Voter Rolls Grow In September As Registration Deadline Looms For November General Election
Nevada News Bureau staff
CARSON CITY – The number of active registered voters in Nevada grew by 14,770 in September, nearly double the new registrations added in August, the secretary of state’s office reported today.
Republican and Democratic registrations increased by 4,026 and 5,051 respectively, an increase of approximately 1 percent for each party. Non-partisan registrations increased by 4,040, a 2.4 percent increase.
The September numbers show Democrats with 466,512 active voters statewide compared to 406,986 Republicans and 171,842 non-partisan voters.
In Clark County, where residents could register online for the first time from Sept. 1Â through Oct. 2, 2,533 people took advantage of the new service. There were 623 Democrats registering online, 809 Republicans, 807 non-partisans and the rest were minor party registrations.
Nevada is only the ninth state in the country to offer a completely online option for unregistered voters.
With the Oct. 2 deadline for mail-in and online registration now passed, new voter registration must be completed in person at county registrars offices before Oct. 12 for those who want to vote in the Nov. 2 general election.
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