Voters head to the polls at Veterans Memorial Leisure Center in Summerlin Tuesday, June 14, 2022.
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The number of active registered voters in Nevada fell by more than 20,000 in November compared to the previous month, according to figures made public today by Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar’s office.
The new monthly tally shows the number of active registered voters in Nevada fell to 1,907,794 last month — a decrease of 1.11% compared to October. Democrats lost the most voters — 10,487 (a 1.74% drop compared to the previous month), followed by Republicans at 4,693 (-0.85%) and nonpartisan affiliation at 4,072 (-0.65%).
Other minor party affiliation fell by 1,093 (-2.66%), while the Independent American Party lost 759 voters (-0.90%) and the Libertarian Party rolls decreased by 255 voters (-1.54%).
Aguilar’s office noted counties throughout the state had a Nov. 8 deadline to do a routine purge of voter rolls ahead of the Feb. 6 presidential preference primary.
The culling is prescribed to ensure inactive voters are removed at least 90 days before an election in accordance with federal law, according to Aguilar’s office.
Nonpartisans still make up the largest share of the electorate, with 627,057 active registered voters, about 32.9% of Nevada voters.
The state also recorded 592,062 Democrats (31.03%) and 548,585 Republicans (28.8%), as well as 83,758 Independent Americans, 16,319 Libertarians and 40,013 belonging to other parties.
Aguilar’s office urges voters to update their party registration information to ensure they will be eligible to participate in the Feb. 6 state-run primaries, as well as the Nevada Republican Party’s caucuses two days later.
The primaries and caucuses are both closed, meaning they are only open to members of the parties.
In October, the Secretary of State’s Office announced that 13 Democrats and seven Republicans filed to run for president in the primary.
State law mandates the office hold primaries for the two major parties file to run.
Five other Republicans opted to bypass the state-run primary in favor of the GOP caucuses, which party Chairman Michael McDonald said would be the method in which the state’s delegates will be awarded at the Republican National Convention July 15-18 in Milwaukee.
Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is the only remaining Republican who will appear on the primary ballot. Former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina U.S. Sen. Tim Scott will also be on the ballot, but both have dropped out of the race.
The GOP caucus field, meanwhile, is made up of former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Ohio businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and business advisor Ryan Binkley.
Registered voters participating in the primaries, meanwhile, will be able to utilize early voting from Jan. 27 through Feb. 2.
Same-day registration is also available up until the close of polls on Election Day, allowing those with outdated registrations to update their party affiliation, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.
Those interested in registering to vote or updating their registration can visit RegisterToVote.NV.gov or fill out a mail-in registration form.
People may also register at any Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles office, county clerk’s office or certain social service agencies and college campuses.
The Secretary of State’s Office also notes all Nevadans who are active registered voters — unless they’ve opted out — will receive a ballot for the primary election by mail.
