Clark County voters can return their mail ballots by post or at an official drop box as the Nov. 3 election approaches, with early in-person voting scheduled to begin Saturday, Oct. 17. Mail ballots were scheduled to go out last week to all active registered voters who have not opted out, according to the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office. Voters who have not received a ballot should check that their registration and address are current at VOTE.NV.gov and can call the Clark County Election Department at 702-455-VOTE. A mail ballot is not required to vote in person. The deadline to register or update registration to receive a ballot by mail is Oct. 20. Eligible residents can still register after that date, but must do so in person during early voting or on Election Day. Early voting runs Oct. 17 through Oct. 30; on Nov. 3, polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters must sign the outside of their ballot-return envelope so election workers can compare the signature with the one on file. A missing or mismatched signature does not automatically disqualify a ballot: election officials will try to contact the voter and allow them to correct the problem. The deadline to resolve a signature issue is 5 p.m. Nov. 9. Completed ballots can be mailed or delivered to any official drop box in Clark County or any polling location. State officials recommend mailing ballots at least a week before Election Day. To count, a mailed ballot must be postmarked by Nov. 3 and received by county election officials no later than Nov. 7. Voters can sign up at MyBallot.NV.gov for updates when a ballot is sent and received. Nevada’s existing mail-voting procedures remain in effect after legal challenges to Trump’s March executive order. The order sought new federal election requirements, including directing the U.S. Postal Service to create lists of eligible voters and deliver ballots only to people on those lists. Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar and Attorney General Aaron Ford secured a federal court ruling in June blocking key provisions. The U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 14 declined to allow related Postal Service rules to take effect for the November election, leaving in place a lower-court order blocking requirements involving voter lists and ballot-envelope barcodes. Aguilar called the decision “a victory for voters across Nevada.” Aguilar has also asked Nevada’s congressional delegation, across party lines, to send observers to Postal Service facilities to help prevent disruptions in ballot processing. Voters should keep their phone number and email address current with election officials in case they need to cure a ballot. They can complete the process at Cure.NV.gov or check ballot status through the state’s Vivid.NV.gov site.