Six of the seven justices of the Nevada Supreme Court sign documents certifying the 2024 General Election.
Presidential electors meet on Dec. 17 to cast electoral votes for Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, based on the popular vote in Nevada.
Six of Nevada’s seven Supreme Court Justices signed off on the canvass of the 2024 General Election. Only Justice Kristina Pickering was absent from the event that occurred on Nov. 26.
Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar presented the election abstracts to the justices for their signature.
“It has been a challenging election cycle, but the good news is that Nevada elections have remained more secure and safe than ever,” Aguilar said. “The obstacles election officials faced this year didn’t change that.”
This was the first presidential election cycle for many election officials across the state.
“They continued to deal with the rapid turnover of staff and increasingly complex requirements,” Aguilar said. “Those requirements and turnover led to administrative errors and confusion. Our office worked in close collaboration with the counties to immediately address issues and combat misinformation.
Still not ideal for any of us.”
However, none of the issues altered the final results, he said.
Aguilar said he will be meeting with the clerks and election managers over the next few weeks.
“We’ll have an open and honest discussion about what took place and what is needed to make improvements before the 2026 election cycle,” he said.
While expressing gratitude for the work done in administering the election, Gov. Joe Lombardo called for all ballots to be received by Election Day.
“The time it takes to count ballots and finalize our elections in Nevada is simply unacceptable,” Lombardo said. “Nevadans deserve timely election results. This is not a complex issue – all ballots should be received by Election Day. This must be immediately addressed in the upcoming legislative session.”
During Douglas County commissioners canvass of the election, Clerk-Treasurer Amy Burgans said District 39 Assemblyman Ken Gray, R-Dayton, is proposing a bill to require all ballots be received by Election Day to be counted.
Under the current law, voters can mail their ballots on Election Day, which means they wouldn’t arrive for counting until at least one or two days later.
Burgans said the final seven ballots arrived in the mail on the Saturday after Election Day.
With a Democratic majority of both the state senate and the assembly, any changes to the election law would require votes from both sides of the aisle.
