Early Douglas voter turnout riding a rocket

As of Friday night, voter turnout in Douglas County is one of the highest in the state at 39.3 percent.

According to the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office, 16,338 Douglas voters had cast a ballot as of 8 p.m. Friday.

While a fraction of the numbers in Clark and Washoe counties, Douglas led the rest of the state for number of voters. Only Nye County’s 42 percent exceeded Douglas’ percent of active voters who've cast a ballot, so far.

Statewide, 27.5 percent of Nevada’s 1.975 million voters have cast a ballot with 10 days until Election Day.

“It’s been busy, which is good,” said Douglas County Clerk-Treasurer Amy Burgans. “If this stays up, the lines on Election Day should be minimal.”

In-person voting continues 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Douglas County Community & Senior Center. Election machines will be available next week 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for early voting. Election Day is 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 5.

Election clerks had processed 9,264 mailed ballots by Thursday morning, with around 3,000 more in the stack, bringing the total to about 15,000, Burgans said.

A live stream at www.douglascountynv.gov shows election workers processing mailed ballots.

As of Thursday evening, there were 127 ballots that require a cure. Most involve issues with matching the voters signature, but there are also a few who forgot to sign their ballots at all.

Visit govotedouglas.com and click on the “Mail Ballot Signature Cure List” for the names of voters whose ballots had issues.

The deadline to obtain a mailed ballot passed on Tuesday, according to Burgans. Under state law, clerks can no longer issue mailed ballots starting two weeks before Election Day, she said. From that point forward the only way to vote is at the polls.