NRS 293.5768 Automatic voter registration agencies; transactions which qualify for automatic voter registration; limitations on request and transmission of certain information.

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1. The following agencies are automatic voter registration agencies:

(a)The Department of Motor Vehicles;

(b)The Department of Human Services;

(c)The Nevada Health Authority;

(d)Any agency designated by the Director of the Nevada Health Authority to receive applications for Medicaid pursuant to NRS 422.27005 ;

(e)The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange created by NRS 695I.200 ;

(f)Any agency that has been designated by the Governor as an automatic voter registration agency pursuant to NRS 293.57682 ; and

(g)Any agency of an Indian tribe that has been designated by the Governor to be an automatic voter registration agency pursuant to NRS 293.57684 .

2. If, in the normal course of business, an automatic voter registration agency collects sufficient information that demonstrates a person is qualified to vote pursuant to NRS 293.485 , including, without limitation, proof of identity, citizenship, residence and date of birth, the provisions of NRS 293.5768 to 293.57699 , inclusive, apply to the automatic voter registration agency when a person submits any of the following:

(a)An application for the issuance or renewal of or change of address for any type of driver’s license or identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles;

(b)An application for Medicaid through the system established by the Nevada Health Authority pursuant to NRS 422.2703 ;

(c)An application for health insurance through the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange; and

(d)An application for any service or assistance from an automatic voter registration agency described in paragraph

(f)or

(g)of subsection 1.

3. An automatic voter registration agency shall not:

(a)Request any additional information for purposes of voter registration that is not required in the normal course of business; and

(b)Transmit any information about a person using the system established pursuant to NRS 293.57686 if the person did not provide the agency in the normal course of business sufficient information that demonstrates the person is qualified to vote pursuant to NRS 293.485 , including, without limitation, proof of identity, citizenship, residence and date of birth.