People line up to vote on the first day of in-person early voting at a tent at the Thunderbird Family Sports Complex in Las Vegas Saturday. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Unlike fellow presidential battleground states Georgia and North Carolina this year, Nevada did not smash a first day record for in person early voting Saturday.
But then, unlike Georgia and North Carolina, Nevada has had universal mail voting since the 2020 election, and Nevadans have exhibited an increasing preference for voting by mail ever since.
And you could say Nevada voters did break sort of a record Saturday – first day in person turnout was the largest since the state adopted universal mail voting for the 2020 election.
The Secretary of State’s office reported 42,237 people cast votes in Nevada Saturday.
In 2016, the last presidential election before Nevada sent mail ballots to all voters, 55,504 Nevadans cast ballots on the first day of in person early voting.
In 2020, the first presidential election year with universal mail voting, 39,248 people voted in person on the first day of early voting.