LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Clark County election workers are still counting ballots in the 2022 midterm election that will decide the balance of power in Congress.
Thursday, Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria provided an update on the status of the count. WATCH IT HERE:
With the high-profile Senate contest between democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and republican Adam Laxalt, Nevada is under national scrutiny. At last update, the county expected to count ballots through the weekend.
Approximately 56,900 ballots were collected from drop boxes at Election Day voting sites, officials said. After election night, 14,718 ballots remained to be counted, and Clark County collected 12,700 additional mail-in ballots on Wednesday. There are 5,555 provisional ballots to verify and count, and thousands of ballots that need to be cured.
As of Thursday, approximately 50,000 ballots still need to be counted, Gloria said. That includes 626 mail-in ballots received since the last update.
County officials responded to those questioning why Nevada's vote count takes so long.
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Gloria specifically responded to comments from former President Donald Trump, who called the Clark County election process "corrupt."
"Obviously, he's misinformed two years later about the law and our election processes which ensure the integrity of elections in Clark County and the state," Gloria said. "We couldn't go any faster now even if we wanted to."
By law, Gloria has to count all the mail-in ballots he receives up to Saturday, as long as they're postmarked by Nov. 8, he said. The law also requires him to give voters until 5 p.m. on Monday to cure their ballots if there were signature issues. As for provisional ballots, that process requires involvement from the Secretary of State, and could take until Wednesday.
Statewide, Nevada has counted 83% of its ballots. But with narrow margins separating each candidate, it's unlikely major statewide races will be called before counts in Clark and Washoe counties are complete.
