1. The following offices shall serve as voter registration agencies: (a) Such offices that provide public assistance as are designated by the Secretary of State; (b) Each office that receives money from the State of Nevada to provide services to persons with disabilities in this State; (c) The offices of the Department of Motor Vehicles; (d) The offices of the city and county clerks; (e) Such other county and municipal facilities as a county clerk or city clerk may designate pursuant to NRS 293.5035 or 293C.520 , as applicable; (f) Recruitment offices of the United States Armed Forces; (g) Each office of an automatic voter registration agency; and (h) Such other offices as the Secretary of State deems appropriate. 2. Each voter registration agency shall: (a) Post in a conspicuous place, in at least 12-point type, instructions for preregistering and registering to vote; (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, distribute applications to preregister or register to vote which may be returned by mail with any application for services or assistance from the agency or submitted for any other purpose and with each application for recertification, renewal or change of address submitted to the agency that relates to such services, assistance or other purpose; (c) Provide the same amount of assistance to an applicant in completing an application to preregister or register to vote as the agency provides to a person completing any other forms for the agency; and (d) Accept completed applications to preregister or register to vote. 3. A voter registration agency is not required to provide an application to preregister or register to vote pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 to a person who applies for or receives services or assistance from the agency or submits an application for any other purpose if the person affirmatively declines to preregister or register to vote and submits to the agency a written form that meets the requirements of 52 U.S.C. 20506(a)(6). Information related to the declination to preregister or register to vote may not be used for any purpose other than voter registration. 4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and NRS 293.5727 and 293.57688 , any application to preregister or register to vote accepted by a voter registration agency must be transmitted to the county clerk not later than 10 days after the application is accepted. The applications must be forwarded daily during the 2 weeks immediately preceding the last day to register to vote by mail pursuant to NRS 293.560 or 293C.527 , as applicable. The county clerk shall accept any application which is obtained from a voter registration agency pursuant to this section and completed by the last day to register to vote by mail pursuant to NRS 293.560 or 293C.527 , as applicable, if the county clerk receives the application not later than 5 days after that date. 5. The Secretary of State shall cooperate with the Secretary of Defense to develop and carry out procedures to enable persons in this State to apply to preregister or register to vote at recruitment offices of the United States Armed Forces. 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 293.5768 to 293.57699 , inclusive, each automatic voter registration agency must comply with the provisions of the National Voter Registration Act, 52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.
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