Every Election Day for as long as he can remember, Angel Del Carpio would head to the polls and cast his vote. He did it when he lived in California and New York. Now a resident of Nevada – a closely watched swing state – Mr. Del Carpio decided to make an early appearance this year. The Wednesday before the election, the retired hairdresser drove to The Boulevard Mall, about three miles east of The Strip, to vote at a polling station set up inside.

Nevada voters next week will decide on three hot-button ballot questions on gun-sale background checks, legalizing recreational marijuana and bolstering renewable energy. At first glance, some of these issues might drive Democrats to the polls on Tuesday, thereby helping Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. On the other hand, the gun-control ballot initiative might motivate rural Nevadans and second-amendment enthusiasts who tend to vote against Democrats for national offices.

Republicans cut into the Democrat’s early-vote lead Monday, the first time the GOP has recorded more votes statewide than Democrats since voting started on Oct. 22.

Trump’s ventures have long fueled business, controversy in Nevada

Voters frustrated with the choices for president in the Nov. 8 election have a unique option in Nevada to register their displeasure with politicians.

The hundreds of Hillary Clinton supporters from the Bay Area streaming Saturday into the Biggest Little City in the World got some simple advice about knocking on doors in this important swing state: Ask for people by their first names, don’t get in anybody’s face, and — most importantly — avoid talking about the, uh, October surprise.

Roger Edwards was having a tough time selling his Republican Senate candidate last week. Ever since Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV), a wiry, 54-year-old Army brigadier general, disavowed Donald Trump at a Las Vegas rally earlier this month, the phones at the Washoe County Republican headquarters in Reno have been ringing off the hook. Trump voters – including Edwards, the chairman of the local GOP there–are irate.

Election Day is Nov. 8, but if trends hold true, most Clark County voters already will have cast their ballots in the days prior.