Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will appear at rallies in Las Vegas and Reno this week.

Sanders will join Rep. Jacky Rosen and other Nevada Democratic candidates on the University of Nevada, Reno campus at 11 a.m. Thursday.

Sanders and Rosen will meet up with more candidates at the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

The aim of the rallies is to encourage Nevadans to participate in early voting, which is available now through November 2.