Primary Election Day 2024 in Nevada County
This is a live feed of Primary Election Day in Nevada County. Check back as this page will be updated periodically with election day news. Primary Election Day: March 5, 2024.
Results will be certified by April 12, 2024. Some precincts are still listed as “partial” since vote-by-mail, provisional, and other ballots will continue to be counted after election night.
3/15/24, 4:00 p.m. Sixth Cumulative Results have been posted by the County.
Preliminary results to date:
Supervisor, District 1: Heidi Hall (57.57%), Michael J. Taylor (15.61%), Sue McGuire (26.82%)
Supervisor, District 2: John Herrera (18.67%), Robb Tucker (51.95%), Jason Tedder (3.14%), Jeff Pettitt (26.24%)
Measure A: Yes (72.09%), No (27.91%)
Measure B: Yes (50.20%), No (49.80%)
Measure C: Yes (69.25%), No (30.75%)
3/12/24, 4:00 p.m. Fifth Cumulative Results have been posted by the County.
Preliminary results to date:
Supervisor, District 1: Heidi Hall (57.24%), Michael J. Taylor (15.75%), Sue McGuire (27.02%)
Supervisor, District 2: John Herrera (18.56%), Robb Tucker (51.93%), Jason Tedder (3.14%), Jeff Pettitt (26.37%)
Measure A: Yes (71.87%), No (28.13%)
Measure B: Yes (49.60%), No (50.40%)
Measure C: Yes (69.42%), No (30.58%)
3/12/24, 10:00 a.m. Some preliminary results to date across the state:
President, Democrat Primary: Biden (89.4%), Williamson (3.8%), Phillips (2.8%)
President, Republican Primary: Trump (78.9%), Haley (17.8%)
Proposition 1: Yes (50.3%), No (49.7%)
U.S. Senate: Schiff (32.4%), Garvey (31.8%), Porter (15.1%), Lee (9.0%)
U.S. Senate partial: Garvey (33.5%), Schiff (30.0%), Porter (17%), Lee (10.9%)
Assembly, District 1: Hadwick (36.7%), Audette (29.5%), Mezzano (24.6%), Hunt (9.3%)
Primary Election Ballot Return Tracker for Nevada County Supervisor District 1: report courtesy of GOP Data Center, created for March 9, 2024 reporting
Primary Election Ballot Return Tracker for Nevada County Supervisor District 2: report courtesy of GOP Data Center, created for March 9, 2024 reporting
4:00 p.m. (March 8, 2024) Fourth Cumulative Results have been posted.
Preliminary Results for Measure A: Yes (71.01%), No (28.99%)
Preliminary Results for Measure B: Yes (50.26%), No (49.74%); currently a difference of 17 votes
Preliminary Results for Measure C: Yes (68.82%), No (31.18%)
Preliminary Results for District 1 Supervisor:
Heidi Hall 57.16%
Michael J. Taylor 15.29%
Sue McGuire 27.55%
Preliminary Results for District 2 Supervisor:
John Herrera 19.08%
Robb Tucker 50.34%
Jason Tedder 3.06%
Jeff Pettitt 27.53%
12:00 a.m. (March 6, 2024) Third Cumulative Results have been posted.
Preliminary Results for Measure A
Yes 71.06%
No 28.94%
Preliminary Results for Measure B
Yes 50.46%
No 49.54%
Preliminary Results for Measure C
Yes 67.79%
No 32.21%
Preliminary Results for District 1 Supervisor
Heidi Hall 57.49%
Michael J. Taylor 15.01%
Sue McGuire 27.50%
Preliminary Results for District 2 Supervisor
John Herrera 19.73%
Robb Tucker 49.35%
Jason Tedder 3.08%
Jeff Pettitt 27.84%
10:25 p.m. Second Cumulative Results have been posted.
Preliminary Results for Measure A
Yes 70.05%
No 29.95%
Preliminary Results for Measure B
Yes 51.03%
No 48.97%
Preliminary Results for Measure C
Yes 67.92%
No 32.08%
Preliminary Results for District 1
Hall 58.02%
Michael J. Taylor 14.81%
Sue McGuire 27.17%
Preliminary Results for District 2
John Herrera 19.80%
Robb Tucker 49.12%
Jason Tedder 3.07%
Jeff Pettitt 28.01%
8:37 p.m. First Cumulative Results have been posted.
26.72% of registered voters have been counted so far.
Preliminary Results for Measure A
Yes 69.95%
No 30.05%
Preliminary Results for Grass Valley Sales Tax Measure B
Yes 51.41%
No 48.59%
Preliminary Results for Nevada City Sales Tax Measure C
Yes 68.77%
No 31.23%
Preliminary Results for Supervisor District 1
Heidi Hall 59.30%
Michael J. Taylor 14.33%
Sue McGuire 26.37%
Preliminary Results for Supervisor District 2
John Herrera 20.32%
Robb Tucker 47.77%
Jason Tedder 3.19%
Jeff Pettitt 28.72%
8:00 p.m. Polls are closed. Waiting on results.
6:30 p.m. A few dropboxes close at 7:00 p.m. tonight, including Hills Flat Lumber Co. (Grass Valley) and Chicago Park Store (Chicago Park). All remaining drop boxes close at 8:00 p.m. today. Vote centers also close at 8:00 p.m.
3:26 p.m. Just a reminder that voters have until 5:00 p.m. to put their ballots in the following drop boxes. After that, you will need to find a drop box that is open later.
Drop boxes closing at 5:00 p.m.: Sierra College (Grass Valley) and Sweetland Garden Mercantile (North San Juan).
1:45 p.m. The Nevada County Elections Office issued a press release regarding the voter systems this morning being down:
“Voter Check-In Systems Briefly Down Election Day Morning
Voter check-in systems across Nevada County were briefly down this morning due to a technical issue. Ten voters who came in between 7-7:30 a.m. were given provisional ballots during that time to ensure the right to vote could continue.
The problem, which originated from the system vendor and affected multiple counties, was resolved at 7:30am, and voting has resumed as normal.”
12:33 p.m. Nevada County voter turnout is 27.3%. Of registered Republicans, 30.9% have voted. Of registered Democrats, 30.8% have voted. Of all other registered voters, 18.3% have voted.
12:21 p.m. Supervisor District 1 voter turnout as of 12:21 p.m. is 31.5%. Republicans voter turnout is 36.6% (percentage of registered Republicans who have voted) while Democrats are turning out at 34.0% (percentage of registered Democrats who have voted). The average turnout rate for all other voters is 22%.
Supervisor District 2 voter turnout is 27.8%. Democrat turnout is 34.2%, while Republican voter turnout is 29.1%, and the average rate for other voters is 18.5%.
Received at 12:17 p.m. from Corey O’Hayre, Assistant Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters:
“Hello Barry,
This was a countywide issue related to our voter check-in system that impacted Nevada County and Stanislaus County because we use the same vendor. We discovered the issue about 15 minutes before polls opened. Our IT team and the vendors IT team worked together to resolve the issue by about 7:30am. We went to our planned backup procedures we had in place that led to the countywide issuing of a total of 10 provisional ballots.
Thanks,
Corey O’Hayre”
12:00 p.m. We emailed Nevada County at 11:14 a.m. asking for an explanation for why the systems went down at multiple voting centers this morning. As of noon, we haven’t received a reply.
9:00 a.m. Voting centers are open this morning in Nevada County. Barry Pruett reports on location about how things are going at two voting centers: Gateway Park and Condon Park.
From roughly 7:00-7:30am, systems were down at Nevada County voting centers, including Western Gateway Park and Condon Park. Voters were issued provisional ballots during that time. Systems are back up now. Voters who received a provisional ballot because of the system failure can return to vote in person normally.