LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Due to Nevada’s mail-in voting rules, final results of close races may not be available on election night.

In 2020, the Associated Press phone Nevada’s presidential election will be held until four days after the election. While not all voters have a repeat scenario in mind, several who spoke with DCNF at early voting locations were troubled by the current system.

Joe, who has lived in Las Vegas for 10 years and voted for President Trump, said: “We need to make sure we don’t have fraudulent ballots coming in, or voters who aren’t eligible to vote and send in their ballots long after the election.” ” he told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “So I think everything needs to be done by Election Day.”

nevada supreme court dominated Monday, mail-in ballots without a postmark can still be counted if they are received within three days after the election.

“If a voter properly and timely votes by mailing a ballot before or on election day, and the ballot is not postmarked due to postal inaction, the properly cast vote cannot be discounted. “It would be contrary to public policy,” the court decided.

in state lawBallots postmarked on or before Election Day may still be counted up to four days after Election Day.

“Requiring ballots to be postmarked on or before Election Day prevents ballots mailed after Election Day from being counted,” Republican National Committee spokeswoman Claire Zink said in a statement to DCNF. “This is a measure to protect the integrity of an important election.” “This is also a requirement of Nevada law. By allowing Nevada officials to ignore the law’s postmark requirement, the state Supreme Court undermined the integrity of Nevada’s elections.”

In 2022, just over half of Nevada’s votes were cast by mail. According to In response to a report from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

Hans von Spakowski, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Mies III Center for Law and Justice Research, said whether a race is called that night depends on how many votes are counted after Election Day. He said it would be decided.

“We don’t really know because there’s no way to predict that,” he told DCNF. “But this is an extremely foolish decision that invites fraud by bad actors who collect unvoted ballots and seek to view and submit provisional, unofficial results after Election Day.”

Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar implemented several policies countermeasure This year, the aim is to speed up the process by allowing returns of early votes to be counted from 8 a.m. on election day. Under guidance given to counties, mail-in ballots can be counted starting 15 days before the election. (Related: Republican lawmakers in battleground states lean toward vote-hunting — and it seems to be working)

“This year, the nation will look to Nevada to determine the winner of the presidential election,” Aguilar wrote in May. “Voters have a right to know the results on election night. Releasing results sooner will help increase transparency, combat misinformation, and reduce pressure on election officials.”

The Nevada Supreme Court has concluded that the word “postmark” means “not postmarked.” https://t.co/wZJQkBz1tO pic.twitter.com/sLtiURmVuI

— Derek T. Muller (@derektmuller) October 28, 2024

Zach, a Democrat who supports Vice President Kamala Harris on abortion grounds, felt the need to vote in person for the first time this cycle. He doesn’t think the law needs to change, but told DCNF he’s “nervous” about sending mail-in ballots, especially after mailboxes in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, were set on fire. .

“I don’t want to take that risk,” he said.

Edwards, who voted for President Trump and whose top issues were immigration and deficit reduction, told the DCNF that he was “very concerned” about the delayed mail-in voting results. “That should stop,” he said. “It will require an in-person process and identification, and it should be completed by 10 o’clock on the same day.”

Angela, who voted for President Trump, told DCNF, “You should vote in person or on the day and show who you are.” (Related: Pro-Palestinian messages reportedly found on devices during ballot box fire)

Washoe County Elections Office spokesman George Guthrie told DCNF that the results are unofficial until certified by the county commission on Nov. 15. He said it was difficult to predict “when all the votes will be counted” by that date.

“However, I can say that I am confident that the office will announce the majority of the results on election night when all polls close across the state,” he said, adding that in-person voting and Explained early voting and mail-in voting. What has been processed up to that point is counted. However, not all ballots will arrive on election night because “ballots are likely in the mail while being transported to our offices.”

Washoe County is the second most populous county in the state.

In populous Clark County, where Democrats typically lead, the elections department did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the expected schedule of results.

“We had a whole envelope of ballots dropped off today, and it’s really exciting to see,” Haley Dobbins, Republican communications director for Nevada and Arizona, told me during the rally. spoke. pic.twitter.com/EnGlvhUKy7

— Katelyn Richardson (@katesrichardson) October 25, 2024

Nevadans will also be voting on their ballots this year. question It would amend the state constitution to require voter identification. (Related: Republicans hope unexpected battleground state candidates could flip Senate on ‘historic’ early voting turnout)

Despite lingering concerns about the new rules, the state’s Republican Party remains committed to collecting legalized votes in 2020 and is encouraging its supporters to vote early. At Trump’s rally last week, some voters took advantage of locally available mail-in ballot returns.

The party achieved greater success than previous years in early voting. republican party lead As of Wednesday morning, the difference was more than 40,000 votes.

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