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After securing reelection, Carson City Mayor Lori Bagwell, Ward 4 Supervisor Lisa Schuette and Ward 2 Supervisor Maurice White will meet with other supervisors 8:30 a.m. Friday in the community center boardroom for the canvass of the vote following the General Election.
“NRS 293.387 requires the Board of Supervisors to meet and canvass the returns on or before the tenth day following the election,” reads the agenda.
Carson City Clerk-Recorder Scott Hoen said Monday that all original and corrected mail ballots had been counted as of Saturday. Because Monday was a holiday, the office was waiting to count on Tuesday an estimated 550 provisional ballots from same-day registration on Election Day and about 75 ballots needing signature cures, which had until Tuesday to be cured.
Full results are expected to be submitted to supervisors Friday for the canvass. According to the latest results updated Saturday afternoon, Bagwell won 15,957 votes, or 56.8 percent of the vote, while Schuette won 15,473 votes or 58 percent.
Having run unopposed, Ward 2 Supervisor Maurice White garnered 24,222 votes as of Saturday.
White sent the Appeal a statement listing several items he would like to work on going into a new term including rehabilitation of the juvenile detention facility, securing more water for the city and a policy limiting zoning changes to an annual Master Plan review. A more in-depth interview on board priorities is planned for the future.
“Thank you, Carson City, for your confidence in my dedication to this community and my ability to effectively pursue the good governance our founders informed us we should pursue,” White said. “I remain humbled that Carson City allowed me to be re-elected without opposition. The 24,222 votes (more than any other candidate in Carson City) you cast for ‘Mo’ White is a testament to your confidence in my platform. I am looking forward to continuing my outspoken approach to working for the residents of Carson City.”
First Judicial District Court Department 2 Judge Kristin Luis also kept the seat she was appointed to by Gov. Joe Lombardo. Luis earned 15,743 votes or 53.4 percent (including Storey County), according to the Secretary of State’s Office on Monday. Department 1 Justice of the Peace Tom Armstrong, unopposed, earned 23,402 votes as of Saturday.
Nevada Assemblyman P.K. O’Neill, representing District 40 as a Republican, won his seat with 24,355 votes (including Storey and a portion of Washoe County), or 61.5 percent of the vote, according to the Secretary of State’s Office as of Monday.
Former President Donald Trump won the state of Nevada, according to the Secretary of State’s Office as of Monday, with 729,822 votes, or 50.63 percent. Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen narrowly won reelection with 680,968 votes, or 47.86 percent, as of Monday.
Carson City supervisors’ canvass will also certify the two road-funding ballot questions that were rejected by voters.
Supervisors had approved the ballot measures in April — a .25 percent sales tax and a supplemental government services tax collected at the DMV — leaving it up to voters to help fill an estimated $21 million shortfall between maintenance needs and current revenue levels. The questions were designed to fund local roads, those neighborhood streets that don’t qualify for federal funding like regional arterials or collector roads.
Carson City Question No. 1, the sales tax, received 9,603 “yes” votes and 19,992 “no” votes as of Saturday. Roughly 68 percent of the electorate voted against it.
Carson City Question No. 2, the supplemental government services tax, received 9,153 “yes” votes and 20,463 “no” votes as of Saturday. Roughly 69 percent of voters rejected the measure.