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NRS 293.57684 Designation of agency of Indian tribe as automatic voter registration agency under certain circumstances. 1. If an Indian reservation or Indian colony is located in whole or in part within a county, the Indian tribe may submit a request to the Governor for approval …

NRS 293.57686 Establishment of system for electronic transmission of voter registration information; requirements for system. 1. The Secretary of State and each automatic voter registration agency shall cooperatively establish a system by which voter registration information that…

NRS 293.57688 Requirement for automatic voter registration agency to transmit certain information to database created by Secretary of State; timeline for transmission. 1. An automatic voter registration agency is required to electronically transmit the following information of a …

NRS 293.57691 Procedure upon receipt of voter registration information from automatic voter registration agency without electronic facsimile of voter signature; affirmation required for certain persons. 1. A county clerk shall not reject as an application to register to vote the …

NRS 293.57693 Procedure upon transmission of information by automatic voter registration agency; review of information by county clerks to determine eligibility to register to vote; notification; effect of determination of ineligibility. 1. Upon transmission of the information to…

NRS 293.57695 Date person is deemed registered to vote; county clerk to correct statewide voter registration list if necessary. 1. Unless the person is already registered to vote, the date on which the person applies to an automatic voter registration agency for service or assist…

NRS 293.57697 Procedure for persons ineligible for automatic voter registration; eligibility of persons regarding voter registration must not affect services or assistance provided by automatic voter registration agency; confidentiality and limitations on use of certain informati…

NRS 293.57699 Regulations. The Secretary of State shall adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 293.5768 to 293.57699, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3852; A 2023, 3311) VOTER REGISTRATION DURING CERTAIN PERIODS PRECEDING AND ON ELECTION DAY General …

NRS 293.5772 Definitions. As used in NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 293.5777 to 293.5792, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2019, 4051)

NRS 293.5777 “Election” defined. “Election” means: 1. A primary election; 2. A presidential preference primary election; 3. A general election; 4. A primary city election; or 5. A general city election. (Added to NRS by 2019, 4052; A 2021, 3894)

NRS 293.5782 “Final verification” defined. “Final verification” means the procedures established pursuant to NRS 293.5872 to verify and determine whether a person who cast a provisional ballot was qualified to register to vote and to cast the ballot in the election. (Added to NRS…

NRS 293.5787 “Polling place for early voting” defined. “Polling place for early voting” means any permanent or temporary polling place for early voting. (Added to NRS by 2019, 4052)

NRS 293.5792 “Provisional ballot” defined. 1. “Provisional ballot” means a provisional ballot cast by a person pursuant to NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive. 2. The term does not include a provisional ballot cast by a person pursuant to: (a) NRS 293.3078 to 293.3086, inclusive;…

NRS 293.5812 Applicability of other election laws; resolution of conflicts; rules of interpretation; intended public purpose. 1. The procedures authorized pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, are subject to all other provisions of this title relating…

NRS 293.5817 Applicability to city elections; preemption of conflicting city charters; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the provisions of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, apply to city elections and supersede and preempt any conflicting prov…

NRS 293.5832 Methods and procedures for updating voter registration information during certain periods; casting of provisional ballot under certain circumstances. 1. After the close of registration for an election pursuant to NRS 293.560 or 293C.527, a registered voter may update…

NRS 293.5837 Methods and procedures for registering by computer during certain periods and appearing in person to vote at polling place for early voting or on election day; casting of provisional ballot under certain circumstances. 1. An elector may register to vote in the county…

NRS 293.5842 Methods and procedures for registering and voting in person at polling place for early voting; casting of provisional ballot under certain circumstances. 1. Notwithstanding the close of any method of registration for an election pursuant to NRS 293.560 or 293C.527, a…

NRS 293.5847 Methods and procedures for registering and voting in person at polling place on election day; casting of provisional ballot. 1. Notwithstanding the close of any method of registration for an election pursuant to NRS 293.560 or 293C.527, an elector may register to vot…

NRS 293.5852 Provisional ballot must include all offices, candidates and measures. If a person casts a provisional ballot pursuant to NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, the provisional ballot must include all offices, candidates and measures upon which the person would have bee…

NRS 293.5872 Procedures for final verification of qualifications to register and vote in election; procedures for handling provisional ballots until final verification. 1. Each county and city clerk shall establish procedures, approved by the Secretary of State, for: (a) Carrying…

NRS 293.5877 Canvass and counting of provisional ballots; requirements and restrictions on reporting results involving 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 293C.387…

NRS 293.5882 Free access system to provide information to certain voters regarding counting of provisional ballots. 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 provision…

NRS 293.5887 Issuance of voter registration card after final verification. If an elector is deemed to be conditionally registered to vote at a polling place pursuant to NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, the county clerk shall issue to the elector a voter registration card as s…

NRS 293.671 Establishment of statewide voter preregistration and registration system; duties of Secretary of State; requirements for system; disclosures. 1. The Secretary of State shall establish a system on the Internet website of the Office of the Secretary of State to allow pe…

NRS 293.675 Establishment and maintenance of centralized database of voter registration information; creation of statewide voter registration list; duties of Secretary of State; requirements for list; duties of county and city clerks and Department of Motor Vehicles; verification…

NRS 293.700 Bribery of elector. A person who bribes, offers to bribe, or uses any other corrupt means, directly or indirectly, to influence any elector in giving his or her vote or to deter the elector from giving it is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provi…

NRS 293.705 Unlawful acts concerning elections officials. 1. It is unlawful for any person to use or threaten or attempt to use any force, intimidation, coercion, violence, restraint or undue influence with the intent to: (a) Interfere with the performance of the duties of any el…

NRS 293.710 Intimidation of voters and other unlawful acts in connection with election process. 1. It is unlawful for any person, in connection with any election, petition or preregistration or registration of voters, whether acting himself or herself or through another person in…

NRS 293.715 Threat or intimidation addressed to candidate; penalty. 1. A person shall not directly or indirectly address any threat or intimidation to a candidate for public office if the person: (a) Knows or has reason to know that the threat or intimidation communicates the int…

NRS 293.717 Notification of threat or intimidation addressed to candidate; investigation; referral; report. 1. A candidate who believes that he or she is the subject of a threat or intimidation addressed in violation of the provisions of NRS 293.715 may notify the Secretary of St…

NRS 293.720 Suppression of or failure to file nomination paper by public officer. Any officer in whose office any nomination paper has been filed, who shall wrongfully suppress, neglect or fail to cause the proper filing thereof at the proper time and the proper place, is guilty …

NRS 293.730 Unlawful interference with conduct of election; unlawful acts relating to certain ballots; unlawful acts inside polling place. 1. Except for an election board officer in the course of the election board officer’s official duties, a person shall not: (a) Remain in or o…

NRS 293.740 Soliciting votes and electioneering inside certain places or within certain distance from certain places prohibited; penalty. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, it is unlawful inside a polling place, within 100 feet from the entrance to the building or o…

NRS 293.750 Removal or destruction of election supplies or equipment. Any person who, during an election, removes or destroys any of the supplies or equipment placed in the booths or compartments or removes or defaces the cards of instruction posted as prescribed by this chapter …

NRS 293.755 Tampering or interfering with certain election equipment or computer programs used to conduct election; report of violation to district attorney. 1. A person who tampers or interferes with, or attempts to tamper or interfere with, a mechanical voting system, mechanica…

NRS 293.760 Alteration, defacement or removal of posted results of votes cast. Any person who, prior to the expiration of 48 hours following the closing of the polls, alters, defaces, removes or destroys the copy of the results of votes cast posted outside a polling place is guil…

NRS 293.770 Refusal of person sworn by election board to answer questions. Every person who, after being sworn by an election board, refuses to answer any relevant question propounded by such board concerning the right of any other person to vote is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.…

NRS 293.775 Voting by person who knows he or she is not qualified elector; voting using name of another person. 1. A person who is not a qualified elector and who votes or attempts to vote knowing that he or she is not a qualified elector is guilty of a category D felony and shal…

NRS 293.780 Voting more than once at same election. 1. A person who is entitled to vote shall not vote or attempt to vote more than once at the same election. Any person who votes or attempts to vote twice at the same election is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punishe…

NRS 293.790 Offer to vote by person whose vote has been rejected. If any person whose vote has been rejected offers to vote at the same election, at any polling place other than one in which the person is entitled to vote, such person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (Added to N…

NRS 293.800 Unlawful acts concerning registration of voters; violations of laws governing elections; crimes by public officers. 1. A person who, for himself, herself or another person, willfully gives a false answer or answers to questions propounded to the person by the registra…

NRS 293.805 Unlawful to pay compensation based upon total number of persons preregistered or registered or total number preregistered or registered in particular political party. 1. It is unlawful for a person to provide compensation for preregistering or registering voters that …

NRS 293.810 Preregistration or registration in more than one county at one time. It is unlawful for any person to be preregistered to vote or registered as a voter in more than one county at one time. (Added to NRS by 1987, 1590; A 2017, 3869)

NRS 293.820 Solicitation of contribution for political organization without prior approval or charter. 1. It is unlawful for any person to solicit a contribution for any organization the title of which incorporates the name, or any form of the name, of any political party in this…

NRS 293.830 Betting on election. Any person who makes, offers or accepts any bet or wager upon the result of any election, or upon the success or failure of any person or candidate, or upon the number of votes to be cast, either in the aggregate or for any particular candidate, o…