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NRS 293C.282 Assistance to voter who is physically disabled or unable to read or write English. 1. Any registered voter who, because of a physical disability or an inability to read or write English, is unable to mark a ballot or use any voting device without assistance is entitl…

NRS 293C.285 Change of vote on certain mechanical recording devices. A mechanical recording device which directly records votes electronically must allow the voter to change his or her vote before the mechanical recording device permanently records that vote. (Added to NRS by 199…

NRS 293C.290 Procedure for posting or publishing alphabetical listing of registered voters; tearing or defacing alphabetical listing prohibited; penalty. 1. The city clerk shall: (a) Require an election board officer to post an alphabetical listing of all registered voters for ea…

NRS 293C.291 Posting of notice of death of candidate at polling place. If a candidate whose name appears on the ballot at a primary city election or general city election dies after the applicable date set forth in NRS 293C.370 but before the time of the closing of the polls on t…

NRS 293C.292 Challenges. 1. A person applying to vote may be challenged: (a) Orally by any registered voter of the precinct or district upon the ground that he or she is not the person entitled to vote as claimed or has voted before at the same election; or (b) On any ground set …

NRS 293C.293 Notice of result of challenge. 1. As soon as practicable, but in no case later than 21 calendar days after each election, the city clerk shall mail a notice to each person who is listed on the challenge list as a registered voter who initiated a challenge pursuant to…

NRS 293C.295 Voting by person successfully challenged on grounds of residency. 1. If a person is successfully challenged on the ground set forth in paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 293C.292 or if a person refuses to provide an affirmation pursuant to NRS 293C.525, the electio…

NRS 293C.297 Closing of polls; admission of voters and other persons. 1. If at the hour of closing the polls there are any: (a) Registered voters waiting in line to apply to vote at the polling place; or (b) Electors waiting in line to apply to register to vote or apply to vote a…

NRS 293C.300 Duties of voting board before adjournment. After the last person entitled to vote has voted, the voting board shall, before adjourning, put the records and the account of ballots in order for the counting board. (Added to NRS by 1997, 3430)

NRS 293C.302 Court-ordered extension of deadline for voting. 1. If a court of competent jurisdiction orders a city to extend the deadline for voting beyond the statutory period in an election, the city clerk shall, as soon as practicable after receiving notice of the decision of …

NRS 293C.3032 City clerks authorized to establish polling places as vote centers where eligible voters in city may vote on election day. 1. A city clerk may establish one or more polling places in the city where any person entitled to vote in the city by personal appearance may d…

NRS 293C.3033 Requirements for providing notice of locations of vote centers; exceptions; limitations on establishing additional vote centers after such notice. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if a city clerk establishes one or more polling places pursuant to NRS…

NRS 293C.3034 Requirements for preparing and delivering rosters for vote centers. 1. For each polling place established pursuant to NRS 293C.3032, if any, the city clerk shall prepare a roster that contains, for every registered voter in the city, the voter’s name, the address wh…

NRS 293C.3035 Requirements for casting ballots at vote centers. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, and 293C.272, upon the appearance of a person to cast a ballot at a polling place established pursuant to NRS 293C.3032, if any, the election bo…

NRS 293C.355 Applicability of provisions. The provisions of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, relating to early voting and the provisions of NRS 293C.355 to 293C.361, inclusive, apply to a city only if the governing body of the city has provided for early voting by personal ap…

NRS 293C.356 Issuance of ballots; voting booth for use by persons issued ballots. 1. If a request is made to vote early by a registered voter in person, the city clerk shall issue a ballot for early voting to the voter. Such a ballot must be voted on the premises of the clerk’s o…

NRS 293C.3561 City clerk to establish criteria for selection of permanent and temporary polling places for early voting by personal appearance. 1. The permanent and temporary polling places for early voting by personal appearance must satisfy the criteria to be used to select per…

NRS 293C.3564 Establishment of permanent polling places for early voting; eligible voters may vote by personal appearance at any polling place for early voting. 1. The city clerk in a city shall establish at least one permanent polling place for early voting by personal appearanc…

NRS 293C.3568 Period for early voting; days and hours for early voting at permanent polling places. 1. The period for early voting by personal appearance begins the third Saturday preceding a primary city election or general city election, and extends through the Friday before el…

NRS 293C.3572 Establishment of temporary branch polling places for early voting and ballot drop boxes; establishment within Indian reservation or colony; days and hours for early voting; legal rights and remedies of property owners or lessors not affected by presence of such poll…

NRS 293C.3576 Schedule of locations and days and hours for early voting; limitations on establishment of additional locations; extension of hours after publication of schedule. 1. The city clerk shall publish during the week before the period for early voting and at least once ea…

NRS 293C.358 Appointment of deputy clerks. 1. The city clerk shall appoint for each polling place for early voting a deputy clerk for early voting who must serve as the election officer in charge of the polling place. 2. The city clerk may also appoint as many additional deputy c…

NRS 293C.3583 Preparation of mechanical recording devices before polls open each day. If ballots which are voted on a mechanical recording device which directly records the votes electronically are used during the period for early voting by personal appearance, the election board…

NRS 293C.3585 Procedure for early voting. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, and 293C.272, upon the appearance of a person to cast a ballot for early voting, an election board officer shall: (a) Determine that the person is a registered voter …

NRS 293C.3594 Security precautions. 1. A plan for the security of ballots for early voting must be submitted to the Secretary of State for approval no later than 90 days before the election at which early voting is to be conducted. 2. At the close of early voting each day, the de…

NRS 293C.3604 Mechanical recording devices: Duties of election board at close of each voting day; duties of ballot board for early voting and city clerk at close of last voting day. If ballots which are voted on a mechanical recording device which directly records the votes elect…

NRS 293C.3606 Returns; secrecy of ballots; disseminating information about count of returns before polls close prohibited; penalty. 1. After 8 a.m. on election day, the appropriate board shall count in public the returns for early voting. 2. The returns for early voting must not …

NRS 293C.3608 City clerk to ensure that mechanical recording devices used for early voting provide record of number of votes; delivery of records and storage devices to central counting place. On election day, the city clerk shall: 1. Ensure that each mechanical recording device …

NRS 293C.361 Electioneering prohibited near polling place; penalty. 1. During the time a polling place for early voting is open for voting, a person may not electioneer for or against any candidate, measure or political party in or within 100 feet from the entrance to the voting …

NRS 293C.3615 Record made by city clerk of receipt at central counting place of sealed container used to transport official ballots. The city clerk shall make a record of the receipt at the central counting place of each sealed container used to transport official ballots pursuan…

NRS 293C.362 Preparation by counting board to count ballots; counting must be public and continue until completed; requirements for counting paper ballots; rejection of certain ballots; record of discrepancies. 1. When the polls are closed, the counting board shall prepare to cou…

NRS 293C.365 Accounting for all paper ballots before counting of votes begins. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.26331, a counting board in any precinct, district or polling place in which paper ballots are used may not begin to count the votes until all ballots used or un…

NRS 293C.367 Standards for rejecting ballots for appearance of tampering; regulations for counting ballots. 1. The basic factor to be considered by an election board when making a determination of whether a particular ballot must be rejected is whether any identifying mark appear…

NRS 293C.369 Standards for counting votes; regulations. 1. When counting a vote in an election, if more choices than permitted by the instructions for a ballot are marked for any office or question, the vote for that office or question may not be counted. 2. Except as otherwise p…

NRS 293C.370 Counting of votes cast for deceased candidate. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.190: 1. Whenever a candidate whose name appears upon the ballot at a primary city election dies after 5 p.m. on the second Tuesday in April, the deceased candidate’s name must rem…

NRS 293C.372 Procedure for completion of tally lists. When all the votes have been counted, the counting board officers shall produce a tally list organized by precinct and ballot type indicating the number of votes each candidate received. The votes for and against any question …

NRS 293C.375 Duties of officers of counting board after ballots counted if paper ballots used. If paper ballots are used: 1. After the ballots have been counted, the voted ballots, rejected ballots, tally lists for regular ballots, tally list for rejected ballots, challenge list,…

NRS 293C.380 Posting of copies of voting results. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, each counting board, before it adjourns, shall post a copy of the voting results in a conspicuous place on the outside of the place where the votes were counted. 2. If votes are cas…

NRS 293C.387 Returns filed with city clerk; canvass of returns; preparation and entering of abstract of votes; limitation on inspection of returns; certificates of election; time after canvass when certain officers qualify and enter upon duties of office. 1. The election returns …

NRS 293C.389 Inclusion of inactive voters in reports of votes prohibited. The governing body of a city, a city clerk and any other person who prepares an abstract of votes or other report of votes pursuant to this chapter shall not include in that abstract or report a person desi…

NRS 293C.390 Disposition and inspection of ballots, lists, audits, stubs and records of voted ballots after canvass by governing body of city. 1. The voted ballots, rejected ballots, spoiled ballots, challenge lists, records printed on paper of voted ballots collected pursuant to…

NRS 293C.395 Prohibitions against withholding certificate of election or commission. A certificate of election or commission must not be withheld from the person having the highest number of votes for the city office because of any contest of election filed in the city election o…

NRS 293C.520 Designation by city clerk of building owned or leased by city as municipal facility at which persons may preregister or register to vote. 1. The city clerk may designate any building owned or leased by the city, or any portion of such a building, as a municipal facil…

NRS 293C.525 Transfer of registration when residence changed from one precinct to another within same city or changed within same precinct; oral or written affirmation of elector; right of elector to vote. 1. Any elector who is registered to vote and has changed residence after t…

NRS 293C.527 Close of registration; publication of day and time that each method of registration closes; hours of operation for municipal facility for voter registration. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.502, 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, 293D.230 and 293D.300: (a) F…

NRS 293C.530 Sample ballots: Distribution; exceptions; inclusion of certain matters; required notices; form and type size; cost of distributing responsibility of city for city elections. 1. A city clerk may establish a system for distributing sample ballots by electronic means to…