What the numbers say
Mail vs in person, by party: Clark + Washoe (official)
Ballots cast by day, by party: Clark + Washoe (official)
Cumulative mail ballots received plus in-person early votes. In-person early voting began Sat Oct 17. "Other" = nonpartisan and minor parties.
Clark County mail ballots received, cumulative (official)
Clark County Election Department cumulative mail-ballot files, counted by the date each ballot was received (undeliverable ballots and ballots awaiting a signature excluded). Clark mailed ballots earlier in 2026 (about Oct 8) than in 2024 (Oct 10) or 2022 (Oct 13), so early 2026 gains partly reflect timing.
In-person early votes: 2026 vs 2024, Clark + Washoe (official)
Early voting began 17 days out in both years (Sat Oct 17, 2026; Sat Oct 19, 2024). 2026: county daily files, by the day each person voted. 2024: the Secretary of State's Week 1 early-voting report (daily, by county and party). Only Week 1 of 2024 is loaded so far, so the 2024 line runs to 11 days out.
Statewide ballot lead, Democrats minus Republicans †
2018–2024: figures Jon Ralston stated on the date shown (secondary, statewide). There's no official 2026 statewide party lead to plot: the SOS tracker gives party for in-person votes only.
Sources & caveats
- Clark County Election Department, Mail Ballot Data Files: mbreq26GE.zip, mbreq24G.zip, mbreq22G.zip
- Clark County Election Department, Early Voting Turnout Data: daily ev_YYYYMMDD.zip files and ev_26GE.zip / ev_24G.zip (cumulative); site totals cross-checked with the county's Early Voting Turnout Summary
- 2024 in-person by party: Nevada Secretary of State, "2024 General Election Early Voting Turnout, Week 1" (updated 10/25/2024, 8 p.m.), from the SOS 2024 turnout reporting page (nvsos.gov)
- Clark County party for in-person voters: county Voter List Data Files (COUNTY_all_TV.zip), matched by voter ID, because the early-voting files leave party blank in general elections
- Washoe County Registrar of Voters, 2026 election data: Mail Ballot File and In-Person Report (current general-election CSVs)
- Share of voters in Clark + Washoe (~88%): Nevada Election Data Guide (Election Data Central, Oct 2026)
- ‡ Statewide (all counties): Nevada Secretary of State VIVID tracker (Mail-In Ballot Tracker and Early Voting Turnout tabs). The tracker has no export, so the figures are typed from the screen.
- Past statewide leads †: Jon Ralston, early voting blog 2024, 2022 (The Nevada Independent), and @RalstonReports on X for 2018
- Secondary, superseded: civicAPI NV early-vote history (statewide; no in-person votes after Oct 16). It stays in nv-data.csv but is no longer charted.
- Only daily totals are published here. No voter-level data is posted. Every series with its source: nv-data.csv
- Clark counts mail ballots by the date the county received them, while Washoe counts them by return date. In-person votes are counted by the day cast. The county files post overnight, so "through" is usually yesterday.
- The Clark + Washoe headline counts mail ballots awaiting a signature fix (most are later accepted). The Clark mail chart leaves them out, so it can run a few hundred lower.
- Nevada does not record race on voter registration, so there is no race chart.
Law changes that affect comparisons
Rule changes between cycles can shift how (not just how many) people vote early. Keep these in mind when comparing to past years.
- 2021 · AB 321: every active registered voter is mailed a ballot unless they opt out (first used for all voters in 2020 under emergency law AB 4). In 2018 voters had to request a mail ballot, so 2018 mail totals are not comparable. NRS 293
- Mail ballot deadline: postmarked by Election Day and received by 5 p.m. on the fourth day after (same in 2022, 2024 and 2026; a 2025 bill that would have changed drop-box rules, AB 499, was vetoed). SOS regulation R088-25