Nevada election officials scrapped a record number of ballots because of unresolved questions about ineligible signatures during the 2024 elections.
More than 9,000 mail-in ballots with inadequate signatures, or 0.6% of all votes cast, were tossed after Nevada’s deadline to “cure” or fix any problems with ballots passed on Nov. 12, a week after Election Day.
“It’s very disappointing that more than 9,000 Nevadans did not have their votes count this election due to the failure to have their ballots cured,” Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar told the Nevada Independent .
Although Nevada election officials resolved signature problems on more than 23,000 mail-in ballots, marking another record broken this cycle, Aguilar plans to ask the state legislature to improve the curing process next year.
Aguilar noted on Nov. 5 that many ballots needing to be cured came from Clark County, where both Republican presidential and Senate candidates made significant inroads this election cycle. He also said many of the problematic ballots came from younger voters who neglected to sign their names on the forms. A postelection analysis from the outlet added that many of the votes in question came from registered nonpartisans.