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WASHINGTON (AP) — Counting votes successful Nevada’s intimately watched races for Senate could spill into the play — conscionable arsenic it’s done earlier and conscionable arsenic officials reminded everyone it would this time, too.
In fact, elections authorities successful Clark (home to Las Vegas) and Washoe (home to Reno) counties, the state’s astir heavy populated, warned up beforehand that it would instrumentality days to process each the ballots again this year.
Here’s wherever things basal precocious Friday, with control of Congress inactive successful the balance:
WHAT WE KNOW
—With much than 90% of the votes counted, Republican erstwhile authorities Attorney General Adam Laxalt was hardly starring Democratic incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, by astir a 4th of a percent point, successful the Senate race.
— Tens of thousands of ballots stay to beryllium counted, chiefly coming from the state’s municipality areas — again, conscionable arsenic the radical successful complaint of counting successful Las Vegas and Reno had said.
—All Nevada voters are issued mail-in ballots, but Saturday is the past time that authorities instrumentality allows officials to judge them.
—Voters person until the extremity of the time Monday to “cure” — oregon hole clerical problems with — their message ballots, enabling those to beryllium added into the last tally. There were 9,600 ballots successful the “cure” signifier Friday successful Clark County, location to three-quarters of the state’s population.
—Nevada wasn’t called successful 2020′s statesmanlike predetermination until the Saturday aft Election Day — the aforesaid time Pennsylvania (and truthful the presidency) was called for Joe Biden.
WHAT HASN’T BEEN CALLED
— A Senate contest betwixt Democratic incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican erstwhile authorities Attorney General Adam Laxalt.
Laxalt and Cortez Masto person been locked successful a choky contention for weeks, some hitting hard connected nationalist enactment talking points: Laxalt blaming ostentation and amerciable migration connected Democratic policies, and Cortez Masto promising to artifact GOP-led attempts astatine a nationwide termination prohibition and to combat for a pathway to imperishable citizenship for immigrants who came to the state arsenic children.
WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED
—A choky governor’s race betwixt Democratic incumbent Steve Sisolak and GOP Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo went to the challenger, with The Associated Press calling it for Lombardo precocious Friday.
The run was costly and contentious, with airwaves and the net awash successful caller weeks with ads sponsored by the candidates, their parties and governmental enactment committees aiming to amplify their differences. Both candidates had predicted they would triumph but the race’s result wouldn’t beryllium known for respective days.
—After much votes were posted Friday night, the AP called three House races wherever Democratic incumbents had faced stiff challenges: In 2 plaything districts stretching retired of Las Vegas done suburbs into agrarian areas, second-term Rep. Susie Lee fended disconnected Republican April Becker, and third-term Rep. Steven Horsford defeated Republican Samuel Peters.
As a effect of redistricting, six-term Rep. Dina Titus was connected the blistery spot successful the Democrat’s accepted stronghold encompassing the Las Vegas Strip aft enactment strategists sacrificed immoderate turf successful speech for gains elsewhere. She survived against Mark Robertson, a retired Army colonel who was trying to go the archetypal Republican to triumph that 1st District spot since 1998.
The wins bolstered Democrats’ flagging chances of clinging to power of the House, though Republicans remained adjacent to flipping the chamber.
NEVADA’S WAY
A fewer things person slowed Nevada’s ballot counting in caller elections.
For one, Nevada greatly expanded absentee voting successful 2020, sending a ballot to each registered voter. The authorities passed authorities to bash that successful aboriginal elections arsenic well.
That year, astir 15% of Nevada’s ballot was not reported until aft predetermination nighttime — and it took 3 days for the authorities to study 100% of the vote.
Second, Nevada has had issues with agelong elector lines astatine canvass close, though Nevadans person traditionally opted to ballot early. The authorities won’t merchandise ballot counts until each voters who were successful enactment astatine canvass adjacent person formed their vote.
Ballots postmarked by Election Day tin beryllium received until Saturday, and officials person until Thursday to decorativeness counting and taxable a study to the Nevada caput of state’s office, according to authorities law.
This year, voting officials successful the 2 astir populous counties, encompassing the colonisation centers of Las Vegas and Reno, warned it would instrumentality days to process the outstanding ballots.
The authorities has nary mandatory recount law.
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Mike Catalini tin beryllium reached astatine https://twitter.com/mikecatalini
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