Las Vegas Sun

April 19, 2024

Nevada sees more registered voters, mostly nonpartisans

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Jennifer Hernandez waits, clipboard in hand, to register people to vote in front of a Latino supermarket in Las Vegas, June 9, 2016. Hernandez works with Mi Familia Vota, a group that registers voters in the Latino community.

CARSON CITY — Nevada elections officials reported a slight increase in registered voters in July, most of whom decided to forgo registering with a political party and instead register as nonpartisan.

Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske reported 16,851 more active voters in July, an increase of just under 1%.

Among the new voters, 11,056 registered nonpartisan, 880 registered as Republican and 691 registered as Democrats.

Democrats still hold the largest slice of active registered voters in Nevada, comprising 35% of roughly 1.9 million voters.

Republicans make up 31% and nonpartisans 26%.