County clerks would send mail ballots and add return sites

County clerks would send a mail ballot to each active registered voter who is eligible to vote, unless the voter chooses not to receive one. The rule covers active registered voters in Nevada, including voters living outside the state and people who register or update their information at least 14 days before an election. Voters could opt out by sending the clerk a written notice in the required form at least 60 days before the election. Each ballot would list every office, candidate, and measure the voter may vote on. Clerks would send the ballot, return envelope, secrecy envelope or sleeve, and instructions by mail. Return envelopes would include prepaid first-class postage for voters within the United States, its territories or possessions, or on a military base. In-state voters would receive ballots from the fifth Monday through the fourth Monday before an election. Out-of-state voters would receive them from the seventh Monday through the fifth Monday before an election, unless another law requires earlier mailing.

Polling places would accept voters’ returned mail ballots while in-person voting is taking place, and county clerks would operate designated mail-ballot return sites before primary and general elections. The rules would cover polling places used for early in-person voting or voting on Election Day, plus return sites located at those polling places. Return sites would operate for at least eight hours on each of the three days immediately before a primary or general election. Counties with populations of 700,000 or more would have at least 10 sites. Counties with populations from 100,000 through 699,999 would have at least 5 sites. Counties with populations below 100,000 would have at least 1 site. The Legislature could later require more, and clerks could provide additional sites. Polling places would accept returned mail ballots during early voting and voting on Election Day. The required return sites would operate during the three days immediately before each primary or general election.