2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 24 ELECTIONS
Chapter 293 Elections
NRS 293.320 County clerk to determine if applicant for absent ballot is registered voter; application for absent ballot by Armed Forces personnel and overseas citizens; county clerk to provide applicant with reason for rejection under certain circumstances.

NRS 293.320 County clerk to determine if applicant for absent ballot is registered voter; application for absent ballot by Armed Forces personnel and overseas citizens; county clerk to provide applicant with reason for rejection under certain circumstances.

1. The county clerk shall determine before issuing an absent ballot that the person making application is a registered voter in the proper county.

2. Armed Forces personnel and overseas citizens who are not registered to vote and are applying for absent ballots must complete:

(a) The application to register to vote required by NRS 293.517 for registration;

(b) The form provided by the Federal Government for registration and request of an absent ballot, pursuant to the provisions of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.; or

(c) A special absent ballot used only for purposes of registering the person to vote,

before receiving an absent ballot.

3. If the county clerk rejects an application submitted pursuant to subsection 2, the county clerk shall inform the applicant of the reason for the rejection.

(Added to NRS by 1960, 256; A 1965, 669; 1987, 343; 1993, 2186; 1995, 2267; 1997, 3457; 2003, 2177; 2009, 357)