Title 24

NRS 293B.265 Uninstructed members not to serve; exception. 1. A member of an election board shall not serve in any election at which a mechanical voting system is used unless the member has received instruction and is fully qualified to perform his or her duties in connection wit…

NRS 293B.270 Meetings for instruction; duty to attend. To give instruction in the mechanical voting system, the county or city clerk shall call any meeting of the election board which may be necessary. The members of the election board of each election precinct in which such a vo…

NRS 293B.275 Record of attendance at instructional meetings: Certification; effect. The county or city clerk shall keep a record of attendance of those election officers receiving instruction in their duties in connection with the mechanical voting system. The clerk shall certify…

NRS 293B.283 Election board to ensure ballots previously voted on mechanical voting system not recorded as voted on that day. At each polling place where a mechanical voting system is used whereby votes are directly recorded electronically, the election board shall, before the po…

NRS 293B.285 Visibility and placement of mechanical recording devices. The open part of the booth containing the mechanical recording device and every part of the polling place must be in plain view of the election officers and watchers. The booth must be placed at least 4 feet f…

NRS 293B.290 Periodic inspection of mechanical recording devices. The election officers shall inspect each mechanical recording device periodically during the day to see that the list of offices and candidates and the statements of measures to be voted on is intact, and that the …

NRS 293B.295 Exclusion of voter until right to vote ascertained. After the opening of the polls, a member of the election board shall not issue any voter a ballot nor allow the voter to enter the booth until they ascertain that the voter is entitled to vote. (Added to NRS by 1975…

NRS 293B.300 Primary and presidential preference primary elections: Issuance of partisan ballot; directions to voter. 1. In a primary election or presidential preference primary election, a member of the election board for a precinct shall issue each partisan voter a ballot which…

NRS 293B.305 Primary elections: Issuance of nonpartisan ballot; alternative directions to voter. Unless a major political party allows a nonpartisan voter to vote for its candidates: 1. In a primary election, a member of the election board for a precinct shall issue each nonparti…

NRS 293B.310 Primary elections: Optional manner of voting when party comprises less than 5 percent of voters. In a primary election, the county clerk may require those partisan voters in a precinct or district whose political parties each comprise less than 5 percent of the regis…

NRS 293B.315 Information concerning operation of mechanical recording device to be given to voter before entering booth; subsequent information. Before each voter enters the voting booth, a member of the election board shall, so far as possible, inform the voter how to operate th…

NRS 293B.330 Duties of election board upon and after closing of polls; public may observe handling of ballots. 1. Upon closing of the polls, the election board shall: (a) Secure all mechanical recording devices against further voting. (b) If a mechanical voting system is used whe…

NRS 293B.335 Delivery of ballots and election materials to receiving center or counting place; disposition of other materials; members of general public allowed to observe delivery. 1. At least two members of the election board shall deliver the sealed container to a receiving ce…

NRS 293B.340 Intermediate point may be designated as receiving center; handling procedures. The county or city clerk may provide that an intermediate point other than the central counting place be designated as a receiving center for ballots in transit. In that case, he or she sh…

NRS 293B.345 Board relieved of responsibility after delivery and receipt. The election board has no further responsibility for the care, custody, security, tabulation or counting of ballots after the official ballots have been delivered to a receiving center or to the central cou…

NRS 293B.350 Clerk to supervise operation of central counting place. The county or city clerk shall supervise the operation of the central counting place. (Added to NRS by 1975, 1528; A 1987, 361)

NRS 293B.353 Clerk to allow members of general public to observe counting of ballots at central counting place; members of general public allowed to photograph or otherwise record counting of ballots; request for photograph or recording of counting of ballots. 1. The county or ci…

NRS 293B.354 Clerk to submit plans to Secretary of State for accommodation of members of general public who observe delivery, counting, handling and processing of ballots. 1. The county clerk shall, not later than April 15 of each year in which a general election is held, submit …

NRS 293B.355 Responsibility for proper operation and use of computer or counting device owned or leased by State. When a computer or counting device owned or leased by the State of Nevada is used to count ballots, the county or city clerk and computer facility manager shall deter…

NRS 293B.360 Creation of special election boards; appointment of members to boards. 1. To facilitate the processing and computation of votes cast at any election conducted under a mechanical voting system, the county clerk shall create a computer program and processing accuracy b…

NRS 293B.365 Duties of central ballot inspection board. The central ballot inspection board shall: 1. Receive the ballots in sealed containers. 2. Inspect the containers, record the number indicated on each container and its seal pursuant to NRS 293.462 and remove the storage dev…

NRS 293B.375 Duties of ballot duplicating board. The ballot duplicating board shall: 1. Receive damaged ballots pursuant to NRS 293B.365, including ballots which have been torn, bent or mutilated. 2. Prepare on a distinctly colored, serially numbered ballot marked “duplicate” an …

NRS 293B.380 Ballot processing and packaging board: Composition; duties. 1. The ballot processing and packaging board must be composed of persons who are qualified in the use of the data processing equipment to be operated for the voting count. 2. The board shall: (a) Allow membe…

NRS 293B.385 Computer program and processing accuracy board: Appointment; duties. 1. The county clerk shall appoint the members of the computer program and processing accuracy board no later than 7 days before the election in which they will serve. 2. The board shall verify that:…

NRS 293B.390 Additional duties of accuracy certification board. In addition to the duties prescribed in NRS 293B.145, 293B.155, 293B.165 and 293C.615, the accuracy certification board shall certify as to whether in their judgment the ballots were accurately counted. If they deter…

NRS 293B.400 Paper record required in event of recount or contest of election; duty of clerk to collect and deposit paper records. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a recount is demanded pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.403 or 293.424 or if an election is c…