Existing law requires each voting system used by a county or city to provide voting materials in English and every language in which voting materials are required to be prepared pursuant to federal law. (52 U.S.C. § 10503; NRS 293.2699) Section 5 of this bill requires the Secretary of State to ensure that voting materials and other elections information are posted or made available at a polling place in certain languages. Section 5 further requires the Secretary of State, on or before January 1 of each odd-numbered year, to review certain data on persons who are members of a minority group and are of limited-English proficiency in the State. Based on the review of such data, under certain circumstances, the Secretary of State and certain county and city clerks are required to ensure that voting materials and other information are provided in certain other languages. Sections 11-16, 18, 19 and 26-28.5 of this bill make conforming changes to require that certain elections materials be available in such languages. Section 37.5 of this bill requires the Secretary of State to review certain data in sufficient time for voting materials to be prepared for the 2024 General Election. Sections 2-4 of this bill, respectively, define the terms “limited-English proficiency,” “minority group” and “voting materials.” Section 9 of this bill makes a conforming change to indicate the proper placement of sections 2-4 in the Nevada Revised Statutes. Section 6 of this bill requires the Secretary of State and authorizes a county clerk to establish a toll-free telephone number which may be used by any person to receive language interpretation or translation assistance relating to an election. Sections 7, 14-16, 18, 22, 27 and 28 of this bill require each polling place, sample ballot and Internet website of the county or city clerk, as applicable, to include such telephone number. Section 8 of this bill requires the Secretary of State to include on all forms for an application to preregister or register to vote certain language authorizing a person who registers to vote to request a sample ballot in a language other than English. Existing law requires each county and city clerk to appoint registered voters to act as election board officers for the various polling places in the county or city, as applicable. (NRS 293.217, 293C.220) Sections 10 and 25 of this bill require the county or city clerk to make a good faith effort to appoint election board officers who are bilingual. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to prescribe forms for applications to preregister or register to vote. (NRS 293.507) Section 17 of this bill requires the Secretary of State to include on each such application a line on which to enter the applicant's state or country of birth and a language preference. Section 20 of this bill requires such information to be included on the statewide voter registration list. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to establish a system on the Internet website of the Office of the Secretary of State to allow persons by computer to preregister and register to vote, cancel such preregistration or registration, update such preregistration or registration and determine at what polling place or places he or she is entitled to vote. The system is required to be user friendly. (NRS 293.671) Section 19 of this bill requires the system to also be accessible in each language in which the Secretary of State is required to provide information and voting materials pursuant to section 5. Section 21 of this bill provides that if the mechanical voting system used in a county or city is capable of providing a registered voter's ballot in the preferred language of the voter other than English, the county or city clerk, as applicable, shall ensure that the list of offices and candidates and the statement of ballot measures for which the voter is entitled to vote is in that preferred language. Section 34 of this bill creates the Language Access Advisory Committee within the Office of the Secretary of State, consisting of the Secretary of State or his or her designee, and certain other members. Section 35 of this bill requires the Advisory Committee to: (1) identify certain programs and services that address language accessibility of elections and voting materials; (2) coordinate with community organizations to determine language accessibility of elections and voting materials; (3) act as a liaison between the Office of the Secretary of State and community organizations; (4) make certain annual assessments relating to language accessibility; and (5) make certain recommendations to the Office of the Secretary of State relating to language accessibility. Section 36 of this bill sets forth certain requirements for meetings of the Advisory Committee. Section 37 of this bill: (1) requires the Secretary of State to appoint the initial members of the Advisory Committee before January 1, 2024; and (2) staggers the terms of the initial members. Section 36.7 of this bill makes an appropriation to the Office of the Secretary of State to carry out certain provisions of this bill relating to language access and the establishment of the toll-free telephone number required pursuant to section 6. Sections 23 and 24 of this bill make conforming changes to indicate the proper placement of section 22 in the Nevada Revised Statutes. Section 29 of this bill makes a conforming change to indicate the proper placement of section 7 in the Nevada Revised Statutes.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 293.010, 293.217, 293.2549, 293.2699, 293.269911, 293.3025, 293.4687, 293.4689, 293.507, 293.565, 293.671, 293.675, 293C.110, 293C.112, 293C.220, 293C.263, 293C.530, 293C.715, 298.700
Reprint 1: 293.010, 293.217, 293.2549, 293.2699, 293.269911, 293.3025, 293.4687, 293.4689, 293.507, 293.565, 293.671, 293.675, 293C.110, 293C.112, 293C.220, 293C.263, 293C.530, 293C.715, 293D.200, 298.700, 353.264
Reprint 2: 293.010, 293.217, 293.2549, 293.2699, 293.269911, 293.3025, 293.4687, 293.4689, 293.507, 293.565, 293.671, 293.675, 293C.110, 293C.112, 293C.220, 293C.263, 293C.530, 293C.715, 293D.200, 298.700, 353.264
As Enrolled: 293.010, 293.217, 293.2549, 293.2699, 293.269911, 293.3025, 293.4687, 293.4689, 293.507, 293.565, 293.671, 293.675, 293C.110, 293C.112, 293C.220, 293C.263, 293C.530, 293C.715, 293D.200, 298.700, 353.264
BDR: 293.010, 293.217, 293.2549, 293.2699, 293.269911, 293.3025, 293.4687, 293.4689, 293.507, 293.565, 293.671, 293.675, 293C.110, 293C.112, 293C.220, 293C.263, 293C.530, 293C.715, 298.700