Title 24

NRS 293.423 Recount of ballots at hearing of contest. At the hearing of any contest, the ballots may be opened and a recount made, in the presence of the parties or their representatives, of the votes cast for the various candidates for the contested office. (Added to NRS by 1960…

NRS 293.424 Requirements applicable to recount and contest of election to office of presidential elector. For the purposes of an election to the office of presidential elector: 1. The following requirements apply to a demand for a recount: (a) A candidate for the office of presid…

NRS 293.425 Contest of general election for office of State Legislator: Statement of contest and other documents and materials to be filed with Secretary of State; notification of defendant; ability of contestant to amend statement of contest; list of witnesses; depositions, inve…

NRS 293.427 Contest of general election for office of State Legislator: Seating of candidate with highest number of votes; withdrawal of statement of contest; hearing and deciding of contest by appropriate house of Legislature; certificates of election; remedy. 1. The Secretary o…

NRS 293.430 Contest of general election for office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, justice of Supreme Court or judge of Court of Appeals: Filing of documents and other evidence with Secretary of State; notification of defendant; seating of candidate; duties of Secretary of Stat…

NRS 293.433 Decision of contest for office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor or justice of Supreme Court by Senate and Assembly in joint session. 1. The Senate and Assembly meeting in joint session shall proceed to decide the contest. 2. The Speaker of the Assembly shall preside a…

NRS 293.435 Certificate of election delivered after decision. 1. After both houses sitting in joint session have decided an election contest, the Secretary of State shall execute and deliver a certificate of election to the person declared elected, unless such a certificate was a…

NRS 293.437 Designation of locations for polling places; payment of expenses for renting privately owned locations; legal rights and remedies of property owners or lessors not affected by presence of polling places at such locations. 1. The county or city clerk may designate any …

NRS 293.440 Lists of registered voters in precinct, district or county: Distribution of copies; contents; limitation on printing costs; request for and use by committees of political parties; fees. 1. Any person who desires a copy of any list of the persons who are registered to …

NRS 293.442 Election Account: Creation; deposit of money in Account; disposition of interest and income; authority of Secretary of State to disburse, expend and receive money; payment of claims. 1. As used in this section, “Act” means the Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law…

NRS 293.443 Responsibility for payment of election expenses; competitive bidding for printing of ballots; authority to charge for costs of printing certain applications to register to vote. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the expense of providing all ballots, for…

NRS 293.445 Expenses for assistants to county or city clerk. The board of county commissioners of each county or city council of each city shall provide the appropriate county or city clerk with sufficient assistants to enable the county or city clerk to perform properly the duti…

NRS 293.446 Compensation of officer of election board for delivery of election returns to county or city clerk. 1. The election board officer who delivers the package containing the election returns must be paid the amount expended by the officer in paying the postage on the pack…

NRS 293.460 Compensation of officers of election board, deputy sheriffs and other employees; authorization to work as volunteer for no compensation. 1. The compensation of voting board officers, counting board officers, specially appointed deputy sheriffs, election board officers…

NRS 293.462 Construction of containers used to transport official ballots. 1. Each container used to transport official ballots pursuant to NRS 293.304, 293B.330 and 293B.335 must: (a) Be constructed of metal or any other rigid material; and (b) Contain a seal which is placed on …

NRS 293.463 Employees may absent themselves from employment to vote: Procedure; penalty. 1. Any registered voter may be absent from his or her place of employment at a time to be designated by the employer for a sufficient time to vote, if it is impracticable for the voter to vot…

NRS 293.464 Court-ordered extension of deadline for voting. 1. If a court of competent jurisdiction orders a county to extend the deadline for voting beyond the statutory deadline in a particular election, the county clerk shall, as soon as practicable after receiving notice of t…

NRS 293.465 Loss or destruction of ballots, or other cause, preventing election in precinct or district; new election. If an election is prevented in any precinct or district by reason of the loss or destruction of the ballots intended for that precinct, or any other cause, the a…

NRS 293.466 Employment of language access coordinator by Secretary of State. 1. The Secretary of State shall employ a person to serve as the language access coordinator for the Office of the Secretary of State. 2. A language access coordinator employed pursuant to subsection 1 is…

NRS 293.4665 Establishment of toll-free telephone number for language interpretation or assistance with translation; required languages. 1. The Secretary of State shall: (a) Establish a toll-free telephone number which may be used by any person in this State to receive language i…

NRS 293.4667 Elections-related communications to be available in English and Spanish. In addition to any other requirement relating to language access, the Secretary of State shall ensure that all elections-related communications and information are made available to voters in En…

NRS 293.468 Secretary of State to provide election materials in usable format for persons who are elderly or disabled. Not later than 5 working days after the request of a person who is elderly or disabled, the Secretary of State shall provide to the person, in a format that can …

NRS 293.4685 Certain additional duties of Secretary of State; county and city clerks to provide information requested by Secretary of State. 1. The Secretary of State shall: (a) Provide information regarding voter registration and absentee voting by Armed Forces personnel and ove…

NRS 293.4687 Website maintained by Secretary of State for public information relating to elections; requirements. 1. The Secretary of State shall maintain a website on the Internet for public information maintained, collected or compiled by the Secretary of State that relates to …

NRS 293.46875 Voting materials and other elections material posted on Internet website maintained by Secretary of State to be available in certain languages. The Secretary of State shall ensure that voting materials and other elections information that is posted on the Internet w…

NRS 293.4688 Access by mobile device to website maintained by Secretary of State; use of mobile device to submit information or forms. 1. The Secretary of State shall ensure that: (a) All public information that is included on the Internet website required pursuant to NRS 293.468…

NRS 293.4689 Website maintained by county clerk for public information relating to elections; requirements. 1. If a county clerk maintains a website on the Internet for information related to elections, the website must contain public information maintained, collected or compiled…

NRS 293.469 County clerks encouraged to provide election information and materials in usable format for persons who are elderly or disabled. Each county clerk is encouraged to: 1. Not later than the earlier date of the notice provided pursuant to NRS 293.203 or the first notice p…

NRS 293.4695 County clerks required to collect and report certain information concerning election processes; Secretary of State to solicit and collect voter comments regarding election processes; report to Legislature. 1. Each county clerk shall collect the following information …

NRS 293.471 Address of business that receives or distributes mail to be provided to county clerk. Any person who engages in the business of receiving and distributing mail for customers shall provide the county clerk of the county in which the business is located with the street …

NRS 293.480 Limitation on inspection of ballots after return to county or city clerk. Until the time for contest of election has expired, the ballots returned to the county or city clerk may not be inspected by any person, except in cases of recount or election contest, and then …

NRS 293.481 Governing body of political subdivision, public or quasi-public corporation, or other local agency submitting question to voters required to submit certain documents and information to county and city clerks; fee to cover cost of placing question and associated inform…

NRS 293.4815 Transmission of question to be presented to voters to Secretary of State. The county clerk, city clerk or other person responsible for preparing the ballot shall transmit any question that will be presented to the voters to the Secretary of State as soon as practicab…

NRS 293.484 Contents of voter registration cards; issuance of card is not prerequisite to vote. 1. A voter registration card must contain: (a) The name, address, political affiliation and precinct number of the voter; (b) The date of its issuance; and (c) The signature of the cou…

NRS 293.485 Qualifications to vote: Citizenship; age; residence; registration. 1. Every citizen of the United States, 18 years of age or over, who has continuously resided in this State and in the county 30 days and in the precinct 10 days next preceding the day of the next succe…

NRS 293.4855 Qualifications and procedures for certain minors to preregister to vote; regulations. 1. Every citizen of the United States who is 17 years of age or older but less than 18 years of age and has continuously resided in this State for 30 days or longer may preregister …

NRS 293.486 Determination of actual residence. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, for the purposes of preregistering or registering to vote, the address at which the person actually resides is the street address assigned to the location at which the person actually …

NRS 293.487 When residence not gained or lost. No person may gain or lose residence by reason of his or her presence or absence while: 1. Employed in the military, naval or civil service of the United States or of the State of Nevada, or while engaged in the navigation of the wat…

NRS 293.490 Residence not lost upon removal from county or precinct. Any registered voter removing from one county to another in the State, or from one precinct to another within the same county, after the close of registration for any election shall be deemed to retain his or he…

NRS 293.493 Loss of residence upon removal to another state, territory or foreign country. If a person removes to another state, territory or foreign country, with the intention of establishing his or her domicile there, the person thereby loses his or her residence in this State…

NRS 293.495 Presumption of intention to abandon residence. If a person having a fixed and permanent home in this State breaks up such home and removes to another state, territory or foreign country, the intent to abandon his or her residence in this State shall be presumed, and t…

NRS 293.497 Residence of head of family. If a person has a family residing in one place and does business in another, the former is the person’s residence, unless his or her family is located there only temporarily, but if his or her family resides without the State and the perso…

NRS 293.500 Loss of residence upon removal from State with intention to remain elsewhere for indefinite time. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.487, if a person removes to another state, territory or foreign country, with the intention of residing there for an indefinite ti…

NRS 293.5002 Procedures applicable to certain persons issued fictitious address. 1. The Secretary of State shall establish procedures to allow a person for whom a fictitious address has been issued pursuant to NRS 217.462 to 217.471, inclusive, to: (a) Preregister or register to …

NRS 293.502 Procedures applicable to certain persons recently discharged from Armed Forces or separated from employment outside of the United States and their spouses and dependents. 1. An elector: (a) Who complies with the requirements for registration set forth in the Uniformed…

NRS 293.503 County clerk is ex officio county registrar; custody of documents relating to preregistration or registration; official records of office of county clerk; maintenance of records; time limitation on program to remove names of ineligible persons; availability of records…