Clark County commissioners certify election results: Here’s why your vote may say ‘received’ not ‘counted’

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Clark County commissioners unanimously voted Friday to certify the results of the 2024 general election.

The panel heard from about four dozen people before the vote, some who claimed their votes were not counted and others who thanked the county and registrar for their work.

The 6-0 vote did not include Commission Chair Tick Segerblom who was not present.

The county found no evidence of any fraud or tabulation errors, Clark County Registrar of Voters Lorena Portillo told the panel.

President-elect Donald Trump, who lost in Clark County but won the state overall; Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown; and other leading Republicans have not claimed any issues of fraud and have accepted the results.

About 70% of all registered voters voted in the election. The county found 195 discrepancies in its count, mainly involving people who signed in to vote in person but who never actually voted at a machine or who voted at the wrong precinct.

In addition, Portillo said testing before, during and after the election found no issues with any tabulation or signature verification machine.

Several people told the panel the county website showed their votes were not counted or their mail-in ballot not tabulated. One of those voters, Nancy Roecker, lost her race for a Henderson-area Nevada Assembly seat by 277 votes.

“I can show you on my phone, my ballot, which was put in the ballot box on the first day of early voting still has not been counted,” Roecker told the commission. “How is that possible?”

A search of the public data file of the more than 451,000 mail-in votes tabulated shows Roecker’s vote was counted. It appears the language on the county’s website was confusing, saying their ballot was “received” rather than providing the additional information of “counted.”

On Thursday, Clark County elections officials discovered more than 1,600 uncounted mail-in ballots Thursday, more than a week after Election Day, a spokesperson said. The 1,608 mail-in ballots were secured in a vault but not processed until Thursday.

Nevada law requires counties to certify their election results 10 days after Election Day. The state supreme court will approve the state results on Nov. 26.

Clark County voters can see if their mail-in votes were tabulated on the county’s election website or using BallotTrax.

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