Early voter turnout brisk

With less than two weeks until the Nov. 4 general election, Douglas County's early voters were on track to break another turnout record.

A total of 2,034 voters cast ballots early on Saturday and Monday, breaking records for both days, according to Clerk-Treasurer Ted Thran.

"They've been steadily coming in," he said. "Monday was about as busy as Saturday."

Thran said turnout Tuesday had so far been a bit slower, but it looks like voters are on track to break the four-day record set in 2004 of 2,214 voters.

Douglas County's polling places hit the road on Thursday when the clerk's office sets up 3-7 p.m. in the Sunridge fire station. Early voting will continue through 3 p.m. Oct. 31. Satellite polling locations in Topaz Ranch Estates and Stateline will be open on Saturday. Voting will also take place at the fire stations in the Gardnerville Ranchos on Oct. 29 and Johnson Lane on Oct. 30.

So far Thran said early voting has gone well.

"Knock on wood," he said. "But everything's running smoothly."

He encouraged residents to vote early.

"It takes a lot of pressure off on election day.

Saturday was the first day of early voting and saw nearly 1,200 people cast ballots.

Of those 759 voted at the CVIC Hall and 415 at satellite locations. On Monday, 860 voters turned out.

The Clerk-Treasurer's office released the final voter registration numbers last week.

Republicans have 14,533 active voters and 2,527 inactive voters for a total of 17,060. Democrats have 8,308 active voters and 1,433 in active voters for 9,741. There are 3,766 active non-partisans and 1,094 inactive non-partisans for a total of 4,860. Independent Americans have 1,436 voters, there are 226 Libertarians, 116 Green Party members, 30 Natural Law party members and 113 others. Inactive voters are those who haven't voted in a presidential election.