Mail ballots must be submitted by mail or dropped off in person. A physical mail ballot cannot be returned by email or fax.  It is STRONGLY recommended that voters return their ballot by mail via the U.S. Postal Service. If you prefer, you can drop off your ballot at your county election office or a designated drop-off location near you: Clark County, Washoe County, other counties.

Follow the instructions below and make sure to sign your envelope before mailing it in or dropping it off!

Step 1: Receive your ballot in the mail and open it up. 

Inside, you should have:

• A Ballot
• Set of Instructions
• Privacy Sleeve (which sometimes doubles as your instruction sheet)
• Return Envelope

Step 2: Refer to your instruction sheet for important information. 

Some guidelines include:

• Use a black or blue ink pen (not felt/marker) to complete your ballot.
• Fill the oval of your choices completely.
• If you make a mistake, do not use correction fluid or tape. Cross out the name of the candidate or question you didn’t want to vote for. Make sure the bubble of the candidate or question you did want to vote for is fully filled in.

Step 3: Fill out your ballot.

• You don’t have to vote in every category.
• If you vote multiple times in one category, no vote will be counted.

Step 4: Detach the ballot stub. 

• This is yours to keep for your records.
• Be careful when you detach it so you don’t damage your ballot.

Step 5: Insert your ballot into the privacy sleeve. 

• This may be a separate sleeve or your instruction sheet may double as a privacy sleeve.
• Part of your ballot may stick out, that’s okay; your vote is safe and private. 

Step 6: Slide the privacy sleeve (with ballot inside) into the return envelope.

• Please only include one ballot per envelope. 
• If you include multiple ballots in one envelope, none of them will be counted.

Step 7: Sign and seal your return envelope. 

• Depending on your return envelope, you may need to sign it before you seal it.
• The signature location varies by county, but each return envelope should be clearly marked with a “Sign Here” line. 
• Your signature will be compared with the signature on your voter registration.
• If your ballot is not signed, this security check cannot be completed and your vote can not be counted. 

Step 8: Mail it in!

• In order to be counted, your ballot must be postmarked by Election day, June 9.
• If you accidentally damage your ballot and you need a new one prior to June 2, please contact your county registrar’s office.

For your health and safety, all Nevada voters are STRONGLY encouraged to fill out their mail-in ballot and return it by mail or drop it off at a designated drop-off location: Clark County, Washoe County, other counties.

If you did not register in time to receive a mail-in ballot, you lost your mail-in ballot or you need to vote in-person for some other reason, there are limited opportunities to vote in-person:

CLARK COUNTY: There is one in-person voting location — the Clark County Election Department, located at 965 Trade Drive, Suite F, North Las Vegas, NV 89030-7802. There will be paper ballots available, not voting machines.

Clark County In-Person Voting Schedule:

• May 23-June 3, every day (including Saturday, Sunday, and Memorial Day on May 25): 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
• June 4-5, Thursday-Friday: 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
• June 9, Tuesday, Primary Election Day: 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.

WASHOE COUNTY: There is one in-person voting location — the Washoe County Registrar’s election office, located at 1001 E. 9th Street, County Complex Building A, Reno, Nevada 89512. The office will have voting machines and paper ballots available for voting. Click here for more information.

If you’re eligible to vote but didn’t register or update your voter registration online by May 21, YOU CAN STILL REGISTER ONLINE FROM MAY 22 – JUNE 4, but you’ll have to vote in-person with a provisional ballot at your County’s election office or a designated vote center. Note: Same-day voter registration on Tuesday, June 9 is only available in-person.

Click here to find your county’s election office.
Clark County: Click here to find a vote center near you.
Washoe County: Click here to find a vote center near you.

Current Endorsements

Silver State Equality endorses viable candidates running for local, state and federal offices who have a proven track record of supporting equal rights and legal protections for LGBTQ Nevadans and who are committed to advancing these goals in their capacity as elected officials.

President of the United States

• Joe Biden

United States House of Representatives

• Congressional District 1: Dina Titus
• Congressional District 3: Susie Lee
• Congressional District 4: Steven Horsford

State Senate

• District 1: Pat Spearman
• District 6: Nicole Cannizzaro
• District 11: Dallas Harris

State Assembly

• District 8: Jason Frierson
• District 16: Cecelia Gonzalez
• District 20: David Orentlicher
• District 29: Lesley Cohen
• District 40: Sherrie Scaffidi
• District 41: Sandra Jauregui

Local

• Reno City Council, At-Large: Devon Reese
• Sparks City Council, Ward 1: Wendy Stolyarov
• Washoe County School Board Trustee, District D: Kurt Thigpen
• West Wendover Mayor: Daniel Corona

BOLD indicates openly LGBTQ+ candidate

Silver State Equality endorses viable candidates running for local office, statewide offices, the state legislature and Congress who have a proven track record of supporting equal rights and legal protections for LGBTQ Nevadans and who are committed to advancing these goals in their capacity as elected officials.

Except in rare circumstances, Silver State Equality only endorses exceptional LGBTQ candidates in local races with the goal of supporting the careers of exceptional leaders in our community to build a bench of strong candidates for higher office.

In races for State Assembly and Senate, United States Congress and Senate, and Nevada statewide offices, Sivler State Equality considers endorsement of all candidates that meet our screening and endorsement criteria.

Silver State Equality conducts field research to determine candidates’ records on LGBTQ equality and social justice and will extend invitations to participate in the endorsement process based on past record, viability, and Silver State Equality priority considerations.

Endorsement by Silver State Equality requires completion of a candidate questionnaire and candidate interviews. Candidates who are interested in our endorsement should contact André Wade at andre@silverstateequality.org as early as possible to inform us of your candidacy.

Key Candidate Considerations

• Candidate must be 100% in support of LGBTQ equality to be considered for endorsement.
• Candidate must be viable and able to run a competitive campaign.
• Candidate’s prior depth of work in support of full LGBTQ equality is a key factor.
• Is the candidate openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning?
• Will endorsement diversify and expand support for LGBTQ equality and social justice?
• NOTE: A candidate who is not 100% in support of full LGBTQ equality is not eligible for endorsement.