Nye County early voting for June 9 primary starts Saturday

Nye County voters can already cast ballots for the June 9 primary at the Bob Ruud Community Center in Pahrump and the Nye County Clerk’s Office in Tonopah, but only within the rules of Nevada’s closed-primary system. That means voters in partisan races may vote only for candidates from the party with which they are registered, while several nonpartisan contests will appear on all nonpartisan ballots.

Early voting runs through June 5, with the first weekend offering shorter hours. On Saturday and May 30, voting is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bob Ruud Community Center, 150 Highway 160, and the Tonopah Clerk’s Office, 101 Radar Road. Hours then expand to 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 26 through May 29 and again June 1 through June 5 at both main sites. Additional early-voting sessions are scheduled at the Tonopah Senior Center on May 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and at the Pahrump Senior Center on May 27 and June 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Election Day is Tuesday, June 9, 2026, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. All polling locations will also serve as mail-ballot drop-off sites during posted hours, and voters can also return mail ballots at the Nye County Clerk’s Office in Pahrump and the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe Administration Building. The clerk’s office said reasonable accommodations will be provided for elderly or disabled voters upon request.

Several key deadlines have already passed or are approaching. Sample ballots were distributed April 23, official ballots were mailed to out-of-state voters April 30 and to in-state voters May 9. The last day to update voter registration and still receive a ballot in the mail is May 26. Same-day registration begins May 27 and runs through June 9, giving late registrants a path to vote even after the mailing deadline.

The June primary reaches far beyond the top of the ticket. Nye County ballots include races for U.S. House, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, state controller, attorney general, the state Senate and Assembly, as well as county offices including commissioner, assessor, clerk, district attorney, public administrator, recorder, treasurer and sheriff. School board trustees, judicial district court judges, township boards and improvement districts are also on the ballot, making the primary a direct test of who will shape county government, public services and local oversight heading into the fall. The primary will be canvassed June 17.