Henderson City Council unanimously approves canvas of June 9, 2026, primary election

City Clerk Jose Valdez told the Henderson City Council that the Canvas of the City's June 9, 2026, primary election had been received from the Clark County Registrar of Voters and was "deemed certifiable." "For the record, Jose Valdez, I am the City Clerk of the City of Henderson and the chief election official," Valdez said, then read the canvass and test results into the record.

Valdez reported 61,850 ballots were cast and said there were 15 discrepancies identified in the precinct-by-precinct comparison: "Four voters fled the voting machine prior to casting their ballot, seven voters voted in the wrong precinct and there were four reactivation errors," he said, adding that "there were, however, no tabulation errors in the 127 precincts." Valdez told the council that the identified, irreconcilable discrepancies would not alter the outcome of any race.

Valdez described procedures performed under Nevada law, saying audits were conducted "according to NRS 293B" using hash-code checks of tabulators and the voter-verified paper audit trail; he reported 95 provisional ballots were cast, 88 were verified and counted, and seven were not accepted. He also told the council that pre-election and post-election tests found the mail readers, ballot-marking device voting machines and the Agilis mail ballot processing machine functioning correctly and that "all systems were found to be 100% accurate in the tabulation of votes and processing of mail ballots."

After the presentation, the mayor asked for a motion to approve the canvas. The transcript records a motion made by Councilman Stewart; "all members voted in favor" and the motion carried, with no specific vote tally provided in the record. The council also accepted the meeting agenda earlier in the session on a motion (recorded as made by Councilwoman Larson) that the transcript records as passing unanimously.

During the council comment period, members thanked Valdez and election staff "for the really hard work" before, during and after the election. Valdez also relayed a brief, lighthearted result from the council's youth engagement program: in the kids vote, Rainbow Sherbet and Cookie Dough "will be moving on," and Cookie Dough trailed by eight votes (189 to 181).

The council recorded the certification of the canvas and closed the public-comment periods after the City Clerk reported no speakers in the queue. The transcript does not specify an exact roll-call tally for either motion beyond the statement that "all members voted in favor."