2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 293 - Elections
NRS 293.57693 - Procedure upon transmission of information by automatic voter registration agency; review of information by county clerks to determine eligibility to register to vote; notification; effect of determination of ineligibility. [Effective January 1, 2024.]

1. Upon transmission of the information to the database created by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.675 by an automatic voter registration agency, the county clerk shall collate the information into an individual electronic document, which shall be deemed an application to register to vote. The county clerk shall review the voter registration information transmitted by the automatic voter registration agency to determine whether the person is eligible to register to vote in this State.

2. If the county clerk determines that a person is eligible to vote, the person shall be deemed a registered voter. The person’s name must appear on the statewide voter registration list and the appropriate roster and the person must be provided all sample ballots and other voter information provided to registered voters.

3. In addition to the requirements of subsection 2, the county clerk shall immediately mail a notice to the current residence of the person. The notice must be in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and include, without limitation:

(a) A space for the person to indicate a political party affiliation;

(b) A space for the person to affirmatively decline to apply to register to vote or have his or her voter registration updated, as applicable;

(c) A preaddressed return envelope with postage prepaid;

(d) A statement setting forth the qualifications to vote in this State as provided by NRS 293.485 and that if the person does not meet the qualifications to vote in this State, the person should return the notice and affirmatively decline in writing to register to vote;

(e) A statement explaining that unless the person affirmatively declines in writing to apply to register to vote or have his or her voter registration information updated, as applicable, the person is deemed to have consented to the transmission of information to the database created by the the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.675 by the automatic voter registration agency for the purpose of registering the person to vote or updating the voter registration information on the statewide voter registration list;

(f) A statement explaining that if the person affirmatively declines in writing to apply to register to vote or to have his or her voter registration information updated, as applicable, the county clerk will remove the person from the statewide voter registration list or revert the person’s information on the statewide voter registration list to the information that was on the statewide voter registration list before the automatic voter registration agency transmitted the information, and the person shall be deemed to not have registered to vote or updated his or her voter registration information, as applicable;

(g) A statement setting forth the penalties for submitting a false application to register to vote; and

(h) A statement that:

(1) Indicates a political party affiliation or indicates that the person is not affiliated with a political party is voluntary;

(2) The person may indicate a political party affiliation on the form provided by the county clerk in the notice; and

(3) The person will not be able to vote at a primary election, presidential preference primary election or primary city election for candidates for partisan offices of a major political party unless the person updates his or her voter registration information to indicate a major political party affiliation.

4. The county clerk may send the notice required pursuant to subsection 3 by electronic mail if the person confirms the validity of the electronic mail address to which the notice will be sent by responding a confirmation inquiry sent to that electronic mail address.

5. The failure or refusal of the person to acknowledge that he or she has received the notice required by subsection 3 is not a declination by the person to apply to register to vote or have his or her voter registration information updated.

6. If the county clerk determines that a person is not eligible to register to vote or if the voter affirmatively declines in writing to be registered to vote or have his or her automatic voter registration updated:

(a) It shall be deemed that the transmittal from the automatic voter registration agency is not a completed voter registration application;

(b) It shall be deemed that the person did not apply to register to vote;

(c) It shall be deemed that the transmission of the person’s information by the automatic voter registration system was an official authorized act;

(d) It shall be deemed that the person did not falsely claim citizenship in order to register to vote unless the person affirmatively claimed to be a citizen to the automatic voter registration agency; and

(e) The county clerk must remove the person’s registration from the database created by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.675 or revert the person’s information on the database to the information that was on the database before the automatic voter registration agency transmitted the information to the county clerk, as applicable.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 4059; A 2021, 3840, 3868, effective January 1, 2024)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 293.5767)