293.501 - Use of form provided by Federal Government pursuant to federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. - Nevada Statutes

293.501  Use of form provided by Federal Government pursuant to federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title:

      1.  Armed Forces personnel and overseas citizens may use the form provided by the Federal Government for registration and request of an absent ballot pursuant to the provisions of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973ff et seq., to register to vote in this State.

      2.  An elector referred to in subsection 1 may complete the form and return it by:

      (a) Mail, if it can be returned in a timely manner; or

      (b) Approved electronic transmission.

      3.  If an elector registers to vote pursuant to the provisions of this section and returns the form provided by the Federal Government for registration and request of an absent ballot by:

      (a) Mail, the elector shall be deemed to be registered as of the date that the form or the envelope containing the form is postmarked.

      (b) Approved electronic transmission, the elector shall be deemed to be registered as of the date on which the elector initiates the approved electronic transmission.

      (Added to NRS by 1987, 2048; A 1989, 2168; 1993, 2190; 1995, 2269; 2009, 359)