Voters would show photo ID and add ID numbers to mail ballots

Registered voters would have to show an accepted photo ID to vote in person. The rule would cover voting at polling places and during early voting, including state and city elections. Accepted IDs would include government, school, military, tribal, passport, concealed-carry, DMV, and digital IDs. A voter without an accepted photo ID could cast a provisional ballot, but the ballot would count only if the voter provides the required ID by 5 p.m. on the Friday after Election Day. The DMV would issue a physical ID at no charge to a registered voter who lacks an accepted ID and says they face financial hardship. The in-person photo-ID rule would apply beginning with the 2026 primary election and every election afterward. The Secretary of State would not have to issue digital IDs until January 1, 2028.

Mail voters would have to write an identifying number on the return envelope, while county and city clerks would follow added drop-box and ballot-curing rules. The identifying-number rule would cover mail ballots statewide. Required extra drop-box locations would depend on county population, with set minimums in counties of 100,000 people or more. The number would be the last four digits of a DMV license, the last four digits of a Social Security number, or the voter identification number if the voter has neither. Clerks would check the signature first and then the identifying number if needed. Voters could fix either problem by 5 p.m. on the sixth day after the election. Clark County would need at least 10 extra locations, and Washoe County at least five, open 7 to 12 hours daily during the specified period before the general election. Drop boxes would have to be monitored while available and secured when unavailable. The identifying-number requirement would apply beginning with the 2026 primary election and every election afterward. Extra county drop-box locations would operate from the day after early voting ends through the day before the general election.

The Secretary of State would run an online voter-services portal, and election officials would exchange more DMV information for voter records. The portal would serve every registered Nevada voter. DMV information would concern people with state driver’s licenses or identification cards, excluding people with driver authorization cards. The portal would show registration information and sample ballots, provide update forms, and show voting and drop-box locations. County clerks would place a QR code or similar machine-readable link to the portal in voter communications and mail-ballot materials. The Secretary of State would match DMV information to voter records and add it to the statewide database. DMV-supplied information would be confidential and not public. The Secretary of State could delay issuing digital IDs until January 1, 2028. Preparatory rules and regulations would take effect upon approval; most operative provisions would take effect October 1, 2025. The portal and database duties would therefore be scheduled for that date if the measure took effect.