SJR1 proposes a constitutional amendment requiring Nevada to continue sending every active registered voter a mail ballot for each election, unless the voter opts out in writing at least 60 days before Election Day. The measure also requires all early-voting and Election Day polling places to accept returned mail ballots while in-person voting is underway. Additionally, during the three days before any primary or general election, county clerks must establish a minimum number of ballot-drop locations—based on county population—located at polling places and open at least eight hours per day. Clerks may add more sites, and the Legislature may increase the required minimums.
The Nevada State Senate passed SJR1 on November 19, 2025 by a vote of 12 to 4. We have assigned pluses to the nays because automatically mailing ballots to every registered voter, regardless of current residence or intent to vote, invites widespread abuse and undermines election integrity. Universal mail voting increases the risk of misplaced or misdelivered ballots, ballots sent to outdated addresses, and organized ballot harvesting through pressure or coercion. Voting should remain an individual responsibility carried out by motivated citizens, not a process facilitated and manipulated by third parties or government mandate.
