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NRS 293.3078 “Provisional ballot” defined. As used in NRS 293.3078 to 293.3086, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Provisional ballot” means a provisional ballot cast by a person pursuant to NRS 293.3078 to 293.3086, inclusive. 2. The term does not include a pr…

NRS 293.3079 Provisional ballot must include all offices, candidates and measures. If a person casts a provisional ballot pursuant to NRS 293.3078 to 293.3086, inclusive, the provisional ballot must include all offices, candidates and measures upon which the person would have bee…

NRS 293.3081 Casting of provisional ballot: General conditions; declaration or application. A person at a polling place may cast a provisional ballot in an election pursuant to NRS 293.3078 to 293.3086, inclusive, if the person complies with the applicable provisions of NRS 293.3…

NRS 293.3082 Casting of provisional ballot: Specific prerequisites; completion of written affirmation; contents of affirmation; provision of receipt; notation on roster. 1. Before a person may cast a provisional ballot pursuant to NRS 293.3081, the person must complete a written …

NRS 293.3083 Casting of ballot by mail; treatment as provisional ballot under certain circumstances. A person may cast a ballot by mail, which must be treated as a provisional ballot by the county or city clerk if the person: 1. Applies by mail or computer to register to vote and…

NRS 293.3084 County and city clerks to establish certain procedures relating to provisional ballots. Each county and city clerk shall establish procedures to: 1. Keep each provisional ballot cast pursuant to NRS 293.3081 or 293.3083 separate from other ballots until it has been d…

NRS 293.3085 Canvass and counting of provisional ballots. 1. Following each election, a canvass of the provisional ballots cast in the election must be conducted pursuant to NRS 293.387 and, if appropriate, pursuant to NRS 293C.387. 2. The county and city clerk shall not: (a) Inc…

NRS 293.3086 Free access system to provide information to voter casting provisional ballot. 1. The Secretary of State shall establish a free access system such as a toll-free telephone number or an Internet website to inform a person who cast a provisional ballot whether the pers…

NRS 293.356 Issuance of ballot; location at which ballot must be voted. If a request is made to vote early by a registered voter in person, the election board shall issue a ballot for early voting to the voter. Such a ballot must be voted on the premises of a polling place for ea…

NRS 293.3561 County 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 pe…

NRS 293.3564 Establishment of permanent polling places for early voting; eligible voters may vote by personal appearance at any polling place for early voting. 1. Each county clerk shall establish at least one permanent polling place for early voting by personal appearance in the…

NRS 293.3568 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 or general election and extends through the Friday before election day, Sundays a…

NRS 293.3572 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 polli…

NRS 293.3575 Establishment of polling places for early voters. For a primary election or general election, the county clerk must establish: 1. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, at least 25 polling places for early voting by personal appearance, which may be any com…

NRS 293.3576 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 county clerk shall publish during the week before the period for early voting and at least once e…

NRS 293.358 Appointment of deputy clerks. 1. The county 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 county clerk may also appoint as many additional deput…

NRS 293.3583 Mechanical recording devices: Preparation 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 sh…

NRS 293.3585 Procedure for early voting. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.283 and 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, 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 in …

NRS 293.3594 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 dep…

NRS 293.3604 Mechanical recording devices: Duties of election board at close of each voting day; duties of ballot board for early voting and county clerk at close of last voting day. If ballots which are voted on a mechanical recording device which directly records the votes elec…

NRS 293.3606 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 b…

NRS 293.3608 County 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 county clerk shall: 1. Ensure that each mechanical recording devi…

NRS 293.361 Electioneering prohibited near polling place or jail during certain periods; 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 fr…

NRS 293.3625 Record made by county clerk of receipt at central counting place of sealed container used to transport official ballots. The county clerk shall make a record of the receipt at the central counting place of each sealed container used to transport official ballots purs…

NRS 293.363 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 coun…

NRS 293.365 Accounting for all paper ballots before counting of votes begins. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.269931, no counting board in any precinct, district or polling place in which paper ballots are used may commence to count the votes until all ballots used or unu…

NRS 293.367 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 appears…

NRS 293.3677 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 293.368 Counting of votes cast for deceased candidate. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 293.165, if a candidate on the ballot at a primary election dies after 5 p.m. of the second Tuesday in April, the deceased candidate’s name must remain on the ballot …

NRS 293.370 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 that each candidate received. The votes for and against any quest…

NRS 293.373 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 293.383 Posting of copies of result of votes cast. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 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. Except as o…

NRS 293.387 Canvass of returns; abstract of votes. 1. As soon as the returns from all the precincts and districts in any county have been received by the board of county commissioners, the board shall meet and canvass the returns. The canvass must be completed on or before the 10…

NRS 293.388 Abstract of votes: Transmission to public libraries or posting upon website. The Secretary of State, a board of county commissioners, a county clerk and any other person who prepares an abstract of votes pursuant to this chapter shall: 1. Transmit on paper or by elect…

NRS 293.389 Inclusion of inactive voters in reports of votes prohibited. The Secretary of State, a board of county commissioners, a county 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 abst…

NRS 293.391 Disposition and inspection of ballots, lists, records and stubs of voted ballots after canvass by county commissioners. 1. The voted ballots, rejected ballots, spoiled ballots, challenge lists, records printed on paper of voted ballots collected pursuant to NRS 293B.4…

NRS 293.393 Preparation of abstracts of votes cast at general election or certain other elections; preparation and delivery of certificates of election for certain offices. 1. On or before the 10th day after any general election or any other election at which votes are cast for a…

NRS 293.394 Risk-limiting audits of election results; regulations; audits by county clerks required. 1. The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations for conducting a risk-limiting audit of an election, which may include, without limitation: (a) Procedures to conduct a risk-limi…

NRS 293.395 Transmission of copy of certified abstract of votes and mechanized report to Secretary of State; canvass of vote by justices of Supreme Court; Governor to grant certificates of election and issue proclamations. 1. The board of county commissioners, after making the ab…

NRS 293.397 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 office because of any contest of election filed in the election or any defec…

NRS 293.400 Tie vote: Determination of winner in certain elections; determination of nominees in certain primary elections; right to recount. 1. If, after the completion of the canvass of the returns of any election, two or more persons receive an equal number of votes, which is …

NRS 293.403 Recount of vote: Demand; advance deposit of costs. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.424, a candidate defeated at any election may demand and receive a recount of the vote for the office for which he or she is a candidate to determine the number of votes rece…

NRS 293.404 Employment and duties of recount board; persons present; procedures for recount of ballots; regulations. 1. Where a recount is demanded pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.403 or 293.424, the: (a) County clerk of each county affected by the recount shall employ a re…

NRS 293.405 Costs of recount; commencement and completion of recount; limitation on additional recount. 1. If the person who demanded the recount does not prevail, and it is found that the sum deposited was less than the cost of the recount, the person shall, upon demand, pay the…

NRS 293.407 Filing of written statement of contest with clerk of district court; verification; notification. 1. A candidate at any election, or any registered voter of the appropriate political subdivision, may contest the election of any candidate, except for the office of Unite…

NRS 293.410 Statement of contest must not be dismissed for deficiencies of form; grounds for contest. 1. A statement of contest shall not be dismissed by any court for want of form if the grounds of contest are alleged with sufficient certainty to inform the defendant of the char…