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NV Rev Stat § 293.3606 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.3606 - Returns; secrecy of ballots; disseminating information about count of returns before polls close prohibited; penalty.

  1. After 8 a.m. on election day, the appropriate board shall count in public the returns for early voting.  2. The returns for early voting must not be reported until after the polls have closed on election day.  3. The returns for early voting must be reported separately from the regular votes of the precinct, unless reporting the returns separately would violate the secrecy of the voter’s ballot.  4. The county clerk 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 returns for early voting before the polls close is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2172; A 1995, 2627, 2781; 1997, 668, 671, 2783; 1999, 695, 3553)
NV Rev Stat § 293.3608 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.3608 - County clerk to ensure that mechanical recording devices used for early voting provide record of number of votes; delivery of records and storage devices to central counting place.

On election day, the county clerk shall:  1. Ensure that each mechanical recording device used during the period for early voting provides a record of the total number of votes recorded on the device for each candidate and for or against each measure; and  2. Deliver to the central counting place:  (a) The records provided pursuant to subsection 1; and  (b) The storage device required pursuant to NRS 293B.084 from each mechanical recording device used during the period for early voting.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2774; A 1997, 2783; 1999, 605, 695; 2003, 1650; 2015, 3158)
NV Rev Stat § 293.361 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.361 - Electioneering prohibited near polling place; penalty.

  1. During the time a polling place for early voting is open for voting, a person may not electioneer for or against any candidate, measure or political party in or within 100 feet from the entrance to the voting area.  2. During the period of early voting, the county clerk shall keep continuously posted:  (a) At the entrance to the room or area, as applicable, in which the polling place for early voting is located a sign on which is printed in large letters "Polling Place for Early Voting"; and  (b) At the outer limits of the area within which electioneering is prohibited, a sign on which is printed in large letters "Distance Marker: No electioneering between this point and the entrance to the polling place."  3. Ropes or other suitable objects may be used at the polling place to ensure compliance with this section. Persons who are not expressly permitted by law to be in a polling place must be excluded from the polling place to the extent practicable.  4. Any person who willfully violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2172; A 1997, 80, 2783, 2792; 1999, 679, 695)
NV Rev Stat § 293.3625 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.3625 - Record made by county clerk of receipt at central counting place of sealed container used to transport official ballots.

The county 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 293.304, 293.325, 293B.330 and 293B.335. The record must include the numbers indicated on the container and its seal pursuant to NRS 293.462.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2772; A 1997, 668, 3460; 2001, 2029; 2007, 2596)
NV Rev Stat § 293.363 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.363 - 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 ascertain 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 in number 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, with his or her back turned to the container or box, shall 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 county clerk with the other ballots rejected for any cause.  (c) When it has been ascertained 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 1960, 259; A 1961, 290; 1985, 1596; 1987, 346; 1995, 2781; 1997, 3461; 2001, 2029; 2007, 1161, 2596; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 45)
NV Rev Stat § 293.365 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.365 - 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, no counting board in any precinct, district or polling place in which paper ballots are used may commence to count the votes until all ballots used or unused are accounted for.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 260; A 1977, 245; 2015, 3158; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 46)
NV Rev Stat § 293.367 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.367 - 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. The 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 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 1960, 260; A 1961, 291; 1967, 849; 1975, 939; 1979, 266; 1985, 1096; 1987, 347; 1995, 2782; 1997, 3461; 2001, 2030; 2007, 1161, 2597)
NV Rev Stat § 293.3673 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.3673 - Errors in information on certain form not grounds for rejection of absent ballot.

An error in the information included 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, 2025)
NV Rev Stat § 293.3677 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.3677 - 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, 2024; A 2007, 1162, 2597)
NV Rev Stat § 293.368 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.368 - Counting of votes cast for deceased candidate.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 293.165, if a candidate on the ballot at a primary election dies after 5 p.m. of 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 election receives the number of votes required to receive the nomination to the office for which he or she was a candidate, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 293.165, the deceased candidate shall be deemed nominated and the vacancy in the nomination must be filled as provided in NRS 293.165 or 293.166. If the deceased person was a candidate for a nonpartisan office, the nomination must be filled pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 293.165.  3. Whenever a candidate whose name appears upon the ballot at a general election dies after 5 p.m. on the fourth Friday in July of the year in which the general election is held, 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 thus created must be filled in the same manner as if the candidate had died after taking office for that term.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 1382; A 1971, 445; 1987, 347; 1997, 3462; 2003, 1705; 2005, 1435; 2009, 1269; 2011, 3281; 2013, 2376; 2015, 3577)
NV Rev Stat § 293.370 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.370 - 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 that 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 1960, 260; A 1979, 1304; 1995, 2627; 1997, 1608; 2007, 2598; 2011, 3071; 2015, 3158)
NV Rev Stat § 293.373 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.373 - 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 county clerk.  2. The rosters and tally lists must be returned to the county clerk.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 261; A 1961, 292; 1987, 348; 1989, 1788; 1995, 2782; 1997, 3462; 2001, 2951; 2007, 1163, 2598; 2015, 3158)
NV Rev Stat § 293.383 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.383 - Posting of copies of result of votes cast.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 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. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, when votes are cast on ballots which are mechanically or electronically tabulated in accordance with the provisions of chapter 293B of NRS, the county clerk shall, as soon as possible, post copies of the tabulated voting results in a conspicuous place on the outside of the counting facility or courthouse.  3. The Secretary of State shall notify each county clerk as soon as is reasonably practicable when every polling place is closed and all votes have been cast. A county clerk shall not post copies of the tabulated voting results for a statewide or multicounty race or ballot question until the county clerk has received notification from the Secretary of State that all polling places are closed and all votes have been cast.   4. Each copy of the voting results posted in accordance with subsections 1, 2 and 3 must set forth the accumulative total of all the votes cast within the county or other political subdivision conducting the election and must be signed by the members of the counting board or the computer program and processing accuracy board.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 261; A 1969, 167; 1975, 1533; 1985, 1096; 1987, 348; 1997, 3463; 2011, 3282)
NV Rev Stat § 293.384 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.384 - 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 ascertain that each box or container has the required number of absent ballots according to the county 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 1985, 1594; A 1987, 348; 1997, 3463; 2001, 2030; 2007, 2598; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 46)
NV Rev Stat § 293.385 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.385 - 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 293.384 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 ascertain that each box or container has the required number of absent ballots according to the county clerk’s absent ballot record for the election.  2. If any absent ballots are received by the county clerk on election day and the county clerk has determined that the absent voters are entitled to cast the absent ballots pursuant to NRS 293.325, the county 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 county 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 county clerks shall develop a procedure to ensure that each ballot is kept secret.  5. Any person who disseminates to the public in any way information pertaining to the count of absent ballots before the polls close is guilty of a misdemeanor.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 263; A 1969, 820; 1971, 445; 1973, 244; 1985, 1596; 1987, 349; 1989, 1665; 1991, 2221; 1993, 2187; 1997, 3463; 2001, 2031; 2007, 1163, 2599; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 46)
NV Rev Stat § 293.387 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.387 - Canvass of returns; abstract of votes.

  1. As soon as the returns from all the precincts and districts in any county have been received by the board of county commissioners, the board shall meet and canvass the returns. The canvass must be completed on or before the 10th day following the election or, if applicable, the 13th day following an affected election that is subject to the provisions of NRS 293.8801 to 293.8887, inclusive.  2. In making its canvass, the board shall:  (a) Note separately any clerical errors discovered; and  (b) Take account of the changes resulting from the discovery, so that the result declared represents the true vote cast.  3. The county clerk shall, as soon as the result is declared, enter upon the records of the board an abstract of the result, which must contain the number of votes cast for each candidate. The board, after making the abstract, shall cause the county clerk to certify the abstract and, by an order made and entered in the minutes of its proceedings, to make:  (a) A copy of the certified abstract; and  (b) A mechanized report of the abstract in compliance with regulations adopted by the Secretary of State,  and transmit them to the Secretary of State on or before the 10th day following the election or, if applicable, the 13th day following an affected election that is subject to the provisions of NRS 293.8801 to 293.8887, inclusive.  4. The Secretary of State shall, immediately after any primary election, compile the returns for all candidates voted for in more than one county. The Secretary of State shall make out and file in his or her office an abstract thereof, and shall certify to the county clerk of each county the name of each person nominated, and the name of the office for which the person is nominated.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 261; A 1961, 292; 1963, 1374; 1967, 861; 1969, 786; 1971, 445, 1487; 1977, 245; 1987, 349, 1370; 1989, 1665; 1991, 1106; 1997, 3464; 1999, 3553; 2007, 621; 2019, 4084; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 46)
NV Rev Stat § 293.388 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.388 - Abstract of votes: Transmission to public libraries or posting upon website.

The Secretary of State, a board of county commissioners, a county clerk and any other person who prepares an abstract of votes pursuant to this chapter shall:  1. Transmit on paper or by electronic means to each public library in the jurisdiction of that person or entity; or  2. Post on a website maintained by that person or entity on the Internet or its successor, if any,  a copy of each abstract that the person or entity prepares within 30 days after the abstract is prepared.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 2256)
NV Rev Stat § 293.389 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.389 - Inclusion of inactive voters in reports of votes prohibited.

The Secretary of State, a board of county commissioners, a county 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, 1389; A 2017, 3849)
NV Rev Stat § 293.391 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.391 - Disposition and inspection of ballots, lists, records and stubs of voted ballots after canvass by county commissioners.

  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 board of county commissioners, be deposited in the vaults of the county clerk. The records of voted ballots that are maintained in electronic form must, after canvass of the votes by the board of county commissioners, be sealed and deposited in the vaults of the county clerk. The tally lists collected pursuant to this title must, after canvass of the votes by the board of county commissioners, be deposited in the vaults of the county 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 the preservation period. A notice of the destruction must be published by the clerk in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county not less than 2 weeks before the destruction.  2. Unused ballots, enclosed and sealed, must, after canvass of the votes by the board of county commissioners, be deposited in the vaults of the county 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 board of county commissioners are subject to the inspection of any elector who may wish to examine them at any time after their deposit with the county clerk.  4. A contestant of an election may inspect all of the material regarding 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 county clerk.  5. The voted ballots and records printed on paper of voted ballots collected pursuant to NRS 293B.400 which are deposited with the county clerk are not subject to the inspection of anyone, except in cases of a contested election, and then 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 such judge, body or board.  (Added to NRS by 1961, 297; A 1963, 1375; 1975, 940; 1981, 1740; 1989, 1788; 1993, 2187; 1995, 2783; 1999, 2159; 2001, 2952; 2003, 1651; 2007, 2599; 2017, 2168)