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Nevada’s Effective Absentee System for Elections

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Nevada’s Effective Absentee System for Elections, or EASE, is an online application that was designed to support the needs of our "covered voters".

Post Date:04/20/2026 3:38 PM

Nevada’s Effective Absentee System for Elections, or EASE, is an online application that was designed to support the needs of our "covered voters". EASE is available to active duty members of the United States Armed Forces, their spouses and dependents, Nevada voters who are outside of the country, Nevada residents with a disability and tribal voters who live on a colony or reservation in Nevada.

The system will be available for all state, county, and municipal elections no less than 46 days before Election Day and can be accessed at NVEASE.gov.

Nevada's EASE is the first entirely online application, that supports Nevada voter needs around the world. Since 2020, legislators have increased access to EASE and it is now open for Nevada residents with disabilities (NRS 293.269951 (1)(a)(a); NAC 293.206) and tribal voters who live on a colony or reservation in Nevada (NRS 293.269951 (1)(a)(2)).

Without any additional state funding, the Secretary of State’s office developed the system with a grant from the Department of Defense's Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), which was used to design and develop an application available for use beginning with the 2014 general election.

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Nevada law authorizes "covered voters" to use digital or electronic signatures to sign applications to register to vote; applications for military-overseas ballots; and military-overseas ballots. Previously, military and other Nevadans covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) were required to submit their EASE packet by mail or they needed a printer and a scanner to receive and return a ballot via email.

EASE retrieves the electronic image of the voter’s signature already on file with their county clerk or registrar or from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles so it can be used by the voter to register to vote, fill out their EASE packet, and then facilitate the return of their EASE packet.

After an EASE voter marks his or her EASE packet, the system applies the voter’s electronic signature and generates a cover sheet with the necessary declarations, affirmations and information to allow the counties to process and count the voter's EASE packet.

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Why Some Races Skip the Primary and Go Directly to the General Election

Under Nevada law, a Primary is only held when there are enough candidates to require one. For a single‑seat, if two or fewer candidates file, the race does not go to the Primary. All candidates move straight to the General Election ballot.

This year in Carson City, all local offices—such as Sheriff, Clerk‑Recorder, and Treasurer—had two or fewer candidates, which means none of these contests required a Primary. As a result, you will not see any Carson City local races on the Primary ballot. All of them will appear on the General Election ballot in November.

Who Can Appear on the General Election Ballot

Candidates from a minor political party can appear on the general election ballot only if their party is officially qualified.

A minor political party is considered qualified when it:

• Files its certificate of existence and is organized as required by NRS 293.171
• Files its list of partisan candidates with the Secretary of State
• And meets at least one of the statewide qualification requirements in law (such as earning 1% of the vote, 1% voter registration, or submitting a petition)

Because nonpartisan candidates are not part of an organized political party, they cannot qualify under these provisions. Nonpartisan candidates qualify for the ballot under separate rules, not through minor political party requirements.