The Nevada Republican Party leaders officially certified the state's electoral college votes for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance.
The electoral college members who were selected by the party or candidate came to cast their vote to be sent to Washington.
Nevada Republican Party Chairman and Senior Advisor to President-elect Trump, Michael McDonald, officially certified the state's six electoral college voters for the president, marking the first Republican presidential win in Nevada in 20 years.
Cisco Aguilar, the Nevada Secretary of State says, "When Nevadans go to the polls to elect a candidate, what they are electing is the electors; who then elect the presidential candidate, then the vice presidential candidate."
After the electoral college is selected, the electors are received and are produced a certificate of ascertainment which is sent to the governor. Then the governor executes that document, and once the election is over and the votes are tallied, the electors are notified they have to appear on December 17th to cast their vote.
Aguilar explains, "People have to understand Nevada runs some of the safest, secure, and accessible elections in the country. This is part of the process that's determined by federal law. There has been discussion at the Nevada Legislature to directly elect candidates, but also too this is a time well-tested tradition that existed in this country since its founding."
The Secretary of State also told us they looked at locations all around the state of Nevada to decide where they were going to hold the electoral college vote. They chose the University of Nevada, Reno because not only is it the University's 150th birthday but also because, "Nevada was the second-highest youth turnout in the country, it’s students that made our elections work and we need to encourage them to participate and we need to include them in our process.” Aguilar tells us.
The Secretary of State also explained the new technology they implemented, which helped voters cast their ballot during the election.
For example, in 2022 he says they had 1,200 votes by the digital system and this election cycle they saw well over 6,000 voters participate.
He says, “Election night we had 90% of the vote out - that was a huge, huge milestone for us. We now have to focus on the remaining 10%, Nevada voters deserve to have information to them in real time - we need to work as a state and our counties to ensure that we continue to increase the amount of information candidates and voters are getting.”
