This text of Nevada § 293D.300 (Methods for applying) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Nevada primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
1.A covered voter who is registered to vote in this State may apply for a military-overseas ballot by submitting a federal postcard application, as prescribed under section 101(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20301(b)(2), or the application’s electronic equivalent, if the federal postcard application or the application’s electronic equivalent is received by the appropriate local elections official before the time set pursuant to NRS 293.273 for closing the polls on election day. 2.A covered voter who is not registered to vote in this State may use the federal postcard application or the application’s electronic equivalent simultaneously to apply to register to vote pursuant to NRS 293D.230 and to apply for a military-overseas ballot, if the f Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
1. A covered voter who is registered to vote in this State may apply for a military-overseas ballot by submitting a federal postcard application, as prescribed under section 101(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20301(b)(2), or the application’s electronic equivalent, if the federal postcard application or the application’s electronic equivalent is received by the appropriate local elections official before the time set pursuant to NRS 293.273 for closing the polls on election day.
2. A covered voter who is not registered to vote in this State may use the federal postcard application or the application’s electronic equivalent simultaneously to apply to register to vote pursuant to NRS 293D.230 and to apply for a military-overseas ballot, if the federal postcard application or the application’s electronic equivalent is received by the appropriate local elections official before the time set pursuant to NRS 293.273 for closing the polls on election day. If the federal postcard application is received after the time set for closing the polls, it must be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections.
3. Upon receipt of the electronic equivalent of the federal postcard application pursuant to subsection 1 or 2, the local elections official shall affix, mark or otherwise acknowledge receipt of the application by means of a time stamp on the application.
4. The Secretary of State shall ensure that the system of approved electronic transmission described in subsection 2 of NRS 293D.200 is capable of accepting the submission of:
(a) Both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic military-overseas ballot application sent to the appropriate local elections official; and
(b) A digital signature or an electronic signature of a covered voter on the documents described in paragraph (a).
5. A covered voter may use approved electronic transmission or any other method approved by the Secretary of State to apply for a military-overseas ballot.
6. A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying the federal write-in absentee ballot, as prescribed under section 103 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20303, as an application for a military-overseas ballot simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration and the federal write-in absentee ballot are received by the appropriate local elections official before the time set pursuant to NRS 293.273 for closing the polls on election day.
7. To receive the benefits of this chapter, a covered voter must inform the appropriate local elections official that he or she is a covered voter. Methods of informing the appropriate local elections official that a person is a covered voter include, without limitation:
(a) The use of a federal postcard application or federal write-in absentee ballot;
(b) The use of an overseas address on an approved voting registration application or ballot application; and
(c) The inclusion on an application to register to vote or an application for a military-overseas ballot of other information sufficient to identify that the person is a covered voter.
8. This chapter does not prohibit a covered voter from voting a mail ballot pursuant to the provisions of chapter 293 or 293C of NRS or voting in person.