Nevada's Effective Absentee System for Elections
Nevada’s Effective Absentee System for Elections, or EASE, is an online application designed to support the needs of covered voters. EASE is available to active duty members of the United States Armed Forces, their spouses and dependents, Nevada voters who are outside of the country, Nevada residents with a disability and tribal voters who live on a colony or reservation in Nevada.
The system will be available for all state, county, and municipal elections no less than 46 days before Election Day and can be accessed at NVEASE.gov.
Nevada’s EASE is an online application that supports Nevada voter needs around the world. Since 2020, legislators have increased access to EASE and it is now open for Nevada residents with disabilities (NRS 293.269951 (1)(a)(a); NAC 293.206) and tribal voters who live on a colony or reservation in Nevada (NRS 293.269951 (1)(a)(2)).
Without additional state funding, the Secretary of State’s office developed the system with a grant from the Department of Defense’s Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), which was used to design and develop an application available beginning with the 2014 general election.
EASE Features:
- Nevada law authorizes covered voters to use digital or electronic signatures to sign applications to register to vote; applications for military-overseas ballots; and military-overseas ballots. Previously, UOCAVA voters were required to submit their EASE packet by mail or needed a printer and scanner to receive and return a ballot via email.
- EASE retrieves the electronic image of the voter’s signature already on file with their county clerk or registrar or from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles so it can be used by the voter to register to vote, complete their EASE packet, and facilitate return of their EASE packet.
- After an EASE voter marks the EASE packet, the system applies the voter’s electronic signature and generates a cover sheet with the necessary declarations, affirmations and information to allow counties to process and count the voter’s EASE packet.
- EASE Demonstration – View a PDF demonstration showing the screens an eligible registered Nevada voter will see while using EASE.
Nevada’s military and overseas citizens, voters with a disability, or tribal voters who live on a colony or reservation in Nevada can access the live EASE system at NVEASE.gov.
Federal Voting Assistance Program
If you’re an active-duty military member, a military spouse or dependent, or a U.S. citizen living overseas, your right to vote is protected under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA). This federal law, enacted in 1986, ensures these citizens can register to vote and cast an absentee ballot no matter where you are in the world.
Eligible UOCAVA voters include:
Active-duty military personnel – U.S. service members including their spouses and voting-age dependents.
Overseas citizens – whose most recent residence was in Nevada or whose parent’s last Nevada home qualifies them, provided they are at least 18 on Election Day and not registered in any other state.
UOCAVA ballots are mailed or transmitted no later than 45 days before a federal election to ensure voters have enough time to receive, mark, and return their ballots.