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Las Vegas Early Voting Opens Saturday With No Kings 'Party at the Polls'

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Published on October 16, 2026
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Clark County's early voting period kicks off Saturday, and voters heading to the polls at eight locations across the Las Vegas Valley will find more than just ballot machines waiting for them. Indivisible Las Vegas is hosting what it calls a nonpartisan No Kings “Party at the Polls,” with music, selfie stations, and welcome teams set up outside polling places from Meadows Mall to Craig Ranch Regional Park.

The Saturday events mark a shift for the national No Kings movement, which spent 2025 and early 2026 organizing mass street protests against what organizers described as authoritarian overreach. According to MoveOn, the group and the broader No Kings Coalition designated October 17, 2026, as a coordinated nationwide day of action, redirecting the movement's energy from protest demonstrations into early-voting turnout drives in all 50 states. Indivisible Las Vegas frames its Saturday events as a nonpartisan voter-participation celebration rather than a partisan rally, according to FOX5 Vegas.

Eight Sites, Staggered Shifts Across the Valley

The station reports that six locations will run morning shifts from 9 to 11 a.m., while Desert Breeze Park holds a late-morning shift from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Seven of the eight sites will also run afternoon shifts from 4 to 6:30 p.m., per the same report. Locations include Meadows Mall on Meadows Lane east of Valley View, Cardenas Market on East Bonanza near Lamb, Arroyo Market Square at Rainbow and Badura, Blue Diamond Crossing at Blue Diamond and Hinson, Craig Ranch Regional Park on Craig Road west of Revere, Galleria Mall at Stephanie and Sunset, Desert Breeze Park on Spring Mountain west of Cimarron, and Pearson Community Center on Carey Avenue west of Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Families are encouraged to attend, organizers say, and children can take an “I Promise to Vote When I Turn 18” pledge and get a sticker while supplies last, per FOX5 Vegas's reporting. Each location will also hold a selfie contest with patriotic props, with organizers awarding gift cards to winners. Attendees are encouraged to wear their “I Voted” stickers, and an after-party is planned for 7 p.m. at Bizarre Bar, 1301 S. Main St. #200.

Keeping Clear of the 100-Foot Line

Event volunteers will set up music, signs, food, welcome teams, and photo props outside the eight polling locations. For early voting on public property, electioneering restrictions apply within 100 feet of the voting area under NRS 293.361; the 100-foot-from-the-entrance rule under NRS 293.740 applies on Election Day. On private property, rules depend on the owner's permission. The Clark County Election Department says election workers post distance-marker signs.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is aware of Saturday's events, FOX5 Vegas reports, and said it will have resources in the areas to ensure people can peacefully and lawfully exercise their First Amendment rights.

Souls to the Polls March Heads to North Las Vegas

Separately, a Souls to the Polls march will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Martin Luther King statue at 2420 N. Martin Luther King Blvd., with hundreds of seniors expected to walk to Pearson Community Center at 1625 W. Carey Ave. in North Las Vegas, according to FOX5 Vegas. Congressman Steven Horsford will lead the march. Horsford, the first Black person elected to represent Nevada in Congress and a former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, .

Indivisible Las Vegas will also staff a voting information booth at the Las Vegas Pride Festival at Desert Breeze Events Center, and the group is teaming up with Planned Parenthood Mar Monte to host food and music at Craig Ranch Park in the afternoon. The two organizations plan to provide information there about Question 6, the abortion-rights measure on this year's ballot, the station notes.

Question 6's Second Vote and the Money Behind It

Question 6 would amend Article 1, Section 25 of Nevada's constitution to establish a fundamental right to abortion until fetal viability. Because Nevada requires citizen-initiated constitutional amendments to pass in two consecutive general elections, the measure needs voter approval again after passing with 64.4% of the vote in 2024, according to Ballotpedia. Statutory abortion access up to 24 weeks has already been protected under Nevada law since a 1990 voter referendum.

The campaign finance picture around the measure is lopsided. Pro-Question 6 committee Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom raised more than $815,000 in early 2026 after spending $13.2 million in 2024, far outpacing opposing political action committees like Protect Our Girls, which reported just $10,000 in 2026 contributions, according to The Nevada Independent. Formal opposition PAC fundraising has stayed minimal even as major religious organizations continue to lead grassroots opposition efforts, including recent pushes from the Las Vegas Catholic Archdiocese and Latter-day Saint leaders urging members to vote against the measure.

Separately, The Nevada Independent has examined whether Question 6 would affect Nevada's decades-old parental-notification law for minors seeking abortions.

How Nevada's Early Voting Actually Works

Clark County's in-person early-voting period begins Saturday, according to the Clark County Election Department.

Voters can cast ballots in person at early-voting sites.