OPPORTUNITIES

RECENT LEGISLATION IN NEVADA

As of June 16, 2021

Year after year, Nevada has expanded access to the ballot. In 2020, Nevada continued the enormous progress it made in 2019 when it passed AB 345. This bill added election day postmark acceptance, online voter registration, a cure process, and gave more time to canvass votes. During the 2020 special session, the legislature also passed AB 4, which instituted Vote By Mail for the 2020 general election and all future elections during states of emergency, and passed AB 3 to fund it. AB 4 also included provisions that made mail-in voting more accessible such as prepaid postage, drop boxes, and the ability to drop off a mail ballot at a clerk’s office.

Finally, in 2021, Nevada made these massive improvements permanent with AB 321 and improved its existing automatic voter registration by passing AB 432, becoming a genuine 5-star voter state.

OUR CONCLUSION

In summary, Nevada has made enormous strides with a wide variety of reforms in the last several years. By passing legislation to expand the use of drop boxes and making its gold-standard ballot tracking permanent, Nevada can build upon its outstanding work.

As always, we stress that policy is important, but it is just as important that it is implemented well. We at the National Vote at Home Institute are ready to help design and implement these policies and processes and are grateful for the opportunity to contribute our expertise.