**[Requirements for Serving as a Pollworker]{.underline}**

**[Nevada]{.underline}**[^1]

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| **[State Registration Requirement]{.underline}**                      |
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| **[(Exceptions may be found in Student Election Assistant             |
| category)]{.underline}**                                              |
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| Must be registered voter.                                             |
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| *Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 293.217 (1) (Thomson/West 2006).*             |
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| **[Age Requirement]{.underline}**                                     |
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| 18 years.                                                             |
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| *Nev. Const. art. 2, § 1 (Thomson/West 2006).*                        |
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| **[Residency Place and Term Required for Voter                        |
| Registration]{.underline}**                                           |
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| State, district or county thirty days.                                |
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| *Nev. Const. art. 2, § 1 (Thomson/West 2006).*                        |
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| **[Residency Requirement for Service (State, County or                |
| Precinct)]{.underline}**                                              |
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| County.                                                               |
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| *Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 293.217 (1) (Thomson/West 2006).*             |
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| **[Affiliation with Political Party Requirement]{.underline}**        |
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| **[and Process for Nomination as Poll Worker]{.underline}**           |
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| Affiliated Preferred.                                                 |
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| Not less than sixty days before a primary or a general election, the  |
| county central committee of each major political party and the        |
| executive committee of each minor political party may recommend to    |
| the county clerk three registered voters for each precinct in the     |
| county to act as election board officers. Thereafter, the clerk may   |
| accept recommendations for reserve election board officers.           |
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| *Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 293.219 (Thomson/West 2006).*                 |
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| At least three election board members, one of them designated         |
| chairman, are appointed by the county clerk at least 31 days before   |
| the election. May not all be of the same political party.             |
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| *Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 293.217(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*              |
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| For city elections election board appointed by city clerk.            |
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| *Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 293C.220* *(Thomson/West 2006).*              |
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| County or city clerk may also provide, by rule or regulation, for     |
| recommendations by chairman of election board of persons for service  |
| on election board.                                                    |
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| *Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 293.218; Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. 293C.225        |
| (Thomson/West 2006).*                                                 |
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| **[Term Requirements]{.underline}**                                   |
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| Term is from the day before the day of the election, until the time   |
| for filing contests of the election has expired.                      |
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| *Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 293.225(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*              |
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| **[Compensation and Hour Requirements]{.underline}**                  |
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| Compensation must be fixed by county or city ordinance, resolution or |
| order.                                                                |
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| *Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 293.460 (Thomson/West 2006).*                 |
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| **[Training, Certification and Oath Requirements]{.underline}**       |
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| All chairmen must attend local election training, and must instruct   |
| his board before election day.                                        |
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| *Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 293.227 (Thomson/West 2006).*                 |
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| Within a reasonable time before each election, the county or city     |
| clerk shall instruct the members of the election board in the use of  |
| the mechanical voting system and in their duties in connection        |
| therewith.                                                            |
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| *Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 293B.260 (Thomson/West 2006).*                |
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| **[Elected Public Officials Prohibited]{.underline}**                 |
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| No Information Available.                                             |
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| **[Candidates Prohibited]{.underline}**                               |
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| No candidate for nomination or election or his relative within the    |
| second degree of consanguinity or affinity may be appointed as an     |
| election board officer.                                               |
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| *Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 293.217(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*              |
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| **[The Effect of Felon Status on Participation]{.underline}**         |
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| Prohibited if have been or may be convicted of treason or felony in   |
| any state or territory of the United States, unless restored to civil |
| rights.                                                               |
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| *Nev. Const. Art. 2, § 1 (Thomson/West 2006).*                        |
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| **[The Effect of Mental Incapacitation on                             |
| Participation]{.underline}**                                          |
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| Prohibited if adjudicated incompetent, unless restored to legal       |
| capacity.                                                             |
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| *Nev. Const. Art. 2, § 1; Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 433A.460 (1)         |
| (Thomson/West 2006).*                                                 |
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| **[English Fluency and Literacy Requirement]{.underline}**            |
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| No Information Available.                                             |
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| **[Good Reputation Requirement]{.underline}**                         |
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| No Information Available.                                             |
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| **[Alternative Positions with Different Requirements]{.underline}**   |
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| No Information Available.                                             |
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| **[Student Election Assistant Statute]{.underline}**                  |
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| County Clerk may appoint as trainee for election officer:             |
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| • U.S. citizen , resident of Nevada, resident of the county in which  |
| he serves;                                                            |
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| • Enrolled in high school;                                            |
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| • At the time of service, at least 16 years of age;                   |
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| • attend the training class;                                          |
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| • appointed with no political party affiliation;                      |
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| • There may not be more than one trainee per precinct; and            |
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| • Trainee may be counted as one of the election board members.        |
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| *Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 293.2175; Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 293.227(2)   |
| (Thomson/West 2006).*                                                 |
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| City Elections: trainee appointed by the city clerk.                  |
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| *Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 293.2175; Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 293C.222     |
| (Thomson/West 2006).*                                                 |
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[^1]: Nevada also has statutes for city elections. Discrepancies will be
    noted.