Nev. Admin. Code § 293.409

Current through December 12, 2024

Section 293.409 - Registration through Department of Motor Vehicles: Procedures for Department to follow if person ineligible to use automatic voter registration system based upon documentation submitted

1. If an applicant for the issuance or renewal of or a change of address for a driver's license or identification card submits with his or her application to the Department of Motor Vehicles any of the documents set forth in NAC 293.408:

(a) The Department will notify the applicant in writing that:

(1) He or she is not an applicant to register to vote using the automatic voter registration system and his or her information will not be transmitted electronically to the Secretary of State and county clerks through the automatic voter registration system because he or she submitted at least one of the documents set forth in NAC 293.408;

(2) If the applicant meets the qualifications to vote in this State, as provided in NRS 293.485, he or she may submit to the Department a paper application to register to vote pursuant to NRS 293.5727; and

(3) He or she may contact the Office of the Secretary of State for questions regarding registering to vote and the automatic voter registration system. The notice required pursuant to this paragraph must include, without limitation, the Internet address of the Office of the Secretary of State.

(b) The Department will not submit the applicant's information into the automatic voter registration system.

(c) The Department will not give the applicant the paper or electronic affirmation described in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 293.5742, the Automatic Voter Registration Initiative.

2. The computer system used by the Department to process an application for the issuance or renewal of or a change of address for a driver's license or identification card must determine whether an applicant submitted any of the documents set forth in NAC 293.408 based only on the documents submitted to the Department with the applicant's current application.

3. An employee of the Department shall not make an individualized determination of the eligibility of any applicant for the issuance or renewal of or a change of address for a driver's license or identification card to apply to register to vote using the automatic voter registration system.

4. The Department will:

(a) Develop a standardized form that provides uniform notification of the information set forth in subsection 1; and

(b) Provide the standardized form to all applicants for the issuance or renewal of or a change of address for a driver's license or identification card who submit with an application to the Department any of the documents set forth in NAC 293.408.

5. As used in this section:

(a) "Automatic voter registration system" means the automatic voter registration system established pursuant to NRS 293.5732, the Automatic Voter Registration Initiative.

(b) "Driver's license" has the meaning ascribed to it in NAC 293.407.

(c) "Identification card" has the meaning ascribed to it in NAC 293.407.

Nev. Admin. Code § 293.409

Added to NAC by Dep't of Motor Veh. by R028-19, eff. 2-7-2020

NRS 293.5737, 483.290, 483.850