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NRS 293C.120 Governing body to provide ballots and supplies. The governing body of a city shall provide all necessary books, ballots and supplies for the proper conduct of city elections. (Added to NRS by 1997, 3442) GENERAL ELECTIONS

NRS 293C.140 Date of general city election in cities of population categories one and two; candidates to be voted upon by electors at large; terms of council members. 1. A general city election must be held in each city of population categories one and two on the first Tuesday af…

NRS 293C.145 Date of general city election in cities of population category three; number of council members; terms of mayor and council members; procedure for filing declaration of candidacy; candidates for mayor to be voted upon by electors at large; candidates for city council…

NRS 293C.175 Date of primary city election for certain cities; procedure for filing declaration of candidacy; candidates to be voted upon by electors at large; certain candidates declared elected at primary city election; placement of names of candidates on ballot for general cit…

NRS 293C.180 Declaration of nominees: Unopposed candidate declared elected without holding election; omission and appearance of names on primary and general ballot; exceptions. 1. If at 5 p.m. on the last day for filing a declaration of candidacy, there is only one candidate who …

NRS 293C.185 Declaration of candidacy: Filing required; fee; filing period; form; contents; submission and retention of proof of identity, address and residency; appointment of agent for service of process; constitutes public record; investigation and challenge of candidates; unl…

NRS 293C.1855 Questionnaire for candidates for municipal judge; filing officers required to post questionnaires on Internet. 1. A candidate for the office of municipal judge who is not the incumbent shall complete and file with the city clerk, along with the declaration of candid…

NRS 293C.186 Written challenges concerning qualifications of candidates; enforcement in preelection actions. 1. After a person files a declaration of candidacy to be a candidate for an office, and not later than 5 days after the last day the person may withdraw his or her candida…

NRS 293C.1865 Remedies for candidates who unlawfully make certain false statements; disqualification from taking office; removal from ballot or notification to voters at polling places; enforcement in preelection actions. 1. In addition to any other remedy or penalty provided by …

NRS 293C.187 Contents and publication of notice of primary or general city election. Not later than 30 days before the primary city election and the general city election, the city clerk shall cause to be published a notice of the election in a newspaper of general circulation in…

NRS 293C.190 Procedure for filling vacancy in nomination. 1. A vacancy occurring in a nomination for a city office before 5 p.m. of the fourth Friday in July of the year in which the general city election is held must be filled by the person who received the next highest vote for…

NRS 293C.195 Procedure for withdrawing candidacy. A withdrawal of candidacy for a city office must be in writing and presented to the city clerk by the candidate in person within 2 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after the last day for filing a declaration of can…

NRS 293C.200 Residency requirements for candidates; unlawful for candidates to make certain false statements. 1. In addition to any other requirement provided by law, no person may be a candidate for a city office unless, for at least the 30 days immediately preceding the date of…

NRS 293C.220 Appointment of officers by city clerk; appointment of law enforcement officers for polling places; appointment of trainees. 1. The city clerk shall appoint and notify registered voters to act as election board officers for the various polling places and precincts in …

NRS 293C.222 Appointment of pupil as trainee: Qualifications; requirements; duties; compensation. 1. The city clerk may appoint a pupil as a trainee for the position of election board officer. To qualify for such an appointment, the pupil must be: (a) A United States citizen, a r…

NRS 293C.225 Recommendations by chair of persons suitable for service. The city clerk may provide, by rule or regulation, for the: 1. Recommendation, by the persons selected as chairs of election boards, of suitable persons to serve as members of election boards; and 2. Recommend…

NRS 293C.227 Delivery of notice of appointment to officer or trainee. Upon the selection of persons to act as election board officers pursuant to NRS 293C.220 or as trainees pursuant to NRS 293C.222, the city clerk shall deliver, by mail or other means, notifications of the appoi…

NRS 293C.228 Notice of unwillingness to serve as officer or trainee; appointment of replacement. If any person appointed to serve as an election board officer pursuant to NRS 293C.220 or as a trainee pursuant to NRS 293C.222 is unwilling to serve as appointed, the person shall no…

NRS 293C.255 Name of candidate on ballot not to include title, designation of profession or occupation. In any election regulated by this chapter, the names of candidates as printed on the ballot must not include any title, designation or other reference that indicates the profes…

NRS 293C.257 Form of ballot for primary city election; names of candidates to be grouped alphabetically; exception. For a primary city election, there must appear at the top of each ballot the designation “Candidates for city offices.” Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.2565…

NRS 293C.260 Form of ballot for general city election; names of candidates to be grouped alphabetically; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.140, ballots for a general city election must contain the names of candidates who were nominated at the primary city ele…

NRS 293C.261 Ballot to indicate date of election and at which election ballot will be used. 1. A ballot prepared for use in a city election must be dated and marked in such a manner as to indicate clearly at which city election the ballot will be used. 2. If a ballot includes a d…

NRS 293C.262 Order of listing offices and questions; division of ballots; color of ballots and voting receipts. 1. The offices for which there are candidates, the names of the candidates therefor and the questions to be voted upon must be printed on ballots for a city election in…

NRS 293C.2625 Deadlines; requirements; recruitment of election board officers; facilitation of meetings. 1. Each city clerk shall schedule a meeting with each Indian tribe located in whole or in part within the city for, to the extent practicable: (a) Not later than August 1 of e…

NRS 293C.263 Preparation and distribution of mail ballots; exceptions; mail ballot contents; time for distribution; mootness of untimely legal action which would prevent distribution. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the city clerk shall prepare and distribute to …

NRS 293C.26312 Methods of distribution and other requirements for mail ballots and supporting materials; recordation of certain information by city clerk. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, NRS 293C.263 and chapter 293D of NRS, the city clerk shall send to each acti…

NRS 293C.26314 Requirements for mail ballots distributed to certain voters who have not previously voted in election for federal office in Nevada; exceptions; treatment as provisional ballot under certain circumstances. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if a person…

NRS 293C.26316 Procedure for voting by mail ballot; procedure for voting in person after mail ballot sent to voter. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.26318 and chapter 293D of NRS, in order to vote a mail ballot, the voter must, in accordance with the instructions: (a) …

NRS 293C.26318 Unlawful to mark and sign mail ballot on behalf of voter or assist voter to mark and sign mail ballot; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not mark and sign a mail ballot on behalf of a voter or assist a voter to mark and sig…

NRS 293C.26321 Procedure for timely returning mail ballot; treatment of mail ballot when postmark cannot be determined; requirements for ballot drop boxes. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and chapter 293D of NRS, in order for a mail ballot to be counted for any el…

NRS 293C.26323 Persons authorized to return mail ballot; unlawful acts relating to return of mail ballot; penalty. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, at the request of a voter whose mail ballot has been prepared by or on behalf of the voter, a person authorized by t…

NRS 293C.26325 Establishment of procedures for processing and counting mail ballots. 1. The city clerk shall establish procedures for the processing and counting of mail ballots. 2. The procedures established pursuant to subsection 1: (a) May authorize mail ballots to be processe…

NRS 293C.26327 Duties of city clerk upon return of mail ballot: Procedure for checking signatures; safeguarding and delivery of mail ballots for counting; procedure to contact voter to remedy certain defects in returned mail ballot. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293D.200…

NRS 293C.26329 Appointment and membership of mail ballot central counting board; board under direction of city clerk. 1. The city clerk shall appoint a mail ballot central counting board for the election. 2. The clerk shall appoint and notify voters to act as election board offic…

NRS 293C.26331 Period for counting mail ballots; counting must be public; rejection of certain mail ballots. 1. The mail ballot central counting board may begin counting the received mail ballots 15 days before the day of the election. The board must complete the count of all mai…

NRS 293C.26333 Process for counting mail ballots; requirements relating to empty envelopes and rejected mail ballots. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293D.200, each mail ballot central counting board shall process the mail ballots in the following manner: 1. The name of the v…

NRS 293C.26335 Certification and reporting of mail ballot results; secrecy of mail ballots; unlawful to disseminate information about mail ballot results before polls close and all votes cast on election day; penalty. 1. The voting results of the mail ballot vote in each precinct…

NRS 293C.26337 City clerk to test accuracy of electronic devices used to verify signatures on mail ballots; daily audit required during processing of mail ballots. If a city clerk uses an electronic device in an election to verify signatures on mail ballots: 1. The city clerk mus…

NRS 293C.265 Voting in person required at first city election after valid registration for voter who registered to vote by mail or computer; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and in NRS 293.2725 and 293.3083, a person who registered by mail or computer t…

NRS 293C.267 Time for opening and closing polls; duties of election board officers; persons permitted inside certain areas of polls. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.297, at all elections held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the polls must open at 7 a.m. an…

NRS 293C.2675 Establishment of polling places and ballot drop boxes within Indian reservation or colony. 1. If an Indian reservation or Indian colony is located in whole or in part within a city, the city clerk shall, except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 5, establish…

NRS 293C.268 Establishment of polling place for precinct in residential development exclusively for elderly persons. The city clerk shall establish at least one polling place for a precinct in any residential development exclusively for elderly persons if: 1. More than 100 of the…

NRS 293C.2685 Polling place not to be established in any building named for candidate appearing on ballot. A polling place for an election must not be established in any building or other structure named for a candidate whose name appears on a ballot for that election. (Added to …

NRS 293C.269 Members of general public allowed to observe conduct of voting at polling place; photographing or otherwise recording conduct of voting by members of general public prohibited. 1. The city clerk shall allow members of the general public to observe the conduct of voti…

NRS 293C.2695 Possession of certain rosters by election board required for performance of board’s duties; required tests of electronic rosters before election. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an election board may not perform its duty in serving registered voters…

NRS 293C.270 Conditions for entitlement of person to vote; forms of identification to identify registered voter; city clerk to prescribe verification procedure. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, and 293C.272, if a person’s name appears in the…