Election 2024: Early voting begins Saturday

The end to waiting to cast a ballot for local, state and national candidates is days away as early voting begins Saturday.

Early voting hours will be from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the Churchill County Commissioner Chambers. Early voting will resume on Monday from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. through Friday. The final Saturday for early voting is on Nevada Day from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Another week of voting is Oct. 28-Nov. 1 from 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

Voters who cast their ballots at the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Community Learning Center have two days for voting: Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Nov. 1 from 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

The county’s official ballot drop locations are at the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office, 155 N. Taylor St., Suite 110; City of Fallon Clerk’s Office, 55 W. Williams Ave.; and the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe Administration Office, 565 Rio Vista West.

Local voting results in June announced the winners of two races, for County Commission Districts 1 and 3. Matt Hyde and Erick Blakey remain on the ballot as does Greg Koenig for Assembly 38, who drew no opponents in his bid to seek a second term.

Three candidates for three seats on the school board — Wendy Bullock, Greg Malkovich and Kathryn Whitaker — were determined in June and will take their oath of office in January.

The only political race affecting Churchill County is the Mosquito, Vector and Noxious Weed Abatement Board. The candidates are David Brown and incumbents Marion Jonte and Cynthia McGarrah.

Statewide offices for the nonpartisan Justice of the Supreme Court, seats C, F and G, will show only candidate for each race. The candidates are Elissa Cadish, seat C; Patty Lee, seat F; and Lidia Stiglich, seat G.

For the nonpartisan State Board of Education, District 2, the candidates are Paul “Doc” Davis and Angela Orr.

County voters will determine their candidate for president and vice president and for the U.S. House of Representatives.

For president are Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, Democratic; Chase Oliver and Michael Ter Maat, Libertarian; Joel Skoussen and Rik Combs, Independent American Party; and Donald J. Trump and JD Vance, Republican.

For representative, District 2, voters will have their choice of four candidates including incumbent Mark Amodei, Republican. The other candidates are Lynn Chapman, Independent American Party; Greg Kidd, no political party; and Javi “Trujillo” Tachiquin, Libertarian.

U.S. Senate candidates are Sam Brown, Republican; Chris Cunningham, Libertarian; Janine Hansen, Independent American Party; and incumbent Jacky Rosen, Democrat.

Seven state questions await voters. The sample ballot has a detailed explanation for each question.

For any questions regarding your voter registration or the election process, contact the Churchill County Clerk/Treasurer’s office at 775-423-6028.

The clerk’s office has also released information on early voting by mail:

• How do you prevent election fraud when people are voting by mail? The voter who was mailed the ballot must sign the return envelope. The signature will be compared to the signature we have on record to verify it matches.

If there is an issue with a signature, the voter will be contacted and they will have the opportunity to cure the discrepancy.

• What if a deceased family member receives a ballot in the mail? Our office works with the State of Nevada’s Office of Vital Statistics to update our voter registration records daily, but there are still opportunities for us to have an active voter registration record for a deceased person.

Therefore, they would be mailed a ballot. If your household receives a ballot for a deceased family member, please contact our office to find out how to cancel the deceased voter’s registration record.

• I received a ballot for someone who no longer lives here. What should I do with it?

Although our office diligently works to ensure our voter registration database is current, we are not always notified when a voter moves. If you receive a ballot for someone who no longer lives at your address, please write “no longer at this address” and return it to the post office.

• I received a ballot but have a condition that limits my ability to sign the envelope. How do I make sure my ballot will count?

Nevada residents with a disability can mark their ballot electronically by going to www.nvEASE.gov. Alternately, you may receive assistance marking and signing your ballot from any person you authorize. In order for your ballot to be counted, the person that assists you in marking or signing your ballot must provide their name, signature, and address on the return envelope. Contact our office to find out more about receiving assistance.

• If I need a replacement ballot, what do I do with the original ballot?

Before processing a replacement ballot, our office voids the original ballot. This is a required security measure within our voter registration system. Only one ballot can be accepted for each voter.

If a voter returns a second voted ballot, our system will notify us that a ballot has already been received for this voter and our office will notify the Churchill County District Attorney’s office of the attempt to vote twice.