Existing law authorizes a county clerk to cause to be published in a newspaper circulated in the county an alphabetical listing of all registered voters. (NRS 293.557) Section 3 of this bill requires, on the first business day of each month, each county clerk to publish on the Internet website of the county clerk an alphabetical listing of all registered voters in the county. Section 3 further requires that the county clerk ensure that the alphabetical listing may be downloaded by any person free of charge. Section 6 of this bill makes a conforming change to require the county clerk to include the identification number of a registered voter on the list required by section 3, similar to the inclusion of the identification number on other lists of registered voters made available for public inspection. Existing law requires, with certain exceptions, the county or city clerk to send to each active registered voter certain information relating to voting by mail, including a mail ballot and a return envelope. (NRS 293.269913, 293C.26312) Sections 4 and 9 of this bill require that the return envelope include: (1) the name of the voter in print; and (2) a space for the voter to write his or her telephone number for purposes of contacting the voter, if necessary, for signature curing or verification. Sections 2 and 8 of this bill require each county and city clerk, respectively, to post on the Internet website of the county or city clerk, as applicable, certain information relating to mail ballots and provisional ballots starting on the day after the period of early voting by personal appearance begins and ending on the day after the election results are canvassed. Sections 2 and 8 also require the Secretary of State to post on the Internet website of the Secretary of State a compilation of such information. Existing federal law requires that access to information about an individual provisional ballot be restricted to the individual who cast the ballot. (52 U.S.C. § 21082) Existing state law requires that access to information concerning a provisional ballot be restricted to the person who cast the ballot. (NRS 293.3086, 293.5882) Sections 5 and 7 of this bill revise these provisions to specify that access to information concerning an individual provisional ballot must be restricted.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 293.269913, 293.3086, 293.558, 293.5882, 293C.26312
BDR: 293.269913, 293.3086, 293.558, 293.5882, 293C.26312