Politics
Las Vegas Council Signs Off on Election Results After 50.28% Turnout, No Tabulation Errors
The Las Vegas City Council certified the Nov. 3 municipal general election results Friday, confirming 212,826 ballots cast and a clean audit of tabulation machines across 237 precincts. Acting City Clerk Sabra Newby reported 74 minor voter discrepancies but no tabulation errors, and 1,137 of 1,244 provisional ballots were counted.
The Las Vegas City Council voted Friday to certify the canvassed returns of the Nov. 3 municipal general election, formally closing the books on a contest that drew just over half of the city's active registered voters to the polls.
Acting City Clerk Sabra Newby, who also serves as deputy city manager, presented the results during a special meeting. Of 423,264 active registered voters, 212,826 cast ballots â a turnout of 50.28%, according to the canvass.
Most voters chose to cast ballots before Election Day. Mail voting accounted for 104,647 ballots, or 24.72% of the total. Early voting drew 65,948 voters, or 15.58%, while 41,094 people â about 9.71% â voted at vote centers on Election Day itself.
Newby told the council that the Registrar of Voters flagged 74 discrepancies among the 212,826 ballots cast. Those included seven voters who left the voting machine before casting a ballot, 46 who voted in the wrong precinct or submitted mail ballot cards, and 21 reactivation errors. She said there were no tabulation errors across the city's 237 precincts.
Provisional ballots also underwent review: 1,244 were cast, of which 1,137 were verified and counted. The remaining 107 were not accepted.
Beyond the ballot count, Newby reported that audits of the tabulator machines' hash codes and of the voter-verified paper audit trail were conducted under Nevada Revised Statutes and the Nevada Administrative Code, with no discrepancies found. The Accuracy Certification Board confirmed the tabulation system â including mail ballot readers and the Agilis mail ballot processing machine â functioned properly, and Newby said all systems were found to be 100% accurate in tabulating votes and processing mail ballots. Tests were run before early voting began, the day before Election Day and the day after the election.
Newby asked the council to certify the results, saying they "reflect the voice of our constituents and uphold the integrity of our electoral process."
Council member Kelly thanked Newby for her work as acting clerk, saying, "I want to acknowledge your continued commitment to the city and making sure that we have free and fair elections."
Mayor Pro Tem moved to approve the certification, and the mayor announced the motion carried.
The certification is a routine but legally required step that finalizes the city's election results and clears the way for newly elected officials to take office. The detailed accounting of turnout methods and the clean audit findings offer voters a transparent record of how their ballots were handled â a point of growing public interest as scrutiny of local election administration has intensified in recent years.