NRS 293.5837 Methods and procedures for registering by computer during certain periods and appearing in person to vote at polling place for early voting or on election day; casting of provisional ballot under certain circumstances.

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1. An elector may register to vote in the county or city, as applicable, in which the elector is eligible to vote by submitting an application to register to vote by computer using the system established by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.671 before the elector appears at a polling place described in subsection 2 to vote in person.

2. If an elector submits an application to register to vote pursuant to this section less than 14 days before the election, the elector may vote only in person:

(a)During the period for early voting, at any polling place for early voting by personal appearance in the county or city, as applicable, in which the elector is eligible to vote; or

(b)On the day of the election, at:

(1)A polling place established pursuant to NRS 293.3072 or 293C.3032 in the county or city, as applicable, in which the elector is eligible to vote; or

(2)The polling place for his or her election precinct.

3. To vote in person, an elector who submits an application to register to vote pursuant to this section must:

(a)Appear before the close of polls at a polling place described in subsection 2;

(b)Inform an election board officer that, before appearing at the polling place, the elector submitted an application to register to vote by computer using the system established by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.671 ; and

(c)Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, provide his or her current and valid driver’s license or identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles which shows his or her physical address as proof of the elector’s identity and residency.

4. If the driver’s license or identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to the elector does not have the elector’s current residential address, the following documents may be used to establish the residency of the elector if the current residential address of the elector, as indicated on his or her application to register to vote, is displayed on the document:

(a)A military identification card;

(b)A utility bill, including, without limitation, a bill for electric, gas, oil, water, sewer, septic, telephone, cellular telephone or cable television service;

(c)A bank or credit union statement;

(d)A paycheck;

(e)An income tax return;

(f)A statement concerning the mortgage, rental or lease of a residence;

(g)A motor vehicle registration;

(h)A property tax statement; or

(i)Any other document issued by a governmental agency.

5. Subject to final verification, if an elector submits an application to register to vote and appears at a polling place to vote in person pursuant to this section:

(a)The elector shall be deemed to be conditionally registered to vote at the polling place upon:

(1)The determination that the elector submitted the application to register to vote by computer using the system established by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.671 and that the application to register to vote is complete; and

(2)The verification of the elector’s identity and residency pursuant to this section.

(b)After the elector is deemed to be conditionally registered to vote at the polling place pursuant to paragraph (a), the elector:

(1)May vote in the election only at that polling place;

(2)Must vote as soon as practicable and before leaving that polling place; and

(3)Must vote by casting a provisional ballot, unless it is verified, at that time, that the elector is qualified to register to vote and to cast a regular ballot in the election at that polling place.