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Long Lines Stretch Across Clark County Polling Places

High turnout plus a new in-person voting process slowed station throughput, delaying vote tabulation.

Overview

  • County officials reported many polling sites with long waits in the afternoon, with about 60 locations averaging 40–60 minute waits and roughly 35 locations showing 0–20 minute waits.
  • Voters and reporters documented waits that exceeded an hour at multiple sites and reached as long as about three hours at some locations.
  • Clark County said a new in-person workflow — voters use an electronic machine to print a paper ballot that must then be fed into a tabulator — reduced processing speed at busy centers.
  • The county urged voters to check the Find My Vote Center tool for live wait times and reminded the public that polls close at 7 p.m. but everyone in line at closing will be allowed to vote.
  • Long lines slowed the delivery of ballot boxes to the election department and could push results later into the night, while poll workers and voters faced extended waits and crowded sites.