As voters head to the polls for Election Day, Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar has been working to speed up the counting process to learn who won each race.
In 2022, Nevadans and the rest of the country had to wait until the weekend before learning Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto defeated her Republican challenger Adam Laxalt.
It was a similar story in 2020, when Nevadans again had to wait until the weekend to learn the state went to President Joe Biden.
Aguilar has worked to make 2024 the year that changes.
“Things will be faster because counties have invested in resources for machines and for people to build the capacity to be able to process the significant number of mail ballots that they’re receiving in early vote and on Election Day. Capacity was the big issue,” he said.
He says that lack of capacity prevented counties from being as efficient as possible.
Once he came into office, his team reviewed the statutes and reminded county election departments about the rules.