Clerks of Rural Nevada
15 rural counties (excluding Washoe and Clark)
Challenges of conducting elections in rural Nevada:
Distances between polling locations and Clerks’ Offices
x Nye County tallies the results on election night in two locations that are 180 miles apart to finish
timely, with 3 polling locations over 50 miles away. There is 250 miles between polling locations in
Nye County.
x Elko County has 2 polling locations that are over 50 miles from the Clerk’s Office, with Wells at 50
miles and Wendover over 110 miles.
x Esmeralda, Lincoln, Lyon and Mineral have a polling location over 50 miles from the Clerk’s office.
Mailing precincts are necessary
x By state law, counties can elect to designate a precinct a mailing precinct if there are fewer than
200 voters in that precinct. In rural Nevada, 7% of our precincts are mailing precincts.
Lack of Connectivity
x White Pine County – in McGill, poll workers have to walk outside, put one foot on a piece of
playground equipment and one on the curb to get a decent signal to call the Clerk with questions
or concerns.
x Humboldt County – Most of the time, a poll worker has to drive to an area with cell service to call
the Clerk’s office.
Voting
Registered Voters
Please note: Map does not include polling
(voting) locations in Clark or Washoe County
Who are we and what do we do besides Elections?
x Seven of us serve as both the County Clerk and County
Treasurer
x One of us serves as the County Clerk, Recorder and Public
Administrator
x Eight of us also clerk the Courts in our County
x Clerks in general clerk the many Boards, issue Marriage
Licenses, licenses minsters, issue passports, files and
maintain notary information and issue business or fictitious
firm names
DRE
Machines
Active
Inactive
Total
Carson City
29,060
2,706
31,766
132
Churchill
13,441
1,363
14,804
82
Douglas
31,600
4,164
35,764
184
Elko
24,151
1,805
25,956
117
Esmeralda
580
9
589
12
Eureka
966
31
997
15
Humboldt
8,084
659
8,743
42
Lander
3,053
93
3,146
21
Lincoln
2,733
129
2,862
23
Lyon
33,304
1,711
35,015
198
Mineral
2,955
93
3,048
27
Nye
27,617
2,564
30,181
132
Pershing
2,524
62
2,586
22
Storey
2,957
67
3,024
21
White Pine
4,719
314
5,033
39
Total Rural
187,744
15,770
203,514
1,067
Clark
1,050,443
68,090 1,118,533
1,327
Washoe
266,888
16,104
282,992
4,500
Total State
1,505,075
99,964 1,605,039
6,894
*Information from Secretary of State's Office
Registered voters as of January, 2017
Challenges Facing Clerks in next biennium:
x Aging Election Equipment
x Possible replacing programs
currently contracted with Advanced
Data Systems (ADS), for example,
o Voter Registration
o Assessment of Property
o Collection of Property Taxes
o Cash Receipting
x County Budget Restraints
Assembly Committee: Legislative Operations and Elections
Exhibit: F Page 1 of 1 Date: 02/14/2017
Submitted by: Kathy Lewis