CARSON CITY, NV: The office of Nevada's secretary of state is on the hunt for a firm to launch a non-partisan voter-registration and education campaign for the 2012 election.

The state has noticed a drop in registered voters from the 2008 election, from 1.45 million to 1.36 million as of this May, according to the RFP. State officials hope the campaign will increase voter registration by October 16, the deadline for the November election. The effort will focus on explaining ...