Saturday last day for easy voter registration

By Natasha Shepherd

Friday, Oct. 3, 2008 | 11:06 a.m.

Attention eligible voters: Saturday is the last day to register to vote in this year’s general election without having to go to the Election Department’s offices.

Voter registration drives will take place at the Boulevard Mall, Galleria at Sunset, Las Vegas Outlet Center and the Meadows Mall from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday to make registering easy. People can also pick up voter registration forms with pre-paid postage at all U.S. Postal Service locations and libraries. The forms must be postmarked no later than Saturday.

After Saturday, people can still register at the Election Department’s offices at the Clark County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, and the Clark County Election Center, 965 Trade Drive, Suite A, until Tuesday, Oct. 14. These locations will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 5; 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 6 through Oct. 9; and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Oct. 10 through Oct. 14.

People who are already registered to vote are encouraged to go to the county’s Election Department’s Web site to ensure that their information was processed correctly.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4 but many people in Clark County opt to avoid the lines and partake in early voting, which will begin on Saturday, Oct. 18 and end Friday, Oct. 31.

See a list of the 88 locations available for early voting.

As of Thursday, Sept. 30, there are 959,516 people registered to vote in Clark County according to a report issued by the Election Department. Of that total, there are 441,282 registered as Democrats, 315,773 registered as Republicans, 151,560 not registered under a party affiliation, 5,353 registered as Libertarians, 2,832 registered with the Green Party, 38,439 registered with the Independent American Party and 4,277 registered under parties classified as “Other.”