By mid-afternoon on Election Day, Washoe County has seen about 66 percent turnout of eligible voters.
At a press briefing, Deputy Registrar of Voters Andrew McDonald reported that as of 2:30 p.m., more than 21,000 people had checked in to vote on Election Day, and just 30 minutes later for its 3 p.m. report, Washoe County had topped 24,000 voters. This is on top of the 90,000 in-person votes cast during early voting and the 110,000 mail-in ballots received through early voting.
“We have seen consistently long lines at Vote Centers, and it is clear that voter enthusiasm is very high in this election,” McDonald said. “I’m pleased to report that we have not had any altercations of note at Vote Centers, and people have largely been exercising their right to vote peacefully.”
The 55 Vote Centers in Washoe County will be open until 7 p.m., and every voter in line at that time will be allowed to vote.
Vote Centers have digital voting booths as well as ballot drop-boxes for those who have already filled out their mail-in ballot and wish to drop it off. All locations can be found on our website or in the Sample Ballot that was mailed to every registered voter.
Washoe County has a convenient wait-time tracker that shows real-time wait times at each of the Vote Centers.
