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NV Rev Stat § 293C.3615 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.3615 - Record made by city clerk of receipt at central counting place of sealed container used to transport official ballots.

The city clerk shall make a record of the receipt at the central counting place of each sealed container used to transport official ballots pursuant to NRS 293C.295, 293C.325, 293C.630 and 293C.635. The record must include the numbers indicated on the container and its seal pursuant to NRS 293C.700.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3436; A 2001, 2039; 2007, 2617)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.362 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.362 - 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.

Except as otherwise provided for an affected election that is subject to the provisions of NRS 293.8801 to 293.8887, inclusive:  1. When the polls are closed, the counting board shall prepare to count the ballots voted. The counting procedure must be public and continue without adjournment until completed.  2. If the ballots are paper ballots, the counting board shall prepare in the following manner:  (a) The container that holds the ballots or the ballot box must be opened and the ballots contained therein counted by the counting board and opened far enough to determine whether each ballot is single. If two or more ballots are found folded together to present the appearance of a single ballot, they must be laid aside until the count of the ballots is completed. If a majority of the inspectors are of the opinion that the ballots folded together were voted by one person, the ballots must be rejected and placed in an envelope, upon which must be written the reason for their rejection. The envelope must be signed by the counting board officers and placed in the container or ballot box after the count is completed.  (b) If the ballots in the container or box are found to exceed the number of names as are indicated on the roster as having voted, the ballots must be replaced in the container or box and a counting board officer shall, with his or her back turned to the container or box, draw out a number of ballots equal to the excess. The excess ballots must be marked on the back thereof with the words "Excess ballots not counted." The ballots when so marked must be immediately sealed in an envelope and returned to the city clerk with the other ballots rejected for any cause.  (c) When it has been determined that the number of ballots agrees with the number of names of registered voters shown to have voted, the board shall proceed to count. If there is a discrepancy between the number of ballots and the number of voters, a record of the discrepancy must be made.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3436; A 2001, 2039; 2007, 1180, 2617; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 61)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.365 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.365 - Accounting for all paper ballots before counting of votes begins.

Except as otherwise provided for an affected election that is subject to the provisions of NRS 293.8801 to 293.8887, inclusive, a counting board in any precinct, district or polling place in which paper ballots are used may not begin to count the votes until all ballots used or unused are accounted for.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3436; A 2015, 3174; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 62)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.367 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.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 on the ballot which, in the opinion of the election board, constitutes an identifying mark such that there is a reasonable belief entertained in good faith that the ballot has been tampered with and, as a result of the tampering, the outcome of the election would be affected.  2. Regulations for counting ballots must include provisions that:  (a) An error in marking one or more votes on a ballot does not invalidate any votes properly marked on that ballot.  (b) A soiled or defaced ballot may not be rejected if it appears that the soiling or defacing was inadvertent and was not done purposely to identify the ballot.  (c) Only devices provided for in this chapter or chapter 293 or 293B of NRS may be used in marking ballots.  (d) It is unlawful for any election board officer to place any mark upon any ballot other than a spoiled ballot.  (e) When an election board officer rejects a ballot for any alleged defect or illegality, the officer shall seal the ballot in an envelope and write upon the envelope a statement that it was rejected and the reason for rejecting it. Each election board officer shall sign the envelope.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3436; A 2001, 2040; 2007, 1181, 2617)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.368 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.368 - Errors in information on certain form not grounds for rejection of absent ballot.

An error in the information included by a political party in a form to request an absent ballot does not constitute grounds for rejecting an absent ballot cast by the voter.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 2035)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.369 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.369 - 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 provided in subsection 1, in an election in which a mechanical voting system is used whereby a vote is cast by darkening a designated space on the ballot:  (a) A vote must be counted if the designated space is darkened or there is a writing in the designated space, including, without limitation, a cross or check; and  (b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a), a writing or other mark on the ballot, including, without limitation, a cross, check, tear or scratch may not be counted as a vote.  3. The Secretary of State:  (a) May adopt regulations establishing additional uniform, statewide standards, not inconsistent with this section, for counting a vote cast by a method of voting described in subsection 2; and  (b) Shall adopt regulations establishing uniform, statewide standards for counting a vote cast by each method of voting used in this State that is not described in subsection 2, including, without limitation, a vote cast on a mechanical recording device which directly records the votes electronically.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 2034; A 2007, 1181, 2618)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.370 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.370 - Counting of votes cast for deceased candidate. [Effective through June 30, 2021.]

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.115:  1. Whenever a candidate whose name appears upon the ballot at a primary city election dies after 5 p.m. of the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March, the deceased candidate’s name must remain on the ballot and the votes cast for the deceased candidate must be counted in determining the nomination for the office for which the decedent was a candidate.  2. If the deceased candidate on the ballot at the primary city election receives the number of votes required to receive the nomination to the office for which he or she was a candidate, the nomination is filled as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 293C.190.  3. Whenever a candidate whose name appears upon the ballot at a general city election dies after 5 p.m. of the second Tuesday after the second Monday in April, the votes cast for the deceased candidate must be counted in determining the results of the election for the office for which the decedent was a candidate.  4. If the deceased candidate on the ballot at the general election receives the majority of the votes cast for the office, the deceased candidate shall be deemed elected and the office to which he or she was elected shall be deemed vacant at the beginning of the term for which he or she was elected. The vacancy created must be filled in the same manner as if the candidate had died after taking office for that term.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3437; A 1999, 3556; 2003, 678, 1710, 1713)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.370 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.370 - Counting of votes cast for deceased candidate. [Effective July 1, 2021.]

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.190:  1. Whenever a candidate whose name appears upon the ballot at a primary city election dies after 5 p.m. on the second Tuesday in April, the deceased candidate’s name must remain on the ballot and the votes cast for the deceased candidate must be counted in determining the nomination for the office for which the decedent was a candidate.  2. If the deceased candidate on the ballot at the primary city election receives the number of votes required to receive the nomination to the office for which he or she was a candidate, the nomination is filled by the person who received the next highest vote for the nomination in the primary election.  3. Whenever a candidate whose name appears upon the ballot at a general city election dies after 5 p.m. on the fourth Friday in July of the year in which the primary city election was held, the votes cast for the deceased candidate must be counted in determining the results of the general city election for the office for which the decedent was a candidate.  4. If the deceased candidate on the ballot at the general city election receives the majority of the votes cast for the office, the deceased candidate shall be deemed elected and the office to which he or she was elected shall be deemed vacant at the beginning of the term for which he or she was elected. The vacancy created must be filled in the same manner as if the candidate had died after taking office for that term.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3437; A 1999, 3556; 2003, 678, 1710, 1713; 2019, 3545, effective July 1, 2021)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.372 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.372 - 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 each candidate received. The votes for and against any question submitted to the electors must be entered in the same manner.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3437; A 2007, 2619; 2011, 3073; 2015, 3174)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.375 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.375 - 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, stubs of used ballots, spoiled ballots and unused ballots must be sealed under cover by the counting board officers and addressed to the city clerk.  2. The rosters and tally lists must be returned to the city clerk.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3437; A 2001, 2961; 2007, 1182, 2619; 2015, 3174)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.380 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.380 - Posting of copies of voting results.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, 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. If votes are cast on ballots that are mechanically or electronically tabulated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or chapter 293 or 293B of NRS, the city clerk shall, as soon as possible, post copies of the tabulated voting results:  (a) On an Internet website maintained by the city or the city clerk, if any, including, without limitation, a website maintained by the city clerk pursuant to NRS 293C.715; and  (b) In a conspicuous place on the outside of the counting facility, courthouse or city hall. Copies of the voting results posted pursuant to this paragraph must be posted not later than the start of business on the day immediately following the day of the election.  3. Each copy of the voting results posted in accordance with subsections 1 and 2 must set forth the accumulative total of all the votes cast within the city conducting the election.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3438; A 2009, 519)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.382 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.382 - Initial withdrawal of absent ballots from ballot boxes; verification of proper number of absent ballots; procedure for counting.

  1. Not earlier than 15 days before the election, the counting board, if it is responsible for counting absent ballots, or the absent ballot central counting board shall withdraw all the absent ballots from each ballot box or container that holds absent ballots received before that day and determine whether each box or container has the required number of absent ballots according to the city clerk’s absent ballot record for the election.  2. The counting board or absent ballot central counting board shall count the number of absent ballots in the same manner as election boards.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3438; A 2001, 2040; 2007, 2619; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 62)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.385 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.385 - Withdrawal of absent ballots from ballot boxes after initial withdrawal; verification of proper number and counting of absent ballots; reporting results of count; disseminating information about count before polls close prohibited; penalty.

  1. Each day after the initial withdrawal of the absent ballots pursuant to NRS 293C.382 and before the day of the election, the counting board, if it is responsible for counting absent ballots, or the absent ballot central counting board shall withdraw from the appropriate ballot boxes or containers all the absent ballots received the previous day and determine whether each box or container has the required number of absent ballots according to the city clerk’s absent ballot record for the election.  2. If any absent ballots are received by the city clerk on election day and the city clerk has determined that the absent voters are entitled to cast the absent ballots pursuant to NRS 293C.325, the city clerk shall deposit the absent ballots in the appropriate ballot boxes or containers.  3. Not earlier than 15 days before the election, the appropriate board shall, in public, count the votes cast on the absent ballots.  4. If paper ballots are used, the results of the absent ballot vote in each precinct must be certified and submitted to the city clerk, who shall have the results added to the regular votes of the precinct. The returns of absent ballots must be reported separately from the regular votes of the precinct, unless reporting the returns separately would violate the secrecy of a voter’s ballot. The city clerks shall develop a procedure to ensure that each ballot is kept secret.  5. Any person who disseminates to the public information relating to the count of absent ballots before the polls close is guilty of a misdemeanor.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3438; A 2001, 2040; 2007, 1182, 2619; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 62)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.389 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.389 - Inclusion of inactive voters in reports of votes prohibited.

The governing body of a city, a city 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 abstract or report a person designated as an inactive voter pursuant to paragraph (g) of subsection 1 of NRS 293.530 when determining the percentage of voters who have voted or the total number of voters.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1395; A 2017, 3871)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.390 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.390 - Disposition and inspection of ballots, lists, stubs and records of voted ballots after canvass by governing body of city.

  1. The voted ballots, rejected ballots, spoiled ballots, challenge lists, records printed on paper of voted ballots collected pursuant to NRS 293B.400, and stubs of the ballots used, enclosed and sealed, must, after canvass of the votes by the governing body of the city, be deposited in the vaults of the city clerk. The records of voted ballots that are maintained in electronic form must, after canvass of the votes by the governing body of the city, be sealed and deposited in the vaults of the city clerk. The tally lists collected pursuant to this title must, after canvass of the votes by the governing body of the city, be deposited in the vaults of the city clerk without being sealed. All materials described by this subsection must be preserved for at least 22 months, and all such sealed materials must be destroyed immediately after that period. A notice of the destruction must be published by the city clerk in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the city or, if no newspaper is of general circulation in that city, in a newspaper of general circulation in the nearest city, not less than 2 weeks before the destruction of the materials.  2. Unused ballots, enclosed and sealed, must, after canvass of the votes by the governing body of the city, be deposited in the vaults of the city clerk and preserved for at least the period during which the election may be contested and adjudicated, after which the unused ballots may be destroyed.  3. The rosters containing the signatures of those persons who voted in the election and the tally lists deposited with the governing body of the city are subject to the inspection of any elector who may wish to examine them at any time after their deposit with the city clerk.  4. A contestant of an election may inspect all of the material relating to that election which is preserved pursuant to subsection 1 or 2, except the voted ballots and records printed on paper of voted ballots collected pursuant to NRS 293B.400 which are deposited with the city clerk.  5. The voted ballots and records printed on paper of voted ballots collected pursuant to NRS 293B.400 which are deposited with the city clerk are not subject to the inspection of any person, except in cases of a contested election, and only by the judge, body or board before whom the election is being contested, or by the parties to the contest, jointly, pursuant to an order of the judge, body or board.  6. As used in this section, "vaults of the city clerk" means any place of secure storage designated by the city clerk.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3440; A 1999, 2168; 2001, 2961; 2003, 1660; 2007, 2620; 2009, 520; 2017, 2168)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.395 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.395 - 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 city office because of any contest of election filed in the city election or any defect or informality in the returns of any city election, if it can be ascertained with reasonable certainty from the returns what city office is intended and who is entitled to the certificate or commission.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 267)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.520 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.520 - Designation by city clerk of building owned or leased by city as municipal facility at which persons may preregister or register to vote.

  1. The city clerk may designate any building owned or leased by the city, or any portion of such a building, as a municipal facility at which persons may preregister to vote or electors may register to vote.  2. A municipal facility designated pursuant to subsection 1 must be operated as an auxiliary municipal facility at which preregistration and registration are carried out in addition to being carried out at the office of the city clerk.  3. If the city clerk designates a municipal facility pursuant to subsection 1, the city clerk shall determine the hours of operation for the facility and shall, in cooperation with the Secretary of State, ensure that the facility is operated, staffed and equipped in compliance with all applicable provisions of this title and all other applicable provisions of state and federal law relating to the preregistration of persons and registration of electors in this State.  (Added to NRS by 2005, 313; A 2017, 3872)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.525 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.525 - Transfer of registration when residence changed from one precinct to another within same city or changed within same precinct; oral or written affirmation of elector; right of elector to vote.

  1. Any elector who is registered to vote and has changed residence after the last preceding general city election and who fails to return or never receives a postcard mailed pursuant to NRS 293.5235, 293.530 or 293.535 who moved:  (a) From one precinct to another within the same city must be allowed to vote in the precinct where the elector previously resided after providing an oral or written affirmation before an election board officer attesting to his or her new address.  (b) Within the same precinct must be allowed to vote after providing an oral or written affirmation before an election board officer attesting to his or her new address.  2. If an elector alleges that the records in the registrar of voters’ register or the roster incorrectly indicate that the elector has changed residence, the elector must be allowed to vote after providing an oral or written affirmation before an election board officer attesting that he or she continues to reside at the same address.  3. If an elector refuses to provide an oral or written affirmation attesting to his or her address as required by this section, the elector may only vote at the special polling place in the city in the manner set forth in NRS 293C.295.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3440; A 2015, 3175)
NV Rev Stat § 293C.532 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293C - City Elections|NRS 293C.532 - Persons entitled to vote; authority of governing body of city to provide supplemental registration.

  1. Each person who resides within the boundaries of the city at the time of the holding of any city election, and whose name appears upon the statewide voter registration list as a registered voter of the city, is entitled to vote at each special election, primary city election and general city election, and for all officers to be voted for and on all questions submitted to the people at those elections except as otherwise provided in chapter 266 of NRS.  2. The governing body of a city may provide for a supplemental registration.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3442; A 2003, 2189)