2026Frequently Asked Questions

You can check your voter registration status on the secretary of state’s website. You can also use the site to register or update your voter registration. 

If you plan to register online, you will need a current and valid driver’s license or identification card issued by the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles. For the primary election, the deadline to register online to receive a mail ballot is May 26. 

If you do not have proper identification, you must register in person with your county election office, at the DMV, or by mailing in a paper application. The deadline to register in person or by mail is 28 days before the election, which, this year, is May 12 for the primary election. Same-day registration options are available at voting sites during early voting and Election Day if you do not register in time.

Early voting will run from Saturday, May 23, through Friday, June 5. In-person voting will take place on Election Day, Tuesday, June 9.

Mail ballots, which are sent to every active voter registered with a major party, will be distributed in May and must be dropped at a ballot box by June 9 or mailed in with a postmark date of no later than June 9. Ballots received after Election Day but postmarked by June 11 are counted until June 13. Ballots with an unclear or no postmark must be received by June 12 to be counted.

Voters eligible to use the Effective Absentee System for Elections (EASE), which includes military, overseas and tribal voters, will have access to the online system by April 24, which is 45 days before Election Day.

Nevada law states that you must be 18 years of age or older, a U.S. citizen and a resident of Nevada for 30 days preceding any election to register to vote.

Nevada has what’s called “same-day” voter registration, meaning that you can show up and register to vote at a polling place during early voting or on Election Day.

To register to vote under same-day registration, you need to appear in person at a polling place, and provide your state-issued driver’s license or other ID card with your current physical address as proof of identity and residency. If your driver’s license or ID card does not show your current address, you can bring another document showing proof of residency, such as a utility bill, paycheck, income tax return or property tax statement.

Early voting runs from Saturday, May 23, through Friday, June 5. Early voting locations are typically available on all days in Washoe and Clark counties, but check with your local county clerk for days and times of early voting opportunities in other counties. Voters can cast a ballot at any polling location in their county.

No. Nevada law does not allow for write-in candidates. 

State law does allow you to vote for a “none of these candidates” option in the presidential race or any statewide elected office, such as governor, attorney general, or Supreme Court justice.

The elections this June are state primaries. These contests allow Democratic and Republican voters to express their preference for who they wish to be their party’s nominee in the November general election in congressional races, statewide contests such as governor and attorney general and legislative elections. A handful of nonpartisan races, including many local contests such as city council, are also on the ballot for all voters, including those registered as nonpartisan or with minor political parties.

Yes, Nevada has adopted widespread mail voting. All active registered voters who are registered at least 14 days before the election will be mailed a ballot, unless they have opted out by delivering a form to their county clerk. You can check to make sure you are considered “active” on the secretary of state’s website. Ballots will be mailed anywhere from 29 to 22 days before Election Day for in-state voters and no later than 40 before Election Day for out-of-state voters, but individual counties will mail them out at different times. Mail ballots can be submitted in person at secure drop boxes or returned by mail. Ballots returned by mail must be in the provided postage-paid return envelope and include a matching signature.

You can opt out of mail voting by mailing a form (which is also available in Spanish and Tagalog) to your county clerk. You can also opt out of receiving a mail ballot through the state’s online voter portal. The mail ballot opt-out deadline is April 10. 

If you want to vote in person but received a mail ballot or did not opt out in time, you can still head to any polling site in your county, surrender the mail ballot and cast your vote. If you forget to bring the mail ballot, you’ll be asked to sign an affirmation that you are not voting twice in the same election.

If you’ve recently moved and need to change your address, you can update that information on the secretary of state’s website. Mail ballots will begin to be sent out no later than May 18, but a mail ballot can be sent to a new address if registration is updated by May 26 at 5 p.m. If your ballot is mailed to the wrong address, or if you receive a ballot for a previous resident, the ballot should be returned to the sender with “Not at this address” written on the outside of the envelope. In the rare cases that someone does attempt to vote a ballot that is not theirs, there are several safeguards in place to ensure that ballot is not counted.

Early voting and Election Day polling locations will be released closer to the election. You can find the list of locations at the secretary of state’s website.

Nevada releases election results after polls close at 7 p.m. on Election Day and after every voter in line statewide has cast a ballot. In practice, it usually takes between two and four hours after polls close for the first batch of results to be released to the state’s website showing election results, www.silverstateelection.nv.gov. Although major media outlets and/or candidates can project a race winner or declare victory on election night after seeing initial results, Nevada’s shift to mail-dominated voting in 2020 means that a sizable number of ballots are not processed and reported immediately on election night, so many races with tight margins may be deemed too close to call for several days following the election. In 2024, a batch of 54,000 Clark County mail ballots received on Election Day was not counted until the following day.

County governments have 10 days after the election to canvass (or officially accept) vote totals and submit that information to the secretary of state. For the June primaries, that deadline is June 19.