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School board candidates Erinn Miller and Melinda Gneiting were leading in preliminary results released around 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Miller was ahead of incumbent school board trustee Doug Englekirk with 61.22 percent of the vote while Gneiting was ahead of Antoinette Casselberry with 58.7 percent of the vote.

The first results only account for 54.89 percent of the total number of active voters.

In other races, Laurie Trotter was well ahead of Jeff Schemenauer for East Fork Justice of the Peace. Sitting Tahoe Township Justice Michael Johnson is ahead of challenger Richard Gardner.

In national races, Douglas went for Donald Trump and Sam Brown for U.S. senator. Rep. Mark Amodei and Assemblyman Ken Gray were also ahead in preliminary results.

Results so far

President

Kamala Harris   8,737

Donald Trump  18,015

U.S. Senate

Sam Brown       17,289

Jacky Rosen       8,897

U.S. Representative

Mark Amodei    17,293

Greg Kidd          7,800

Assembly District 39

Ken Gray   18,445

Erich Obermayr         7,570

Douglas County Commissioner

Brian Dempsey          3,692

Jason Gibson              5,612

Danny Tarkanian       16,894

State Board of Education

Paul Davis         9346

Angela Orr         11070

Douglas School Board District 3

Doug Englekirk 8,977

Erinn Miller       14,170

Douglas School Board District 5

Antoinette Casselberry      9,549

Melinda Gneiting       13,576

East Fork Justice of the Peace

Jeff Schemenauer      7,879

Laurie Trotter   12,930

Tahoe Township Justice of the Peace

Richard Gardner        880

Michael Johnson        1,362

Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection

John Breaux      1,325

Robert Desipio Jr.      725

Dan Kruger       1,095

Benjamin Ward 1,203

East Fork Swimming Pool District

Allen Biaggi       10,621

Sharon Des Jardins    9,227

Teresa Duffy      12,992

Alan Ferguson   4,417

Barbara Kuehner       5,830

Gardnerville Ranchos

Deni Caster       1,150

James Degraffenreid  1,949

Haley Mosegard         1,313

David Nelson     2,263

Indian Hills General Improvement District

Nancy Jones      594

Kathryn Ross    829

Russ Siegman    976

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The polls are closed in Douglas County, but results from today’s election won’t be released until the last voter has cast a ballot in the state.

The Las Vegas Review Journal reported a three-hour wait in Nye County, while reports are that Las Vegas and Reno have 2.5 hour waits.

Once the Secretary of State’s Office receives confirmation from all 17 counties that all polls in Nevada are closed and the last voter has voted, the first unofficial results will be posted online at Results.NV.gov.

An election worker nudged the ballot box out front of the Community & Senior Center with his foot and said “This is full.”

Meanwhile voters were lined up in the lobby around 6:15 p.m. as the 2024 General Election entered its final minutes.

Election results won’t be released until the last Nevadan in line has had a chance to vote. That Nevadan probably is going to be in Clark or Washoe counties where there were tens of thousands of people who hadn’t yet cast a ballot yet on Tuesday morning.

6:30 p.m. Update

Clerk-Treasurer Amy Burgans guessed the first results could come out around 8 p.m. with a second bunch coming out at 10 p.m.

That second bunch may include some of the mailed ballots that were dropped off on Tuesday.

While there were campaigners at the entrance of the community center at 5 p.m., they’d given up by 6 p.m. after it got too dark to see.

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With four hours before the polls close, Douglas County Clerk Treasurer Amy Burgans said there has been a steady flow of voters casting their ballots.

“It’s busy, but not outrageous lines,” she said in a text to The R-C.

Two thirds of Douglas County’s active voters cast a ballot before Election Day.

Election workers said there wasn’t much of a line at the Douglas County Community & Senior Center when the polls opened.

No voters were lined up outside of the center in Gardnerville either first thing or after lunch.

There will likely be an increase in the number of voters turning up for the last two hours after they get off work.

Polls close at 7 p.m. Those planning on using their mailed ballots may drop them off at any of a half-dozen locations across the county or send them in the mail.

Polls are open at the Douglas County Community & Senior Center, Kahle Community Center, the TRE Community Center, the Dresslerville Community Center and the Indian Hills General Improvement District office.

Any voter may cast a ballot in person at any polling place. 

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Preliminary results from the 2024 General Election may be available shortly after the last voter in line has cast a ballot today.

In a call on Friday, Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said he was optimistic that once the polls closed on Tuesday, results would be out shortly thereafter.

Election workers have been allowed to process ballots since they started arriving in mid-October. Under state law, counting mailed ballots could begin on Oct. 21, 15 days before Election Day.

Results will be reported at www.recordcourier.com as they become available and will appear in Saturday’s edition.

As of Election Day eve, Douglas County had the highest turnout in the state, with 67 percent of its 42,169 registered voters casting a ballot. Those included 19,662 mailed ballots and 8,586 who voted early in person, according to the Nevada Secretary of State’s website.

That leaves 13,921 active voters to cast a ballot between today.

Voters have until Nov. 12 to cure their ballots, one more day due to Veteran’s Day, Aguilar said on Friday.

“Counties have six days after Election Day to cure a voter’s ballot — if the ballot doesn’t get cured within the six-day timeline, it won’t get counted.”

Douglas County commissioners are scheduled to canvass the vote on Nov. 15, Clerk-Treasurer Amy Burgans said on Monday.