More than 600,000 early, absentee votes cast (NV)

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By BRENDAN RILEY, Associated Press Writer
Friday, October 31, 2008
(10-31) 20:16 PDT Carson City, Nev. (AP) --

More than 600,000 Nevadans cast early and absentee ballots by late Friday — about 60 percent of the voter total that initially was expected by election officials by the close of polling sites on Tuesday.

The early voting in advance of Election Day has been so heavy that Secretary of State Ross Miller increased his total turnout prediction from about 1 million to 1.1 million voters. That lowers the early-absentee balloting percentage — but it's still at 56 percent of the revised total of expected voters.

Friday was the last day of a two-week window for early voting, and election officials said they were busy all day.

"The lines were just enormous," Clark County Registrar Larry Lomax said. "They were just like Disneyland lines. It went way over what I hoped for" ...

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