By Jack Johnson, Boulder City Review

The City Clerk’s office reported that the first couple days of early voting in the general election saw a much lower voter turnout than that of the primary election.

City Clerk Lorene Krumm said 150 voters showed up to the polls Saturday, and Monday saw a turnout of 248 voters.

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By Arnold M. Knightly, Boulder City Review

A mistake by the Clark County Election Department had Boulder City officials scrambling Monday to make sure 477 local recipients of mail-in ballots were not left disenfranchised or confused.

A letter mistakenly sent by the county stated that only one candidate in each contest could be voted for and ballots with votes for more than one “will not be counted.”

The letter was intended for voters in areas of Henderson and Las Vegas where City Council seats are elected by wards. In Boulder City candidates run citywide for open seats, such as this year where five candidates contend for two open seats.

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By Arnold M. Knightly, Boulder City Review

Defeated U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle may want to look into buying a house in Boulder City where she would, apparently, be among friends.

Angle and many Republicans did at least 10 percentage points better in Boulder City during the Nov. 2 election than in the rest of Clark County and the state, complete election results released last week show.

Boulder City residents cast their ballots on Nov. 2 at the city's recreation center. Nearly 75.6 percent of the city's 9,559 registered voters participated in the midterm elections. City residents heavily backed Republican candidates including defeated U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle, who received 55.8 percent of the local vote. Photo by Steve Andrascik

Angle captured 55.8 percent of the vote in Boulder City, 14.5 points better than she did in Clark County and 11.2 points higher than the statewide total.

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