To be eligible to register to vote in Nevada, you must:

• Be a U.S. citizen
• Be a resident of Nevada for 30 days prior to the election you wish to vote in
• Be at least 18 years old, or turning 18 by the election
• Not have been declared “non-compos mentis” or “mentally incompetent” by a court of law
• Not have been convicted of a felony, or have been convicted but have had your rights restored

If you’re registering to vote by mail or in person, you must do so at least 28 days before the election you wish to vote in. If you’re registering to vote online, you must do so by the Thursday before the election you wish to vote in. You can also register during early voting or on Election Day.

You can pre-register to vote in Nevada when you turn 17.

Online Form: https://www.nvsos.gov/SOSVoterServices/Registration/Step0.aspx

Mail-In Form: https://www.nvsos.gov/SOSVoterRegForm/home.aspx

• DOWNLOAD the application form
• COMPLETE the required information
• PRINT two copies of the application form
• MAIL one SIGNED application to local election official and RETAIN the other as a receipt
• This application is not submitted electronically and must be printed and signed, then mailed or delivered in-person to county clerk/registrar.
• For assistance completing this form, call (775) 684-5705.

After you submit your voter registration:

• Once you are registered to vote in Nevada, you will receive a voter registration card by mail from your County Clerk/Registrar of Voters office, as well as a sample ballot prior to the Primary or General Elections. Sample ballots contain information on the offices up for election in your precinct and questions appearing on the actual ballot. They also contain information about your precinct, your party affiliation, the name and address of your polling place and early voting schedule and locations.
• If you do not receive your voter registration card or sample ballot, please contact your local City Clerk or County Clerk/Registrar of Voters to verify that your application was received and processed.

Verify Registration: https://www.nvsos.gov/votersearch/?ref=voteusa

Special Populations:

1. Formerly Incarcerated:
   • • Nevada does remove voting rights for people with felony convictions. The right to vote is automatically restored upon release from prison.
     • In Nevada, no one is disenfranchised for misdemeanors, even while incarcerated. If you are incarcerated but have not been convicted of a felony, you are still eligible to vote. That’s true even if you have been charged with a felony.
2. Unhoused Individuals:
   • • Mailing Address?
       • • Address OR short description of place of residence
     • ID to Register and Vote?
       • • Photo ID required to register to vote and on election day, although other forms of ID may be accepted – check with local election clerk
     • Application: https://dmv.nv.gov/pdfforms/dmv128.pdf
       • • You must apply in person at a DMV office, complete the Declaration below and meet all other requirements. Persons age 25 and older who declare themselves homeless are entitled to a one-time fee exemption for a duplicate Nevada license or ID card.
3. College Students:
   • • Registering to Vote:
       • • If you’re registering to vote online or using Same Day Registration, you will need a Nevada driver’s license or ID number. The mail-in registration form requires your Nevada driver’s license or ID number or the last four digits of your Social Security number.
         • If you are using Same Day Registration but your license or ID does not show your current residential address, you must also present one document proving your residence, which can include:
           1. 1. Military identification card
              2. Utility bill, including, without limitation, a bill for electric, gas, oil, water, sewer, septic, telephone, cellular telephone or cable television service
              3. Bank or credit union statement
              4. Paycheck
              5. Income tax return
              6. Statement concerning the mortgage, rental or lease of a residence
              7. Motor vehicle registration
              8. Property tax statement
              9. Any other document issued by a governmental agency

Voter Registration Deadlines:

• Online registration deadline: Thursday before early voting begins
• Register by mail deadline: Must be postmarked by the fourth Tuesday before Election Day
• In-person registration deadline: Fourth Tuesday before Election Day

Online Registration:

In-Person Registration: Visit your county clerk or registrar of voters’ office. Eligible voters can also register to vote at any Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles office, military recruitment office, or Nevada voter registration agency, as listed by the secretary of state’s office.

If you vote in person, you can change your party affiliation the day you cast your ballot.

What IDs are acceptable? If you are registering for the first time or updating your existing voter registration after October 15, 2020, you must appear in person at a polling location to participate in the General Election. Per NRS 293.5837 at the polling location, you must also provide your current Nevada driver’s license or ID card which shows your physical address as proof of your identity and residency. If your driver’s license or ID card does not show your current residential address you will also need to provide proof of residency, such as a:

• • • Utility bill
    • Bank or credit union statement
    • Paycheck
    • Income tax return
    • Mortgage statement, rental or lease agreement
    • Motor vehicle registration
    • Property tax statement
    • Any document issued by a governmental agency

Do you need identification to vote? No, unless you did not show identification when you registered. However, Every person who registers to vote in Nevada must provide one of the following: 

• Nevada driver’s license or state ID number
• The last four digits of a Social Security number
• A tribal ID number

Registration applications are run through the system to confirm a match. If your application matches, even if you’re a first-time voter, you will not need to provide ID at a polling location or when you vote by mail.

If, however, your application comes up as “no match” or your mailed voter registration card bounces back as undeliverable and you fail to respond to a letter alerting you to this discrepancy, you will need to show an acceptable ID (listed above) when you vote or include a copy of an acceptable ID with your mail ballot. 

If you do not have an acceptable form of ID, contact your county clerk or registrar of voters’ office, which can assign you a unique number to use to vote. 

Acceptable forms of identification? Include a current and valid form from the following:

• Nevada Driver’s license
• Nevada Identification Card
• Armed Forces Identification Card
• Sheriff’s Work Identification Card
• Identification Card issued by an Agency of the State of Nevada or other political subdivision
• Student Identification Card
• United States Passport
• Tribal Identification Card
• Other forms of identification may be used, please check with your County Clerk/Registrar of Voters for other acceptable forms of identification.

At the polls: Nevada does not require voters to present identification while voting in most cases. A voter in Nevada must sign his/her name in the election board register at his/her polling place. The signature is compared with the signature on the voter’s original application to vote or another form of identification, such as a driver’s license, a state identification card, military identification, or another government-issued ID.

Early Voting/Advanced Voting:

• If you’re eligible to vote in Nevada but have not yet registered, you can register and vote at your polling place during the early voting period or on Election Day.
• Early in-person voting: This option begins on May 28 for the primaries and on Oct. 22 for the general election and runs through the Friday before each election. 
  • • Early voting begins Saturday, May 28, and runs through Friday, June 10, for the primaries. It begins Saturday, Oct. 22, and runs through Friday, Nov. 4, for the general election.
• Details about where and when you can vote early will be posted on the secretary of state’s website or available from your county clerk or registrar of voters’ office before early voting starts.  

Absentee Voting Dates:

• Mail Request Deadline: May 31, 2022
• Mail Return Deadline: June 14, 2022

Request a ballot by mail:

• To receive a ballot by mail, you must register to vote or update your voter registration information (including changes to your address or party affiliation) no later than 14 days before an election, which is Tuesday, May 31, for the primaries; and Tuesday, Oct. 25, for the general election.
• If you’d like to vote using a mail ballot and you’re registered as nonpartisan or affiliated with a different party than the one you’d like to vote for during the primaries, you must change your party affiliation at www.RegisterToVoteNV.gov no later than 14 days before the election.

If you vote in person, you can change your party affiliation the day you cast your ballot. In the general election, voters use the same ballot, regardless of party affiliation.

Requesting Emergency Absentee Status after Statutory Deadline: Nevada has an emergency absentee voting program. An absent ballot can be brought to you at a hospital or other medical facility in certain emergency circumstances. Requests for an emergency absent ballot must be made in writing and submitted any time before 5:00 p.m. on the day of the election. Such requests must be due to an illness or disability resulting in confinement to a medical facility (including nursing homes), sudden hospitalization, serious illness, or being called away from home after the time has elapsed for requesting a standard absentee ballot. Please contact your county clerk/registrar for more information.

EASE: Nevada’s Effective Absentee System for Elections, or EASE, to Nevada residents with disabilities. EASE is an online application that seamlessly integrates voter registration and electronic ballot delivery and marking. EASE allows further independence and enables covered voters to register, request, mark and return their ballots from the comforts of their own homes. EASE is available for elections with a federal contest on the ballot 45 days before Election Day at NVEASE.gov.

Absentee Ballot Tracker: https://nevada.ballottrax.net/voter/

Provisional Ballot Casting: You may vote a provisional ballot if you say you are registered and able to vote at that polling location, but your name does not appear on the voter registration list. Or, if the polling place has extended hours due to a court order or other order extending the time established for the closing of the polls.

Provisional ballots are counted 6 working days after the election.

1. Primary Election: June 14, 2022
   • • Mail-In voter Registration Deadline: May 17, 2022
     • In-Person Registration Deadline: May 17, 2022
     • Online Voter Registration Deadline: June 9,  2022
     • Early Voting Begins: May 21, 2022
     • Early Voting Ends: June 10, 2022
2. General Election: November 8, 2022
   1. • Mail-In voter Registration Deadline: October 11, 2022
      • In-Person Registration Deadline: October 11, 2022
      • Online Voter Registration Deadline: November 3,  2022
      • Early Voting Begins: October 22, 2022
      • Early Voting Ends: November 4, 2022

National Representatives

• U.S. Senate
• U.S. House of Representatives
  • • District 1 – Portions of Clark County 
    • District 2 – Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Pershing, Storey, Washoe, and portions of Lyon 
    • District 3 – Portions of Clark County 
    • District 4 – Esmeralda, Lincoln, Mineral, Nye, White Pine, and portions of Clark and Lyon

Statewide Representatives

• • Governor 
  • Lt. Governor 
  • Attorney General 
  • Secretary of State 
  • Treasurer 
  • Controller 
  • Justices of the State Supreme Court (2)
  • Nevada Court of Appeals (3)
  • University Board of Regents (2: Clark County and Washoe County)
  • State Senate (11 of 21 seats)
  • State Assembly (all 42 seats)

Local Representatives

• Municipal Government openings vary by location.

The Nevada Top-Five Ranked Choice Voting Initiative (#C-01-2021) may appear on the ballot in Nevada as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.

The initiative would amend the Nevada Constitution to establish open top-five primaries and ranked-choice voting for general elections. The change would apply to congressional, gubernatorial, state executive offices, and state legislative elections. It would require implementing legislation to be adopted by July 1, 2025.

State Polling Summary

• Election Results: https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/elections/election-information/previous-elections/election-results
• Election Turnout: https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/elections/voters/election-turnout-statistics

Find Your Polling Location

• In-person voting on Election Day: The state’s primaries are Tuesday, June 14; the general election is Tuesday, Nov. 8. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Drop-boxes: https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/elections/election-day-information