Results are still coming in after polls closed across Nevada Tuesday night.
The initial, unofficial results started posting at 9:55pm PST on Results.NV.gov.
Polls closed in Nevada at 7 p.m., except for people still in line to vote, and with their closure a long road stretches out between now and the canvass of the vote in the coming days.
Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar encourages all Nevada voters to stay engaged throughout the days following the election.
2 News Nevada is directly linked to the Nevada Secretary of State's feed with a real-time Elections Results page feed on our webpage, social forums, and app for viewers to keep up with results as the votes trickle in.
The first batch of votes to be counted included mail ballots received before Election Day and results for in-person early voting. Election Day results will come in as counties tabulate results and submit them to the Secretary of State's Office.
November 9 is the deadline for county election officials to accept mail ballots postmarked on or before Election Day.
Voters will have until November 12 to cure their ballot if they need to. About 14,000 Nevada ballots still need to be cured, per the Secretary of State's office. There are more than 2,000 ballots needing curing in Washoe County alone.
On November 15 a canvass of general election ballots by each county board of commissioners/supervisors will be done.
On November 26 a canvass of general election ballots by the Nevada Supreme Court will be done.
On December 17 the electoral college will meet.
More details on the timeline for the tabulation of results can be found here.
An important part of the voting process is signature verification and ballot curing.
The process of signature verification is comparing the signature on a voter's returned ballot envelope (ballot packet) with the voter signature(s) in the voter registration database.
If the signature(s) from the database match the signature on the ballot packet, it is verified, and the ballot continues in the process to be counted. However, if the signature cannot be verified (either because the signatures do not match or there is no signature) then it is challenged and must be cured in order to be counted.
The Washoe County Registrar of Voters Office says that if a voter chooses to vote using a mail ballot, they are encouraged to go to the "Check Your Ballot Status" link. Reports are updated daily, and voters can confirm if their ballot was received with the date it was received. The report also notes if a ballot has been challenged.
They say if a ballot is challenged they must begin the process to “cure” the ballot by sending correspondence to the voter with instructions on how to cure their ballot so that their vote can be counted. If the ballot is not cured, the ballot can not be counted.
The Washoe County Registrar of Voters Office says if you receive a letter stating that your ballot is challenged, to please take the steps outlined in the letter to cure your ballot.
If a voter receives notification from their county that they need to cure their signature, they can go to Cure.NV.gov to complete the signature curing process or contact their local county election official directly.
“It’s exciting that so many people are participating in the democratic process, and for many voters in Nevada that means voting by mail," said Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar. "We are a battleground state and races could be close up and down the ballot – every eligible Nevada voter deserves to have their vote counted and voice heard, and signature verification is an important security check in the voting process."
During the curing process, if the voter confirms that they did return their mail ballot to be counted they can either answer a series of security questions or provide a copy of their ID, the letter will provide options of coming in person, returning the correspondence with the appropriate information filled out, using the electronic options or the voter can contact their office at (775) 328-3670 and cure the ballot over the phone.
