Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar reported an increase of 4,169 active registered voters during February 2024 as compared to January 2024. The total number of active registered voters in Nevada is 1,937,225, an increase of (0.22%).
Nonpartisan active registered voters increased by 8,897 (1.40%). Democratic Party active registered voters statewide decreased by 3,935 (-0.66%). Republican Party active registered voters statewide were reduced by 465 (-0.083%). Independent American Party active registered voters increased by 147 (0.18%), and Libertarian Party of Nevada active registered voters decreased by 30 (-0.18%). Active registered voters from a compilation of “other” minor political parties decreased by 445 (-1.12%).
Of the 1,937,225 active registered voters in Nevada:
- 646,124 are Nonpartisan (33.35%)
- 592,008 are Democrats (30.56%)
- 559,278 are Republicans (28.87%)
- 84,267 are members of the Independent American Party (4.35%)
- 16,266 are members of the Libertarian Party of Nevada (0.84%)
- 39,282 are members of other minor political parties (2.03%)
In Churchill County, there are a total of 19,758 active registered voters:
- 9,747 are Republicans
- 6,204 are Nonpartisan
- 2,458 are Democrats
- 905 are members of the Independent American Party
- 231 are members of the Libertarian Party
- 213 are listed as other minor parties
The latest voter registration breakdown can be found under the Elections tab at www.NVSOS.gov.
All counties offer online registration by visiting RegisterToVote.NV.gov. You can also change your current registration on this site.
According to a press release from Aguilar, voter registration numbers fluctuate as county election officials identify inactive voters and update voter rolls.
The National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) prohibits routine list maintenance actions 90 days before an election. This means counties cannot conduct routine maintenance that inactivates a voter’s registration 89 days or less before the election. There are exceptions, such as a voter asking to have their registration canceled or the Secretary of State’s Office receiving official notice from the Office of Vital Statistics that a voter has died.
County Clerks/Registrars must wait until after the election to remove any voters they have identified as inactive during this period, so there is usually a decrease in Active Registrations in the months immediately following a Primary and General election. Given the many post-election requirements, those processes may take a few months to complete.
While these processes to update voter rolls have occurred for years, universal mail-in ballots have made them more efficient as counties can more easily identify inactive voters and update voter registrations as appropriate.
Aguilar is encouraging anyone who receives a ballot or sample ballot in the mail for a voter who has not updated their address to write “return to sender” on the envelope to help maintain our voter registration list. The envelope will be sent back to the County Clerk/Registrar and identified as “undeliverable,” and the voter’s registration status will be updated to inactive.
A voter can always go to their clerk with the proper documents, even up to the close of polls, to update their registration and cast a ballot.
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