDs that don’t list a current address also should bring proof of residence. Acceptable forms include military and tribal identification cards, utility bills, a bank statement, a paycheck or tax documents.

Aguilar touted the state’s new dashboard with real-time election information, at nvsos.gov/vivid.

“It’s transparency you can see, and allows voters to get more engaged in the election process,” his statement said.

Contact Ricardo Torres-Cortez at [email protected].