LOVELOCK - Early birds cast their votes on Saturday, the first day of early voting before Nevada's primary election on Tuesday, June 12.
Early voting continues this week and next on five touch screen voting machines at the Pershing County Administration Building. Voting hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Grass Valley, precinct 6 voters only may also early vote on Saturday, June 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Grass Valley Community Center at 450 Deer Lane.
The last day to early vote in the primary is on Friday, June 8. Newly registered voters must prove their identities and residences before their ballots are counted, according to the Pershing County Clerk-Treasurer's office. All voters must provide proof of identification.
By about 11 a.m. on Saturday, more than 15 early birds had hit the voting machines in the Pershing County Clerk's office including Penny Higby, who said she's proud of her long voting record.
"I have voted in every primary and every general election since I was 22 years old. The legal age was 21 at that time," she explained. "I never miss it."
In the Silver State, early voting is permitted before both primary and general elections. Primary elections narrow the races to one candidate per party per office in the Nov. 6 general election. Exceptions are nonpartisan races, such as judicial and education offices, with more than two candidates running in the primary election. The two candidates with the most primary votes go on to compete in the general election.
In Pershing County, five nonpartisan candidates are competing in the primary for the State Board of Education, District 2, and three nonpartisan candidates are on the primary ballot for Justice of the Peace.
In the primary election, both Republican and Democratic voters have a choice of five candidates or "none of these candidates" to run in the general election for a seat in the U.S. Senate. The incumbent is Republican U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, who's running for his first full term in the senate seat. Heller replaced former U.S. Sen. John Ensign.
Democratic voters have a choice of three candidates to run against incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, Congressional District 2, who's running unopposed on the Republican side of the race.
On Saturday, 37 people had early voted, according to Lacey Donaldson, Pershing County clerk-treasurer. There are 2,169 "active" registered voters in the county, she said.
Registration for early voting is closed but voters have until sometime in October to register for the general election on Nov. 6. Check with Donaldson for more information on voter registration requirements.
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