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N.R.S. 293D.210 - Eligibility of overseas voter to be covered voter

Overview of Statute

This section provides the eligibility of an overseas voter to be a covered voter.

Statute

An overseas voter is eligible to be a covered voter if:

1.  Before leaving the United States, the overseas voter was eligible to vote in this State and, except for the residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this State’s voter eligibility requirements;

2.  Before leaving the United States, the overseas voter would have been eligible to vote in this State had the overseas voter then been of voting age and, except for the residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this State’s voter eligibility requirements;

3.  Before leaving the United States, the overseas voter was preregistered to vote as described in NRS 293.4855 and, except for the residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this State’s voter eligibility requirements; or

4.  The overseas voter was born outside the United States and, except for the residency requirement, otherwise satisfies the voter eligibility requirements set forth in NRS 293.485, so long as:

(a) The last place where a parent or legal guardian of the overseas voter was, or under this chapter would have been, eligible to vote before leaving the United States is within this State; and

(b) The overseas voter is not registered to vote in any other state.

(Added to NRS by 2011, 1918; 2017, 3873)

Definition [Covered voter]

1.  A uniformed-service voter;

2.  An overseas voter; or

3.  A spouse or dependent of a uniformed-service voter.

See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293D.030.

Definition [Overseas voter]

A United States citizen who is outside the United States and is eligible to be a covered voter pursuant to NRS 293D.210.

See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293D.060.

Definition [Residency requirement]

The requirement contained in NRS 293.485 that a person must continuously reside in this State, the county and the precinct for the purposes of qualifying to register to vote in this State.

See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293D.070.

Definition [State]

A state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293D.080.