LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Days into the ballot counting process in Nevada, the most high-profile race in the state is still too close to call.
Friday afternoon, another batch of ballots was added to Clark County's totals, narrowing the gap between incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican Adam Laxalt to less than 1,000 votes.
As of 4:19 p.m., Laxalt led by 798 votes with 93% of precincts reporting statewide.
Laxalt's lead is down from Friday morning, when he led Cortez Masto by approximately 9,000 votes.
Nevada is now up to 90% of the votes counted. Overnight, Laxalt received a little bump. He’s now about 9,000 votes ahead of Cortez Masto. @KTNV pic.twitter.com/bZWzSgu1qS
— Justin Hinton (@justinhintontv) November 11, 2022
The votes added in this stage of the count are mostly mail-in ballots trickling into election headquarters, Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria said previously.
Nevada's Senate race is one of several across the country that could decide whether Democrats or Republicans hold a majority in the Senate. With the eyes of the nation on Clark County, Gloria has been called on to defend the counting process — a process dictated by state statute, he's clarified.
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By law, Gloria must count mail-in ballots through Saturday, as long as they're postmarked by Election Day, Nov. 8. Voters have until 5 p.m. Monday to cure any ballots where election workers identified signature discrepancies. And thousands of provisional ballots require a sign-off from the Secretary of State, which Gloria says likely won't come until Wednesday.
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Meanwhile, the margins continue to narrow in the Senate race watched by politicians and voters across the country.
