Nevada counties begin shipping mail-in ballots

It’s a good time to keep a closer watch on your mail boxes, Nevada voters.

The state’s counties began shipping out mail ballots Monday in a process that will continue through Thursday.

Every active registered voter who didn’t opt out should expect to receive one in the coming days.

Such voters totaled 2,084,377 at the end of September, or 22,241 more than in August, according to the Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar’s office.

Democrats held a 4,387-voter advantage over active Republicans in September. However, nonpartisan make up the bulk of the electorate, or 38.9 percent of active registered voters.

“Mail ballots allow voters to take their time, and review and research critical races and ballots questions on their ballot,” Aguilar said in a Monday statement.

High-profile races this cycle include the state’s gubernatorial race between Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo and Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford, other statewide contests and a plethora of local matchups.

All four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are on ballots, and Nevada will not have a Senate race until 2028.

Two weeks of early voting kicks off on Oct. 17, before Election Day on Nov. 3. Voters can track their ballots at myballot.nv.gov and check, update or cancel their registration at vote.nv.gov.

Nevada voters have multiple options to return their ballots that come with prepaid return postage. They can simply mail them back or take them to a post office or official drop boxes located throughout the valley.

During early voting and on Election Day, they can also bring them to polling locations.

Aguilar is again urging the people who plan to mail them back to do so at least a week before Nov. 3 to ensure their timely return.

Nevada offers same-day, in-person registration, which requires a state identification card with a current address. If it does not have that, additional valid proof of residency includes military and tribal identification cards, utility bills, a bank statement, a paycheck and tax documents.

There were 416,618 inactive registered voters on record, according to the Secretary of State’s office.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal published an online voter guide that gave candidates a chance to answer policy questions in their own words, at reviewjournal.com/voter-guide-2026.