Nevada DMV might automatically register voters
By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal
CARSON CITY — An initiative petition that would make it easier to register to vote could reach the Nevada Legislature next year after more than 125,000 signatures were turned in to county clerks for verification.
The Automatic Voter Registration Initiative would amend state law to require the Department of Motor Vehicles to transmit information to the Secretary of State’s Office to register people to vote or update their information. People could opt out of the program. Right now, people can register to vote at the DMV, but they have to “opt in.”
County clerks have until Dec. 1 to verify the signatures.