Timeline for transmission of information to county clerks; destruction of certain records after transmission; timeline for forwarding certain paper documents to county clerks. [This section was proposed by an initiative petition and approved by the voters at the 2018 General Election and therefore is not subject to legislative amendment or repeal until after November 27, 2021.]

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1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall electronically transmit to the Secretary of State and the appropriate county clerk the information and any electronic documents collected from a person pursuant to NRS 293.5742:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), not later than 5 working days after collecting the information; and

(b) During the 2 weeks immediately preceding the fifth Sunday preceding an election, not later than 1 working day after collecting the information.

2. The Department shall destroy any record containing information collected pursuant to NRS 293.5742 that is not otherwise collected by the Department in the normal course of business immediately after transmitting the information to the Secretary of State and county clerk pursuant to subsection 1.

3. The Department shall forward the following paper documents on a weekly basis to the appropriate county clerk, or daily during the 2 weeks immediately preceding the fifth Sunday preceding an election:

(a) Each signed affirmation collected pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 293.5742;

(b) Any completed form indicating a political party affiliation collected pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 1 of NRS 293.5742; and

(c) Any affidavit signed pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 293.5742.

(Added to NRS by 2018 initiative petition, Ballot Question No. 5)


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