Nye County releases sample ballot, outlines 2026 primary voting dates

Nye County voters will choose nominees for U.S. House District 4, governor, attorney general and other major offices on June 9, and the new sample ballot shows that party registration will determine who can vote in many of those races. Because Nevada uses a closed-primary system, voters may only pick among candidates from the party with which they are registered in partisan contests, and voters who did not select a major-party affiliation cannot vote in a major party’s primary unless they change that status first.

The county’s 2026 primary ballot reaches far beyond statewide offices. It includes contests for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, controller, State Senate District 17 and Assembly Districts 33, 36 and 38, along with county races for commissioner, assessor, clerk, district attorney, public administrator, recorder, treasurer and sheriff. School board trustees, judicial district court judges, township boards and improvement districts also will appear on the ballot, meaning the election will shape decisions that can affect county budgets, law enforcement, courts and local schools in practical ways for years.

Early voting in Nye County runs from May 23 through June 5, with Election Day set for Tuesday, June 9, 2026. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The sample ballot names the Nye County Clerk’s Office in Tonopah, the Bob Ruud Community Center in Pahrump, the Tonopah Senior Center on May 26 only and the Pahrump Senior Center on May 27 and June 3 only. The county’s election page also designates the Bob Ruud Community Center in Pahrump and the Tonopah Convention Center as Election Day vote centers where any Nye County voter may cast a ballot.

Ballot handling is just as important as the race list. Every polling place listed in the sample ballot will also serve as a ballot drop-off site during posted hours, and additional drop-off locations include the Nye County Clerk’s Office in Pahrump and the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe Administration Building. Mailed ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by 5 p.m. on the fourth day after the election, which falls on June 13. Nye County’s June election calendar also sets deadlines for registration updates, provisional-ballot curing and canvassing, so voters who have moved, changed names or shifted party status need to check their records now.

The county is also looking for election workers, with applications due by 5 p.m. on May 1 and training planned for mid-May. The sample ballot says EASE voting is available for active-duty military members, eligible family members, overseas voters, disabled voters and tribal voters living on a colony or reservation in Nevada. In a county with an estimated population of 53,182 spread across a vast geography, officials again are relying on a network of community sites to keep the 2026 primary moving across Tonopah, Pahrump and the rural communities in between.