As of Friday night, voter turnout in Douglas County is one of the highest in the state at 39.3 percent.
Douglas County took the lead for voting turnout with 51 percent of active voters casting a ballot as of Tuesday night.
There may be as many 4,000 ballots left to count after Tuesday’s election, Douglas County Clerk-Treasurer Amy Burgans estimated this morning.
Candidates backed by the We Deserve a Better Board committee were in the lead in election results released on Tuesday night.
The two school board candidates backed by the We Deserve a Better Board committee won their races.
With Douglas County’s significant Republican majority, it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that Donald Trump would win the county by a 2-1 margin.
While included in election results, mailed ballots won’t actually indicate they have been counted until after county commissioners canvass the vote on Friday.
Most of Douglas County’s newly elected officials didn’t appear on a ballot.
The suspense in certifying Douglas County’s election results didn’t have anything to do with the actual operation but getting it certified on a stormy Friday afternoon.
Presidential electors meet on Dec. 17 to cast electoral votes for Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, based on the popular vote in Nevada.
