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NV Rev Stat § 293.430 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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; seating of candidate; duties of Secretary of State and Legislature; withdrawal of contest.

  1. If the contest is of the general election for the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, justice of the Supreme Court or judge of the Court of Appeals, the statement of contest and all depositions, ballots and other documents relating to the contest must be filed with the Secretary of State within the time provided for filing statements of contests with the clerk of the district court.  2. Until the contest is decided, the candidate who received the highest number of votes for the office in the contested election must be seated and commence the duties of the office.  3. The Secretary of State shall deliver the statement of contest and all other papers and documents to the speaker of the assembly on the day of the organization of the Legislature.  4. A joint session of both houses must be convened as soon thereafter as the business of both houses permits, but not later than 10 days after receipt of statement of contest.  5. If, before the contest has been decided, a contestant gives written notice to the Secretary of State that the contestant wishes to withdraw his or her statement of contest, the Secretary of State shall dismiss the contest.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 265; A 1961, 293; 1967, 850; 1977, 247; 1981, 1742; 1995, 1661; 2013, 1779)
NV Rev Stat § 293.433 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 at such joint session, and the session shall be conducted under the joint standing rules or joint special rules adopted for the occasion.  3. The contest shall be decided by a majority vote of the elected membership of both houses not later than 30 days after the contest hearing is begun.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 266)
NV Rev Stat § 293.435 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 already issued to that person.  2. If a certificate of election to the same office has been issued to any person other than the one declared to have been elected, that certificate is void.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 266; A 1995, 1661)
NV Rev Stat § 293.437 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 building, public or otherwise, or any portion of a building, as the site for any polling place or any number of polling places for any of the precincts or districts in the county or city.  2. If, in the opinion of the county or city clerk, the convenience and comfort of the voters and election officers will be best served by putting two or more polling places in any such building, or if, in the opinion of the county or city clerk, the expense to the county or city for polling places can be diminished by putting two or more polling places in any such building, the county or city clerk may so provide.  3. In precincts where there are no public buildings or other appropriate locations owned by the State, county, township, city, town or precinct, privately owned locations may be rented at a rate not to exceed $35 for each election if only one precinct is involved and at a rate not to exceed $50 for each election if more than one precinct is involved.  4. The legal rights and remedies which inure to the owner or lessor of private property are not impaired or otherwise affected by the leasing of the property for use as a polling place pursuant to subsection 3, except to the extent necessary to conduct voting at that location.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 266; A 1961, 293; 1975, 941; 1981, 908; 1987, 352; 2019, 3389, 4085)
NV Rev Stat § 293.442 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 107-252.  2. The Election Account is hereby created in the State General Fund, to be administered by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall deposit all money received pursuant to the Act and any state appropriation of matching money pursuant to the Act in the Election Account.  3. The interest and income earned on money in the Election Account must be credited to the Account. Any balance of the money that was received pursuant to the Act remaining in the Election Account at the end of a fiscal year does not revert and must be carried forward to the next fiscal year and is continuously available to the Secretary of State for expenditure consistent with this section.  4. The Secretary of State may:  (a) Only expend or disburse money in the Election Account in accordance with the provisions of the Act.  (b) Receive and disburse money in the Election Account by electronic transfer.  5. Claims against the Election Account must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 353; A 2011, 444)
NV Rev Stat § 293.443 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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, forms and other supplies to be used at any election regulated by this chapter or chapter 293C of NRS and all expenses necessarily incurred in the preparation for, or the conduct of, any such election is a charge upon the municipality, county, district or State, as the case may be.  2. The county or city clerk may submit the printing of ballots for competitive bidding.  3. If a political party or other entity requests more than 50 applications to register to vote by mail in any 12-month period, the clerk or the Secretary of State may assess a charge, not to exceed the cost of printing the applications.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 266; A 1971, 446; 1987, 353; 1993, 2189; 1995, 1647; 1997, 3466; 2007, 2601; 2011, 2089)
NV Rev Stat § 293.445 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 duties imposed upon him or her by this chapter. Such expense is a charge upon the appropriate county or city.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 267; A 1987, 353)
NV Rev Stat § 293.446 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 package, and 15 cents per mile for going to and 15 cents per mile for returning from the post office or the office of the county or city clerk, in the same manner and out of the same fund as other election expenses are paid.  2. No mileage may be paid unless the total distance necessarily traveled in going and returning is greater than 2 miles.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 1382; A 1987, 353)
NV Rev Stat § 293.460 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.460 - Compensation of officers of election board, deputy sheriffs and other employees.

The compensation of voting board officers, counting board officers, specially appointed deputy sheriffs, election board officers and other employees must be fixed by county or city ordinance, resolution or order.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 267; A 1961, 294; 1963, 1375; 1969, 1540; 1971, 446; 1973, 895; 1987, 353)
NV Rev Stat § 293.462 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.462 - Construction of containers used to transport official ballots.

  1. Each container used to transport official ballots pursuant to NRS 293.304, 293.325, 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 the container to ensure detection of any opening of the container.  2. The container and seal must be separately numbered for identification.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2772; A 2001, 2033; 2007, 2601)
NV Rev Stat § 293.463 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 vote before or after his or her hours of employment. A sufficient time to vote shall be determined as follows:  (a) If the distance between the place of such voter’s employment and the polling place where such person votes is 2 miles or less, 1 hour.  (b) If the distance is more than 2 miles but not more than 10 miles, 2 hours.  (c) If the distance is more than 10 miles, 3 hours.  2. Such voter may not, because of such absence, be discharged, disciplined or penalized, nor shall any deduction be made from his or her usual salary or wages by reason of such absence.  3. Application for leave of absence to vote shall be made to the employer or person authorized to grant such leave prior to the day of the election.  4. Any employer or person authorized to grant the leave of absence provided for in subsection 1, who denies any registered voter any right granted under this section, or who otherwise violates the provisions of this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 267)
NV Rev Stat § 293.464 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 the court’s decision:  (a) Cause notice of the extended deadline to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county; and  (b) Transmit a notice of the extended deadline to each registered voter who requested an absent voter’s ballot for the election and has not returned the ballot before the date on which the notice will be transmitted.  2. The notice required pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 must be published:  (a) In a county whose population is 47,500 or more, on at least 3 successive days.  (b) In a county whose population is less than 47,500, at least twice in successive issues of the newspaper.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2172; A 2001, 1974; 2011, 1207)
NV Rev Stat § 293.465 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 appropriate election officers in that precinct or district shall make an affidavit setting forth that fact and transmit it to the appropriate board of county commissioners. Upon receipt of the affidavit and upon the application of any candidate for any office to be voted for by the registered voters of that precinct or district, the board of county commissioners shall order a new election in that precinct or district.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 268; A 1987, 353; 1999, 264; 2015, 3158)
NV Rev Stat § 293.468 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 be used by the person, any requested material that is:  1. Related to elections; and  2. Made available by the Secretary of State to the public in printed form.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 1433)
NV Rev Stat § 293.4685 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 overseas voters;  (b) Within 90 days after the date of each general election and general city election in which electors voted for federal offices, submit to the Election Assistance Commission established pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 20921 a report of the combined number of absentee ballots transmitted to absent Armed Forces personnel and overseas voters for the election and the combined number of such ballots that were returned by such voters and cast in the election;   (c) Make each report submitted pursuant to paragraph (b) available to the public; and  (d) Adopt any regulations which are necessary to comply with the provisions of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252, and which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter to the extent the provisions of this chapter are consistent with the Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252.  2. Each county and city clerk shall provide such information as is requested by the Secretary of State to comply with the provisions of this section.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 2173; A 2017, 3331)
NV Rev Stat § 293.4687 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 elections, which must include, without limitation:  (a) The Voters’ Bill of Rights required to be posted on the Secretary of State’s Internet website pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.2549;  (b) The abstract of votes required to be posted on a website pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.388;  (c) A current list of the registered voters in this State that also indicates the petition district in which each registered voter resides;  (d) A map or maps indicating the boundaries of each petition district; and  (e) All reports submitted to the Secretary of State pursuant to the provisions of chapter 294A of NRS.  2. The abstract of votes required to be maintained on the website pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 must be maintained in such a format as to permit the searching of the abstract of votes for specific information.  3. If the information required to be maintained by the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection 1 may be obtained by the public from a website on the Internet maintained by a county clerk or city clerk, the Secretary of State may provide a hyperlink to that website to comply with the provisions of subsection 1 with regard to that information.  (Added to NRS by 2005, 2283; A 2007, 2526, 3368; 2009, 2591; 2011, 2090, 3284; 2013, 1330, 2377, 3834)
NV Rev Stat § 293.4688 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 293.4687 is accessible on a mobile device; and  (b) A person may use a mobile device to submit any information or form related to elections that a person may otherwise submit electronically to the Secretary of State, including, without limitation, an application to preregister or register to vote, a request for an absent ballot and a request for a military-overseas ballot.  2. As used in this section:  (a) "Military-overseas ballot" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 293D.050.  (b) "Mobile device" includes, without limitation, a smartphone or a tablet computer.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 3842)
NV Rev Stat § 293.4689 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 by the county clerk that relates to elections, which must include, without limitation:  (a) The locations of polling places for casting a ballot on election day in such a format that a registered voter may search the list to determine the location of the polling place or places at which the registered voter is entitled to cast a ballot; and  (b) The abstract of votes required pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.388.  2. The abstract of votes required to be maintained on the website pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 must be maintained in such a format as to permit the searching of the abstract of votes for specific information.  3. If the information required to be maintained by a county clerk pursuant to subsection 1 may be obtained by the public from a website on the Internet maintained by the Secretary of State, another county clerk or a city clerk, the county clerk may provide a hyperlink to that website to comply with the provisions of subsection 1 with regard to that information.  (Added to NRS by 2005, 2284; A 2019, 4085)
NV Rev Stat § 293.469 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 provided pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 293.560, notify the public, through means designed to reach members of the public who are elderly or disabled, of the provisions of NRS 293.2955, 293.296, 293.313, 293.316 and 293.3165.   2. Provide in alternative audio and visual formats information concerning elections, information concerning how to preregister or register to vote and information concerning the manner of voting for use by a person who is elderly or disabled, including, without limitation, providing such information through a telecommunications device that is accessible to a person who is deaf.  3. Not later than 5 working days after receiving the request of a person who is elderly or disabled, provide to the person, in a format that can be used by the person, any requested material that is:  (a) Related to elections; and  (b) Made available by the county clerk to the public in printed form.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 1433; A 2003, 1652; 2017, 1364; 2019, 4085)
NV Rev Stat § 293.471 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 address of the business.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2173)
NV Rev Stat § 293.480 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 only by the judge, special master, board or legislative body before whom the election is being contested or who is conducting the recount.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 270; A 1961, 294; 1971, 447; 1977, 247; 1987, 354)
NV Rev Stat § 293.4815 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 practicable after determining that the question will be placed on the ballot.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2665)
NV Rev Stat § 293.484 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 county clerk.  2. If a voter is qualified to register to vote for an election and has properly completed any method authorized by the provisions of this title to register to vote for the election, the issuance of a voter registration card to the voter is not a prerequisite to vote in the election.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 4050)
NV Rev Stat § 293.485 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 succeeding:  (a) Primary election;  (b) Primary city election;  (c) General election; or  (d) General city election,  and who has registered in the manner provided in this chapter, is entitled to vote at that election.  2. This section does not exclude the registration of eligible persons whose 18th birthday or the date of whose completion of the required residence occurs on or before the next succeeding:  (a) Primary election;  (b) Primary city election;  (c) General election;  (d) General city election; or  (e) Any other election.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 271; A 1961, 295; 1967, 851; 1971, 1267; 1973, 27; 1987, 355; 1995, 2630)
NV Rev Stat § 293.486 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|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 resides.  2. For the purposes of preregistering or registering to vote, if the person does not reside at a location that has been assigned a street address, the address at which the person actually resides is a description of the location at which the person actually resides. The description must identify the location with sufficient specificity to allow the county clerk to assign the location to a precinct.  3. The provisions of this section do not authorize a person to preregister or register to vote if the person is not otherwise eligible to preregister or register to vote, as applicable.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 2946; A 2017, 3849)