Carson City Approves Election Canvass 4-0

Board of Supervisors certified Nov. 3 results, with voter turnout revised to 63.07% after a preliminary estimate of 62.4%.

Updated on Nov. 13, 2026 in Elections

Carson City Approves Election Canvass 4-0

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The Carson City Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to approve the canvass of the Nov. 3 election, with Mayor Lori Bagwell absent. A total of 25,232 people voted out of 39,621 ballots mailed.

Why it matters

The canvass formally certifies local results for Carson City voters and reflects how residents cast ballots across mail, early in-person and Election Day options. Results were held until shortly after midnight Nov. 4 because voters in Clark County were still in line.

Mail voting accounted for 14,549 ballots, early in-person voting for 6,687 and Election Day for 4,000, out of 25,232 total voters. The longest Election Day line in Carson City was 50 minutes, and 216 of 413 ballots needing cure were accepted.

The players

Carson City Board of Supervisors

The five-member governing body of Carson City, Nevada, which oversees local government functions including elections certification.

Scott Hoen

The Carson City Clerk-Recorder who oversees local election administration and previously reported preliminary turnout figures.

Nevada Secretary of State

The state office responsible for overseeing Nevada elections and maintaining statewide election results systems.

The details

The canvass was approved after ballots were tallied and cured. The Secretary of State's office launched a new election dashboard at results.nv.gov for tracking results statewide.

Nov. 3, 2026: General election held in Carson City.
Nov. 4, 2026: Carson City results released shortly after 12 a.m.
Nov. 13, 2026: Board of Supervisors approved the canvass.
Feb. 1, 2028: Presidential preference primary will be held.

Political Context

The February 2028 presidential preference primary will be the first to implement Nevada's new constitutional voter ID amendment, which requires mail voters to include the last four digits of their driver's license or Social Security number. This marks a new procedural requirement layered onto the state's existing mail-voting system.

Mail voters must now include the last four digits of their driver's license or Social Security number when returning ballots starting with the February 2028 primary. Voters who miss a signature or other requirement may need to cure their ballots, as 413 did this cycle.

The takeaway

Voters who cast mail ballots should confirm their identifying information is current, since the new voter ID rules will apply starting in 2028. Checking your registration early can help avoid a cure process.