Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 293.339 Requirements for daily audit of electronic device used to verify signatures. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.269937) The daily audit of an electronic device used to verify signatures on mail ballots that is required pursuant to NRS 293.269937 must comply with the following…

NAC 293.342 Duties of county clerk relating to mail ballots beginning on first day of period for early voting by personal appearance; procedure if clerk receives return envelope for different county. (NRS 293.124, 293.247) 1. Beginning on the first day of the period for early vot…

NAC 293.345 Clerks required to electronically report to Secretary of State certain information concerning status of process. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.269911, 293.269927, 293.269931) 1. Beginning the 45th day before an election and through the 7th day following the election, eac…

NAC 293.347 Affixation of unique identifier and county seal or similar design. (NRS 293.124, 293.269921, 293.2733) 1. The county clerk shall affix to each ballot drop box established in the county: (a) A unique identifier composed of: (1) The abbreviation of the county name as pr…

NAC 293.348 Submission to Secretary of State of list of information for each ballot drop box; submission of amended list under certain circumstances. (NRS 293.124, 293.269921, 293.2733) 1. Not later than 45 days before each election, the county clerk shall submit to the Secretary…

NAC 293.349 Requirements for security and accessibility. (NRS 293.124, 293.269921) 1. If a ballot drop box is located outdoors and the county clerk or an employee of the county clerk is not constantly present at the location of the ballot drop box, the ballot drop box must be sec…

NAC 293.351 Submission of plan to Secretary of State relating to ballot drop boxes that are tampered with or rendered inaccessible; review and approval of plan by Secretary of State. (NRS 293.124, 293.269921) 1. Not later than 90 days before each election, the county clerk shall …

NAC 293.352 Establishment and duties of retrieval team to collect and transport mail ballots to receiving center or central counting place. (NRS 293.124, 293.269921) 1. The county clerk shall establish and use a retrieval team to collect and transport mail ballots from the ballot…

NAC 293.353 Report to Secretary of State concerning certain costs associated with ballot drop boxes and retrieval teams. (NRS 293.124, 293.269921, 298.640) The county clerk shall, not later than 45 days after each election, report to the Secretary of State: 1. The cost of purchas…

NAC 293.354 Request by Indian tribe for establishment or removal of ballot drop box. (NRS 293.124, 293.3733) A request by an Indian tribe for the establishment or removal of a ballot drop box pursuant to NRS 293.2733 must be submitted to the county clerk on a form prescribed by t…

NAC 293.3555 Recess of counting procedure. (NRS 293.124, 293.247) 1. The counting board may temporarily recess during the counting procedure. Such a temporary recess is not considered an adjournment of the counting procedures for the purposes of NRS 293.363 and 293C.362. 2. The c…

NAC 293.356 Requirements for persons to observe processing and counting of ballots at central counting place. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293B.353) 1. Subject to the provisions of subsections 2 to 5, inclusive, any person may observe the processing and counting of ballots at the centr…

NAC 293.35611 Hand count of ballots: Standards; deadline; forms. (NRS 293.124, 293.3677) 1. Each county clerk may, in consultation with the board of county commissioners, conduct a hand count of the ballots voted in an election for: (a) All contests on the ballot; (b) A specified…

NAC 293.35613 Submission of plan to Secretary of State relating to hand count of ballots; requirements. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.3677, 293.404) 1. If a county clerk intends to conduct a hand count pursuant to NAC 293.35611, the county clerk shall submit to the Secretary of Stat…

NAC 293.35615 Hand count tally team: Composition; workspace. (NRS 293.124, 293.3677) 1. The county clerk shall establish a sufficient number of hand count tally teams to conduct the hand count. Each hand count tally team must consist of at least four election board officers, who …

NAC 293.35617 Hand count of ballots: Preparation of ballots; method of hand counting; verification of count; supervision or assistance by Secretary of State upon request of county clerk. (NRS 293.124, 293.3677, 298.640, 298.680) 1. Before conducting a hand count of the ballots vo…

NAC 293.35619 Hand count tally team: Writing devices provided by county clerk. (NRS 293.124, 293.3677) 1. The county clerk shall provide all writing devices to a hand count tally team conducting a hand count. A member of a hand count tally team may not use or bring any other writ…

NAC 293.357 Reporting of returns from early voting and mail ballots in combination with regular votes of precinct. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.269935, 293.3606, 293.385) 1. If a precinct has fewer than 10 returns from early voting: (a) The reporting of those returns separately fro…

NAC 293.3573 Primary election for nonpartisan offices: Determination of candidate receiving majority of votes. (NRS 293.124, 293.247) For the purposes of determining whether a candidate received a majority of the votes cast in a primary election for a nonpartisan office for which…

NAC 293.358 County abstract: Contents; combining of precincts. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.393) 1. A county abstract must contain: (a) The name of the county. (b) The title of the election. (c) The date of the election. (d) The information required by NRS 293.387, 293.393 and 293.…

NAC 293.359 Mechanized report of abstract. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.387, 293.395) A mechanized report of an abstract of votes, as required by NRS 293.387 and 293.395, must be transmitted to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State will, not later than March 1 of each year…

NAC 293.3593 Certain summaries of votes are public records. (NRS 293.124, 293.247) An electronic summary of votes cast in an election which does not contain personally identifiable information is a public record and subject to inspection upon request. (Added to NAC by Sec’y of St…

NAC 293.3595 Reporting requirements after election. (NRS 293.124, 293.247) 1. Not later than 45 days after the date of an election, each county clerk shall report to the Secretary of State, in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State: (a) The number of surrendered mail ballo…

NAC 293.361 Restrictions on membership of recount board. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.404) 1. A recount board employed pursuant to NRS 293.404 must not consist solely of members of the same political party. 2. No member of a recount board employed pursuant to NRS 293.404 may be a c…

NAC 293.362 Notification of timing and observation of recount. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.404) 1. Not later than 1 day before the start of a recount, the county or city clerk, as applicable, shall post a statement in his or her office that notifies the public of the date the reco…

NAC 293.365 Manner of conducting canvass. (NRS 293.124, 293.247) 1. The results of a recount of any election demanded pursuant to NRS 293.403 must be canvassed within 5 working days after the completion of the recount. 2. If the recount concerns a candidate or ballot question tha…

NAC 293.371 Designation of observer by Secretary of State; withdrawal of demand for recount. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.405) 1. At the request of the city or county clerk, the Secretary of State will designate a representative to observe a recount of votes. 2. A person who demand…

NAC 293.375 Estimation, determination and allocation of cost. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.403, 293.405) 1. Not later than 5 p.m. on the day before the first day of the period for early voting by personal appearance in any election, each county and city clerk shall submit to the Se…

NAC 293.395 “Official identification” interpreted. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.517) For the purposes of NRS 293.517: 1. The Secretary of State interprets “official identification” to mean a government-issued, or otherwise official, article or combination of articles, which establi…

NAC 293.397 Use of tribal identification card or identification card issued by Department of Corrections as proof of identity and residence. (NRS 237.200, 293.124, 293.247) 1. For the purposes of NRS 293.5842 and 293.5847: (a) An elector who is registering to vote may provide his…

NAC 293.405 Registration of person in county where not previously registered. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.517) A county clerk must require a person wishing to register in a county where the person has not previously been registered to comply with the provisions of NRS 293.517, reg…

NAC 293.407 Registration through Department of Motor Vehicles: “Driver’s license” and “identification card” defined. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.5757) As used in NRS 293.5732 to 293.5757, inclusive, the Automatic Voter Registration Initiative, and NAC 293.408: 1. “Driver’s license…

NAC 293.408 Registration through Department of Motor Vehicles: Ineligibility of certain persons to use automatic voter registration system based upon documentation submitted; automatic voter registration system must not transmit information for processing. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, …

NAC 293.409 Registration through Department of Motor Vehicles: Procedures for Department to follow if person ineligible to use automatic voter registration system based upon documentation submitted. (NRS 293.5737, 483.290, 483.850) 1. If an applicant for the issuance or renewal o…

NAC 293.410 Registration by voter registration agency; processing of application for registration. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.504, 293.5727, 293.5757) 1. A voter registration agency shall place in a conspicuous position in each of its offices a sign which indicates that a person …

NAC 293.4105 Designation by voter registration agency of employee to ensure compliance with National Voter Registration Act of 1993; duties of designated employee; provision of training and materials by Secretary of State. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.504, 293.5045, 293.5727, 293.5…

NAC 293.411 Assignment of identification numbers to certain persons. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.507) The Secretary of State will assign to each county a series of numbers that must be used by the county clerk in assigning a unique identification number to a person who does not ha…

NAC 293.412 Inactive voters. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.440, 293.530, 293.557) 1. A county clerk shall: (a) Maintain a separate list of inactive voters or designate inactive voters as such on regular lists of registered voters and election board registers. (b) At the request of t…

NAC 293.4125 County clerk required to mail notice after primary and general election to registered voter for whom ballot was returned as undeliverable; costs. (NRS 293.124, 293.530) 1. For purposes of determining whether a registered voter must be designated as an inactive voter …

NAC 293.413 County clerk required periodically to mail voter registration card to registered voter to confirm address; procedure if card is undeliverable; costs. (NRS 293.124, 293.530) 1. On or before the first business day in August of an odd-numbered year immediately preceding …

NAC 293.4135 Limitation on construction of certain provisions concerning status of voter registration. (NRS 293.124, 293.530) The provisions of NAC 293.4125 and 293.413 shall not be construed to prohibit a county clerk from cancelling the voter registration of a person pursuant t…

NAC 293.414 Person convicted of felony; registration upon release from prison. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.540, 293.543) 1. The Secretary of State will immediately provide the county clerks with any information the Secretary of State receives from the Attorney General of the Unite…

NAC 293.415 Challenges alleging that registered voter is not citizen of United States or has abandoned residence in county: Form of affidavit; determination of eligibility of challenger. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.535) 1. An affidavit filed with a county clerk pursuant to NRS 293…

NAC 293.416 Written challenge authorized by NRS 293.547; oath or affirmation of challenged person. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.303, 293.547) 1. A written challenge authorized by NRS 293.547 must: (a) Be on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State; (b) Be filed with the county c…

NAC 293.418 Written challenge: Notice to person challenged. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.547) The notice required by subsection 5 of NRS 293.547 must include a statement in substantially the following form: Even though your right to vote has been challenged, you are still registere…

NAC 293.419 Form for application for registration to vote by computer: Contents. (NRS 293.124, 293.250, 293.506) The Secretary of State will create a standard form for use by persons who are applying to register to vote by computer in counties that have established a system for u…

NAC 293.420 Paper forms for application for preregistration or registration to vote in person or by mail: Contents; submission; control number; printing. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.4855, 293.507, 293.508, 293.5235) 1. The Secretary of State will create a standard paper form for u…