This man might have contributed to Minden's increase in voters that turned up in election results.
Photo by Kurt Hildebrand.
While included in election results, mailed ballots won’t actually indicate they have been counted until after county commissioners canvass the vote on Friday.
Voters can check their status at www.nvsos.gov/votersearch to see if their ballots have been received.
Commissioners are scheduled to meet 3 p.m. at the Douglas County Courthouse, 1616 Eighth St., Minden.
One of the things that will occur after the canvass is that those inactive voters and new voters who cast a ballot will join the ranks of active voters.
As of the last election summary report, turnout for the election was 82.88 percent, though it ended up higher in places.
The turnout for the Minden Advisory Board came in at almost 110 percent of the number of active voters in the town.
Clerk-Treasurer Amy Burgans said that number includes inactive voters and newly registered voters, who will be added to the active list when the canvass is done.
The additional voters may have had an effect elsewhere on the ballot, but it stood out in the results because there were only 2,428 active voters in the town. In all, 2,660 town residents cast a ballot.
“These voters will be activated after we canvass the election,” she said.
The only other locality that showed a turnout higher than the county’s was the Gardnerville Ranchos with 94.34 percent.
As of Oct. 1, there were 41,611 active voters and 4,577 inactive voters in the county. Over the summer, some active voters were shifted to inactive. That meant they had to show ID to reactivate their registration and could vote.
Residents could also register on Election Day and receive a ballot.
