Nevada § 293.5727 - Preregistration and registration by application as part of certain transactions with Department; procedure for incomplete application; use of forms submitted to Department to correct information on previous application; regulations

§ 293.5727. Preregistration and registration by application as part of certain transactions with Department; procedure for incomplete application; use of forms submitted to Department to correct information on previous application; regulations

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Department of Motor Vehicles

shall provide an application to preregister or register to vote to each person who

applies for the issuance or renewal of any type of driver's license or identification

card issued by the Department. 2. The county clerk shall use the applications to preregister or register to vote

which are signed and completed pursuant to subsection 1 to preregister or register

an applicant to vote or to correct the preregistration or registration of the applicant,

as applicable. An application that is not signed must not be used to preregister or register or

correct the preregistration or registration of the applicant. 3. For the purposes of this section, each employee specifically authorized to do so

by the Director of the Department may oversee the completion of an application. The authorized employee shall check the application for completeness and verify

the information required by the application. Each application must include a duplicate copy or receipt to be retained by the

applicant upon completion of the form. The Department shall, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, forward each

application on a weekly basis to the county clerk or, if applicable, to the registrar

of voters of the county in which the applicant resides. The applications must be forwarded daily during the 2 weeks immediately preceding

the last day to register to vote by mail pursuant to NRS 293.560 or 293C.527 , as applicable. 4. The Department is not required to provide an application to register to vote pursuant

to subsection 1 to a person who declines to apply to register to vote pursuant to

this section and submits to the Department a written form that meets the requirements

of 52 U.S.C. § 20506(a)(6) . Information related to the declination to apply to register to vote must not be

used for any purpose other than voter registration. 5. The county clerk shall accept any application to: (a) Preregister to vote at any time. (b) Register to vote which is obtained from the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant

to this section and completed by the last day to register to vote by mail pursuant

to NRS 293.560 or 293C.527 , as applicable, if the county clerk receives the application not later than 5 days

after that date. 6. Upon receipt of an application, the county clerk or field registrar of voters shall

determine whether the application is complete. If the county clerk or field registrar of voters determines that the application

is complete, he or she shall notify the applicant and the applicant shall be deemed

to be preregistered or registered as of the date of the submission of the application. If the county clerk or field registrar of voters determines that the application

is not complete, he or she shall notify the applicant of the additional information

required. The applicant shall be deemed to be preregistered or registered as of the date of

the initial submission of the application if the additional information is provided

within 15 days after the notice for the additional information is mailed. If the applicant has not provided the additional information within 15 days after

the notice for the additional information is mailed, the incomplete application is

void. Any notification required by this subsection must be given by mail at the mailing

address on the application not more than 7 working days after the determination is

made concerning whether the application is complete. 7. The county clerk shall use any form submitted to the Department to correct information

on a driver's license or identification card to correct information on a previous

application to preregister or register unless the person indicates on the form that

the correction is not to be used for the purposes of preregistration or voter registration. The Department shall forward each such form to the county clerk or, if applicable,

to the registrar of voters of the county in which the person resides in the same manner

provided by subsection 3 for applications to preregister or register to vote. 8. Upon receipt of a form to correct information, the county clerk shall compare the

information to that contained in the database created by the Secretary of State pursuant

to NRS 293.675 . The county clerk shall correct the information to reflect any changes indicated

on the form. After making any changes, the county clerk shall notify the person by mail that

the records have been corrected. 9. The Secretary of State shall, with the approval of the Director, adopt regulations

to: (a) Establish any procedure necessary to provide a person who applies to preregister

to vote or an elector who applies to register to vote pursuant to this section the

opportunity to do so; (b) Prescribe the contents of any forms or applications which the Department is required

to distribute pursuant to this section; and (c) Provide for the transfer of the completed applications of preregistration or registration

from the Department to the appropriate county clerk.