Washoe Valley, Nevada Public Records

Registration deadlines require online and mail registration to be received or postmarked 28 days before an election, while in-person registration at the County Registrar's office or designated locations remains available through the close of in-person early voting. Same-day voter registration is offered during early voting and on Election Day at designated locations. Registration requires providing a Nevada driver's license number, Nevada ID number, or the last four digits of a Social Security number. As an unincorporated community without municipal government, there are no local mayoral or city council races here. Instead, residents vote in county elections for the Board of County Commissioners (which governs unincorporated areas), Sheriff, Assessor, Treasurer, Recorder, Clerk, District Attorney, and other county offices. The community falls within specific County Commission districts and state legislative districts that determine which candidates appear on ballots. Voters can find their assigned polling place using the lookup tool on the Registrar's website by entering their residential address, or by calling the office directly. Nevada public records law makes certain election records publicly accessible, including voter registration lists (with some personal information redacted under NRS 293.558), campaign finance reports filed by candidates and political action committees (searchable at www.nvsos.gov), candidate declarations and filings, precinct-level election results, and ballot measure information. The Registrar publishes detailed election results by precinct following each election. In the November 2024 presidential election, Washoe County recorded approximately 290,000 registered voters with turnout exceeding 73%, reflecting Washoe County's status as a competitive swing county in a presidential battleground state. On November 3, 2026, local voters will participate in Nevada's statewide general election featuring races for Governor (serving four-year terms with the seat up in 2026), all four Nevada U.S. House seats, all 42 Nevada State Assembly seats (serving two-year terms), 10 of the 21 Nevada State Senate seats (serving four-year terms with half elected every two cycles), and various Washoe County offices including County Commissioners representing specific districts, constitutional officers whose terms expire in 2026, and judges for district and justice courts. No U.S. Senate seat from Nevada is scheduled for election in 2026 as the state's senators were last elected in 2022 and 2024. Nevada offers mail-in voting; since 2020, all registered voters receive a mail ballot automatically for general elections under AB4/AB321. Ballots can be returned by mail (postmarked by Election Day), dropped in secure ballot drop boxes throughout Washoe County, or delivered in person to voting locations. In-person voting is available during the early voting period (typically starting two weeks before Election Day at multiple locations including the Registrar's office and designated satellite locations) or on Election Day at assigned polling places. Absentee and mail ballot tracking is available at www.nvsos.gov/votersearch where voters verify their ballot was received and counted. Nevada requires mail ballots to be postmarked by Election Day and received within seven days after the election to be counted, with signature verification conducted by election officials comparing the signature on the ballot envelope to the signature on file from voter registration.