Carson City voters face Sept. 4 deadline to opt out of automatic general-election mail ballot

Carson City voters who want to opt out of receiving an automatically mailed ballot for the Nov. 3, 2026, general election must submit a written request by Sept. 4, according to the Carson City Clerk-Recorder/Elections Department.

The deadline is an election-administration cutoff for voters’ mail-ballot preferences. It applies to the automatic mail-ballot process and is not the date of the general election, voter registration or candidate filing.

Automatic mail ballots and the deadline

Nevada, including Carson City, automatically mails ballots unless a voter opts out, the city’s 2026 election-information page states. For the November general election, the city identifies Sept. 4 as the deadline to make that request.

The city says the cutoff follows the state’s statutory timeframe of 60 days before the election. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.

The published deadline concerns whether a voter seeks to opt out of automatic ballot mailing. The city’s materials do not provide a count of Carson City voters who have opted out or the number of mail ballots expected for the election.

What voters must submit

According to the Elections Department, a voter may submit a written opt-out request by emailing elections@carsoncity.gov. The request must include the last four digits of the voter’s Social Security number for verification.

The city’s instructions establish both a submission method and verification information for voters seeking to change their automatic mail-ballot preference before the stated cutoff. The department’s page does not say that a request guarantees a voter will not receive a ballot; it identifies the written-request process and deadline.

Voters seeking the complete election calendar are directed by the city to the Nevada Secretary of State. Carson City’s election-information page is the local source identifying the opt-out deadline and the Elections Department contact point.

Key dates before Election Day

The Sept. 4 opt-out deadline comes before the city’s listed period for early in-person voting, scheduled for Oct. 17 through Oct. 29, 2026. Early voting ends before the Nov. 3 general election.

For voters tracking the city’s published schedule, the relevant sequence is Sept. 4 for a written opt-out request, Oct. 17-29 for early in-person voting, and Nov. 3 for the general election. The deadline is therefore a specific pre-election administrative step for Carson City voters who do not want to participate in automatic mail-ballot delivery.