Election laws in Nevada
From Ballotpedia
The following are laws that elections are governed under elections laws in the State of Nevada.
Registration by third-party groups
Third Party registration groups must sign up with the Nevada Secretary of State's office who keeps track of the unique identifier of each registration form distributed to them. The voter registration organization is required to return every form it takes, whether completed or blank.
Generally, any individual or organization may conduct a voter registration drive in Nevada. However, requests of 50 or more voter registration applications require the completion of a Mail Distribution Plan. A copy of Mail distribution plan can be obtained at the offices of the Nevada Secretary of State or local County Clerks/Registrars .
A person who registers to vote by mail may be assisted in completing the application to register to vote by any other person. The application must include the mailing address and signature of the person who assisted the applicant. The willful failure to provide this information is a felony. If the person who assisted in the application to register retains the completed form to be submitted on behalf of the applicant, he must enter his name on the duplicate copy or receipt retained by the voter upon completion of the form.
Applications left in custody of the person or organization conducting the drive must be returned to the County Clerk/Registrar within 10 days after completion.
A person assisting an applicant in completing the registration form shall not refuse to register a person on account of that person’s party affiliation, and shall not solicit a vote for or against a particular question or candidate, speak to an applicant on the subject of marking his ballot for or against a particular question or candidate, or distribute any petition or other material concerning a candidate or question which will be on the ballot for the ensuing election, while he is registering an applicant[1].
It is unlawful for a person to provide compensation for registering voters that is based upon the total number of voters a person registers or the total number of voters a person registers in a particular political party. A violation of this provision is a category E felony.
Nevada’s law also forbids "knowingly falsifying an application to register to vote."[2].
Applications left in custody of the person or organization conducting the drive must be returned to the County Clerk/Registrar within 10 days after completion[3].
References
- ↑ Secretary of State registration form
- ↑ CPI blog entry
- ↑ Nevada rules, National campaign for fair elections
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