The Nevada Secretary of State said in February, during Nevada’s Presidential Preference Primary and Republican-run caucus, voter registration grew by over 4,000. Democrats and Republicans saw losses, while nonpartisan registration climbed.
“Nevada has about 1.9 million voters across the state. 646,000 of those are nonpartisan voters,” Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said on Tuesday.
Nonpartisan voters have outnumbered Democrats and Republicans since July 2023.
Aguilar acknowledged one reason for the gain could be automatic voter registration at the Nevada DMV. Visitors who consent to voter registration but don’t select a party are automatically registered nonpartisan.
However, Aguilar said he also has to consider other possibilities for nonpartisan growth.
“It also too may be the climate that’s in the political world at the moment,” he said. “It’s my job as an elected official to make sure that we’re trying to engage with every eligible Nevadan and make sure that government is working for them.”
Voters who are registered nonpartisan could not cast a ballot in the presidential primary or caucus, but they will be able to vote in June. They can vote in local and judicial primary races. Aguilar says he hopes it means more voters feel accurately represented.
“The more people that participate in an election, the better sense that elected official is going to understand what their priorities are for their office and to hold them accountable for those priorities,” Aguilar said.
He added that he’s encouraging Nevadans to double-check their registration, just in case it doesn’t reflect the party that they’d like to be affiliated with. Follow this link to update your voter registration.
