Clark County Republican Party
A screenshot from the Clark County Republican Party’s website on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, notes locations for the Feb. 8 caucuses continue to be in flux.
Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024 | 2 a.m.
The Clark County Republican Party is still without a clear list of venues in the Las Vegas area for its planned presidential nominating caucuses next month.
That much was apparent Monday, when the party’s website displayed a graphic saying “Caucus locations are being updated. Check back soon.”
Previously, that online page listed about three dozen Clark County School District campuses in various corners of the valley for the 5 p.m. Feb. 8 caucuses.
As of Tuesday, the party listed about 50 locations in Clark County, about 40 of which were CCSD schools.
But there’s still one problem: A spokesman for CCSD said last week none of the sites have been approved and some had been denied. And Tuesday, the same spokesman told the Sun “there was no new information.”
The Sun’s requests for comment to the party — last week and Tuesday — were not returned. However, in interviews with other media outlets, party officials said the caucuses would go on as suggested.
Clark County Republican Chairman Jesse Law told KLAS-TV Channel 8 the party had submitted exactly what it had needed to reserve the CCSD sites.
“The principals, they know what their schedule is for each location,” Law told the station. “They’ve already agreed. We’ve already submitted everything we needed to do.”
Law told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that it was “a paperwork thing,” but that all locations on the state GOP site were reserved and paid for, and that the party had submitted the insurance certificates CCSD required that day.
The CCSD spokesman did not say if the party had paid for any school sites.
The caucuses will be conducted two days after Nevada’s Republican and Democratic presidential preference primaries, which are hosted by the Nevada secretary of state.
The secretary of state’s office, in conjunction with each of the state’s 17 county clerks, will only conduct the primaries. The primaries will use the typical mail, early and in-person Election Day options.
Nevertheless, the Nevada State Republican Party will bind the state’s delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention to the winner of the caucuses, not the primary. It is hosting the caucuses with no oversight from the state.
The convention, which is scheduled for July 15-18 in Milwaukee, is where the party’s national nominee is ultimately selected.
Candidates can’t participate in both the primary and caucus. Former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy are among the candidates on Nevada’s caucus ballot. Ramaswamy dropped out of the race Monday after finishing last in the Iowa caucuses.
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is among the candidates on the primary ballot.
Find your precinct
Local Republicans who plan to caucus can find their tentative caucus site on the Nevada GOP website.
But be warned: The list is constantly changing.
Simply click on “First in the West Caucus Locations,” which brings you to a spreadsheet with caucus locations statewide.
If you are on a Mac, simultaneously hold down the command and F keys. If you are on a PC, simultaneously hold down control and F keys. This will bring up a search bar in the upper right-hand corner of the spreadsheet.
In the search bar, type in the term you want to search for. This may be your precinct number. So, for example: Enter “7042” in the search bar.
This will bring you to the row for the Eagles Lodge in Henderson. (If you don’t know your precinct number, you can find that at www.nvsos.gov/votersearch.)
— Sun staff reporter Casey Harrison contributed to this report.
