2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act
NRS 293D.230 - Methods of registering to vote; use of system of approved electronic transmission. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Methods of registering to vote; use of system of approved electronic transmission. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
1. In addition to any other method of registering to vote set forth in chapter 293 of NRS, a covered voter may use a federal postcard application, as prescribed under section 101(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20301(b)(2), or the application’s electronic equivalent, to apply to register to vote, if the federal postcard application is received by the appropriate local elections official by the seventh day before the election. If the federal postcard application is received after the seventh day before the election, it must be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections.
2. A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying the federal write-in absentee ballot, as prescribed under section 103 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20303, to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received by the seventh day before the election. If the declaration is received after the seventh day before the election, it must be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections.
3. The Secretary of State shall ensure that the system of approved electronic transmission described in subsection 2 of NRS 293D.200 is capable of accepting:
(a) Both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic registration application sent to the appropriate local elections official; and
(b) A digital signature or an electronic signature of a covered voter on the documents described in paragraph (a).
4. The covered voter may use the system of approved electronic transmission or any other method set forth in chapter 293 of NRS to register to vote.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1918; A 2013, 34; 2017, 3343, 3873)
1. In addition to any other method of registering to vote set forth in chapter 293 of NRS, a covered voter may use a federal postcard application, as prescribed under section 101(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20301(b)(2), or the application’s electronic equivalent, to apply to register to vote, if the federal postcard application or the application’s electronic equivalent is received by the appropriate local elections official before the time set pursuant to NRS 293.273 for closing the polls on election day. If the federal postcard application or the application’s electronic equivalent is received after the time set for closing the polls, it must be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections. Upon receipt of the electronic equivalent of the federal postcard application pursuant to this subsection, the local elections official shall affix, mark or otherwise acknowledge receipt of the application by means of a time stamp on the application.
2. A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying the federal write-in absentee ballot, as prescribed under section 103 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20303, to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration and the federal write-in absentee ballot are received before the time set pursuant to NRS 293.273 for closing the polls on election day. If the declaration is received after the time set for closing the polls, it must be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections.
3. The Secretary of State shall ensure that the system of approved electronic transmission described in subsection 2 of NRS 293D.200 is capable of accepting:
(a) Both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic registration application sent to the appropriate local elections official; and
(b) A digital signature or an electronic signature of a covered voter on the documents described in paragraph (a).
4. The covered voter may use the system of approved electronic transmission or any other method set forth in chapter 293 of NRS to register to vote.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1918; A 2013, 34; 2017, 3343, 3873; 2021, 1880, effective January 1, 2022)
