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2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 293 - Elections
NRS 293.5002 - Procedures applicable to certain persons issued fictitious address.

Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 293.5002 (2019)
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1. The Secretary of State shall establish procedures to allow a person for whom a fictitious address has been issued pursuant to NRS 217.462 to 217.471, inclusive, to:

(a) Preregister or register to vote; and

(b) Vote by absent ballot,

without revealing the confidential address of the person.

2. In addition to establishing appropriate procedures or developing forms pursuant to subsection 1, the Secretary of State shall develop a form to allow a person for whom a fictitious address has been issued to preregister or register to vote or to change the address of the person’s current preregistration or registration, as applicable. The form must include:

(a) A section that contains the confidential address of the person; and

(b) A section that contains the fictitious address of the person.

3. Upon receiving a completed form from a person for whom a fictitious address has been issued, the Secretary of State shall:

(a) On the portion of the form that contains the fictitious address of the person, indicate the county and precinct in which the person will vote and forward this portion of the form to the appropriate county clerk; and

(b) File the portion of the form that contains the confidential address.

4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any request received by the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection 3 shall be deemed a request for a permanent absent ballot.

5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law:

(a) The Secretary of State and each county clerk shall keep the portion of the form developed pursuant to subsection 2 that he or she retains separate from other applications for preregistration or registration.

(b) The county clerk shall not make the name, confidential address or fictitious address of the person who has been issued a fictitious address available for:

(1) Inspection or copying; or

(2) Inclusion in any list that is made available for public inspection,

unless directed to do so by lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 1331; A 2001, 695; 2017, 3849)

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