Nevada sees uptick in registered voters as election nears

July saw more than 6,000 people register to vote in Nevada as more than 2 million people are actively registered to vote.

New numbers from Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar saw an increase of 6,005 registered voters compared to June.

Of that number, 4,006 registered as nonpartisan, 286 registered as Democrat, and 948 registered as Republican.

The third-party American Independent Party saw an increase of 1,102 registered voters, who now make up 4.42% of registered voters in the state. The Libertarian Party of Nevada lost 2 registered voters while the total number of registered voters from other minor political parties dropped by 333.

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Of the 2,021,293 active registered voters in Nevada:

• 689,465 are Nonpartisan (34.11%);
• 608,332 are Democrats (30.10%);
• 579,313 are Republicans (28.66%);
• 89,282 are members of the Independent American Party (4.42%);
• 16,539 are members of the Libertarian Party of Nevada (0.82%); and
• 38,362 are members of other minor political parties (1.90%).

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