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NV Rev Stat § 293.2549 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.2549 - Duties of Secretary of State and of county and city clerks.

  1. The Secretary of State, each county clerk and each city clerk shall:  (a) Make the Voters’ Bill of Rights readily available to the public;  (b) Maintain a copy of the Voters’ Bill of Rights in his or her office for reproduction and distribution to the public; and  (c) Ensure that the Voters’ Bill of Rights is posted in a conspicuous place, in at least 12-point type, at each polling place.  2. The Secretary of State shall ensure that the Voters’ Bill of Rights is posted on the Secretary of State’s Internet website.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 680)
NV Rev Stat § 293.2555 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.2555 - Privilege for political vote.

In addition to the right to claim the privilege for voters recognized by NRS 49.315 in proceedings governed by title 4 of NRS, a voter who casts a vote legally at an election may not, in any other proceedings or circumstances, be compelled under oath to reveal how he or she voted at the election, and the voter has a privilege to refuse to disclose the tenor of his or her vote at the election.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2168)
NV Rev Stat § 293.256 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.256 - Names of candidates on ballots not to include title, designation of profession or occupation.

In any election regulated by this chapter, the names of candidates as printed on the ballot shall not include any title, designation or other reference which will indicate the profession or occupation of such candidates.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 20; A 1995, 2624)
NV Rev Stat § 293.2565 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.2565 - Use of given names, surnames and nicknames on ballot; use of additional criteria to distinguish between candidates having same given names and surnames.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in any election regulated by this chapter, the name of a candidate printed on a ballot may be the given name and surname of the candidate or a contraction or familiar form of his or her given name followed by his or her surname. A nickname of not more than 10 letters may be incorporated into the name of a candidate. The nickname must be in quotation marks and appear immediately before the surname of the candidate. A nickname must not indicate any political, economic, social or religious view or affiliation and must not be the name of any person, living or dead, whose reputation is known on a statewide, nationwide or worldwide basis, or in any other manner deceive a voter regarding the person or principles for which he or she is voting.  2. In any election regulated by this chapter, if two or more candidates have the same given name and surname and:  (a) None of the candidates is an incumbent, the middle names or middle initials, if any, of the candidates must be included in the names of the candidates; or  (b) One of the candidates is an incumbent, the name of the incumbent must be listed first and the word "Incumbent" must appear next to the name of the candidate who is the incumbent.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 1714; A 2011, 2086)
NV Rev Stat § 293.257 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.257 - Separate primary ballots; placement of candidates’ names; designation on application to register to vote of affiliation with major political party condition for registered voter to cast ballot for party at primary election.

  1. There must be a separate primary ballot for each major political party. The names of candidates for partisan offices who have designated a major political party in the declaration of candidacy must appear on the primary ballot of the major political party designated.  2. The county clerk may choose to place the names of candidates for nonpartisan offices on the ballots for each major political party or on a separate nonpartisan primary ballot, but the arrangement which the county clerk selects must permit all registered voters to vote on them.  3. A registered voter may cast a primary ballot for a major political party at a primary election only if the registered voter designated on his or her application to register to vote an affiliation with that major political party.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 250; A 1963, 1388; 1965, 652; 1967, 847; 1971, 442; 1977, 243; 1979, 264; 1989, 227; 2011, 3280; 2019, 3385)
NV Rev Stat § 293.262 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.262 - Absent ballot or ballot voted in mailing precinct: Methods in which ballot is to be voted.

An absent ballot or a ballot voted by a voter who resides in a mailing precinct must be voted:  1. On a paper ballot; or  2. By any other system authorized by state or federal law.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2774; A 2003, 1649; 2007, 1151, 2587)
NV Rev Stat § 293.263 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.263 - Primary ballot for major political party: Form; names of candidates to be grouped alphabetically; exception.

On the primary ballots for a major political party, the name of the major political party must appear at the top of the ballot. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.2565, following this designation must appear the names of candidates grouped alphabetically under the title and length of term of the partisan office for which those candidates filed.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 251; A 1965, 652; 1967, 847; 1971, 442; 1979, 265; 1989, 227; 2003, 1717)
NV Rev Stat § 293.265 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.265 - Nonpartisan primary ballot: Form; names of candidates to be grouped alphabetically; exception.

On nonpartisan primary ballots, there must appear at the top of the ballot the designation "Nonpartisan Offices." Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.2565, following this designation must appear the names of candidates grouped alphabetically under the title and length of term of the nonpartisan office for which those candidates filed.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 251; A 1961, 288; 1963, 1388; 1965, 652; 1967, 847; 1979, 265; 2003, 1717; 2007, 2587)
NV Rev Stat § 293.267 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.267 - Ballot for general election: Form; names of candidates to be grouped alphabetically; exception; indication of party name, "no political party" or "nonpartisan" or abbreviations thereof; order of appearance of certain statewide measures.

  1. Ballots for a general election must contain the names of candidates who were nominated at the primary election, the names of the candidates of a minor political party and the names of independent candidates.  2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.2565, names of candidates must be grouped alphabetically under the title and length of term of the office for which those candidates filed.  3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4:  (a) Immediately following the name of each candidate for a partisan office must appear the name or abbreviation of his or her political party, the words "no political party" or the abbreviation "NPP," as the case may be.  (b) Immediately following the name of each candidate for a nonpartisan office must appear the word "nonpartisan" or the abbreviation "NP."  4. Where a system of voting other than by paper ballot is used, the Secretary of State may provide for any placement of the name or abbreviation of the political party, the words "no political party" or "nonpartisan" or the abbreviation "NPP" or "NP," as appropriate, which clearly relates the designation to the name of the candidate to whom it applies.  5. If the Legislature rejects a statewide measure proposed by initiative and proposes a different measure on the same subject which the Governor approves, the measure proposed by the Legislature and approved by the Governor must be listed on the ballot before the statewide measure proposed by initiative. Each ballot and sample ballot upon which the measures appear must contain a statement that reads substantially as follows:  The following questions are alternative approaches to the same issue, and only one approach may be enacted into law. Please vote for only one.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 251; A 1963, 1389; 1965, 653; 1967, 847; 1969, 137; 1979, 265; 1987, 339; 1989, 2165; 1997, 3454; 2003, 1718; 2011, 3069; 2015, 3150)
NV Rev Stat § 293.2673 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.2673 - Ballot to indicate date of election and at which election ballot will be used.

  1. A ballot prepared for use in an election in this State must be dated and marked in such a manner as to indicate clearly at which election the ballot will be used.   2. If a ballot includes a detachable stub, both the ballot and the stub must include the date of the election and indicate clearly at which election the ballot will be used.  3. If a ballot includes a voting receipt, the voting receipt must include the date of the election and indicate clearly at which election the voter cast the ballot.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 2168; A 1995, 2776; 2007, 2587)
NV Rev Stat § 293.268 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.268 - Order of listing offices, candidates and questions on ballots.

The offices for which there are candidates, the names of the candidates therefor, and the questions to be voted upon must be printed on ballots in the following order:  1. President and Vice President of the United States.  2. United States Senator and Representative in Congress, in that sequence.  3. Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Controller and Attorney General, in that sequence.  4. State Senators and members of the Assembly.  5. County and township partisan offices.  6. Statewide nonpartisan offices.  7. District nonpartisan offices.  8. County nonpartisan offices.  9. City offices:  (a) Mayor;  (b) Council members according to ward in numerical order, if no wards, in alphabetical order; and  (c) Municipal judges.  10. Township nonpartisan offices.  11. Questions presented to the voters of the State with advisory questions listed in consecutive order after any other questions presented to the voters of the State.  12. Questions presented only to the voters of a special district or political subdivision of the State with advisory questions listed in consecutive order after any other questions presented only to the voters of a special district or political subdivision of the State.  (Added to NRS by 1961, 296; A 1975, 939; 1979, 131; 1987, 339; 1993, 2180; 2003, 3193)
NV Rev Stat § 293.269 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.269 - Ballots for statewide offices or President and Vice President must permit voter to register opposition to all candidates.

  1. Every ballot upon which appears the names of candidates for any statewide office or for President and Vice President of the United States shall contain for each office an additional line equivalent to the lines on which the candidates’ names appear and placed at the end of the group of lines containing the names of the candidates for that office. Each additional line shall contain a square in which the voter may express a choice of that line in the same manner as the voter would express a choice of a candidate, and the line shall read "None of these candidates."  2. Only votes cast for the named candidates shall be counted in determining nomination or election to any statewide office or presidential nominations or the selection of presidential electors, but for each office the number of ballots on which the additional line was chosen shall be listed following the names of the candidates and the number of their votes in every posting, abstract and proclamation of the results of the election.  3. Every sample ballot or other instruction to voters prescribed or approved by the Secretary of State shall clearly explain that the voter may mark the choice of the line "None of these candidates" only if the voter has not voted for any candidate for the office.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 475)
NV Rev Stat § 293.2693 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.2693 - Voter education program to be provided in county or city using paper ballots.

If a county or city uses paper ballots, including, without limitation, for absent ballots and ballots voted in a mailing precinct, the county or city clerk shall provide a voter education program specific to the voting system used by the county or city. The voter education program must include, without limitation, information concerning the effect of overvoting and the procedures for correcting a vote on a ballot before it is cast and counted and for obtaining a replacement ballot.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 2169; A 2007, 1151, 2587)
NV Rev Stat § 293.2696 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.2696 - General requirements for voting systems; duties of Secretary of State and of county and city clerks.

The Secretary of State and each county and city clerk shall ensure that each voting system used in this State:  1. Secures to each voter privacy and independence in the act of voting, including, without limitation, confidentiality of the ballot of the voter;  2. Allows each voter to verify privately and independently the votes selected by the voter on the ballot before the ballot is cast and counted;   3. Provides each voter with the opportunity, in a private and independent manner, to change the ballot and to correct any error before the ballot is cast and counted, including, without limitation, the opportunity to correct an error through the issuance of a replacement ballot if the voter is otherwise unable to change the ballot or correct the error;   4. Provides a permanent paper record with a manual audit capacity; and  5. Meets or exceeds the standards for voting systems established by the United States Election Assistance Commission, including, without limitation, the error rate standards.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 2169; A 2007, 2587; 2019, 3387)
NV Rev Stat § 293.2699 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.2699 - Voting systems used by counties and cities: Voting materials to be provided in English and other languages as required by federal law or as authorized by county or city clerk.

  1. Each voting system used by a county or city shall provide voting materials in:  (a) English; and  (b) Every language in which voting materials are required to be prepared in the county or city pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 10503.  2. In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection 1, if a county clerk or city clerk determines that there is a significant and substantial need for voting materials of the county or city, as applicable, to be provided in the language or languages of a minority group, the county clerk or city clerk may prepare voting materials in such language or languages. For the purposes of this subsection, there is a significant and substantial need for voting materials to be provided in the language or languages of a minority group if, without limitation, the minority group has been subject to historical discrimination and unequal educational opportunities, and, as a result, members of the minority group are of limited-English proficiency.  3. As used in this section:  (a) "Limited-English proficiency" means being unable to speak or understand English adequately to participate in the electoral process.   (b) "Minority group" includes, without limitation, United States citizens of Chinese heritage.  (c) "Voting materials" has the meaning ascribed to it in 52 U.S.C. § 10503.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 2169; A 2017, 3331, 3818)
NV Rev Stat § 293.270 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.270 - Voting by printed ballot or other approved or authorized system; write-in voting prohibited; exception.

  1. Voting at any election regulated by this title must be on printed ballots or by any other system approved by the Secretary of State or specifically authorized by law.  2. Except as otherwise provided in chapter 293D of NRS, voting must be only upon candidates whose names appear upon the ballot prepared by the election officers, and no person may write in the name of an additional candidate for any office.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 252; A 1973, 459; 1977, 243; 1987, 340; 1997, 3455; 2009, 355; 2011, 1922)
NV Rev Stat § 293.272 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.272 - Voting in person required at first election after valid registration for voter who registered to vote by mail or computer; exceptions.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and in NRS 293.2725 and 293.3083, a person who registered by mail or computer to vote shall, for the first election in which the person votes at which that registration is valid, vote in person unless he or she has previously voted in the county in which he or she is registered to vote.  2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to a person who:  (a) Is entitled to vote in the manner prescribed in NRS 293.343 to 293.355, inclusive;  (b) Is entitled to vote an absent ballot pursuant to federal law, NRS 293.316 or chapter 293D of NRS;  (c) Is disabled;  (d) Is provided the right to vote otherwise than in person pursuant to the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, 52 U.S.C. §§ 20101 et seq.;  (e) Submits or has previously submitted a written request for an absent ballot that is signed by the registered voter before a notary public or other person authorized to administer an oath;   (f) Requests an absent ballot in person at the office of the county clerk; or  (g) Is sent a mail ballot pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.8847 and includes a copy of the information required pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 293.2725 with his or her voted mail ballot, if required pursuant to NRS 293.8851.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1681; A 1993, 2180; 1995, 2624; 1999, 2155; 2001, 1434; 2003, 2175; 2011, 2087; 2019, 4070; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 34)
NV Rev Stat § 293.273 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.273 - Time for opening and closing polls; duties of election board officers; persons permitted inside certain areas of polls.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.305, at all elections held under the provisions of this title, the polls must open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.  2. Upon opening the polls, one of the election board officers shall cause a proclamation to be made that all present may be aware of the fact that applications will be received from:  (a) Registered voters who apply to vote at the polling place; and  (b) Electors who apply to register to vote or apply to vote at the polling place pursuant to NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive.  3. No person, other than election board officers engaged in receiving, preparing or depositing ballots or registering electors, may be permitted inside the guardrail during the time the polls are open, except by authority of the election board as necessary to keep order and carry out the provisions of this title.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 252; A 1971, 442, 1127; 1975, 34, 939; 1977, 243; 1981, 1740; 1991, 1352; 1993, 2180; 2001, 2948; 2015, 3151; 2019, 4071)
NV Rev Stat § 293.2733 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.2733 - Establishment of polling place within Indian reservation or colony 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 county clerk for the establishment of a polling place within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony for the day of a primary election or general election.  2. A request for the establishment of a polling place within the boundaries of an Indian reservation or Indian colony for the day of a primary election or general election:  (a) Must be submitted to the county clerk by the Indian tribe on or before:  (1) If the request is for a primary election, the first Friday in January of the year in which the primary election is to be held.  (2) If the request is for a general election, the first Friday in July of the year in which the general election is to be held.  (b) May include one or more proposed locations within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony for the polling place. Any proposed location must satisfy the criteria the county clerk uses for the establishment of any other polling place.   3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if the county clerk receives a request that satisfies the requirements set forth in subsection 2, the county clerk must establish at least one polling place within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony at a location or locations, as applicable, approved by the Indian tribe for the day of a primary election or general election. The county clerk is not required to establish a polling place within the boundaries of an Indian reservation or Indian colony for the day of a primary election or general election if the county clerk established a temporary branch polling place for early voting pursuant to NRS 293.3572 within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony for the same election.  4. If the county clerk establishes one or more polling places within the boundaries of an Indian reservation or Indian colony pursuant to subsection 3 for the day of a primary election or general election, the county clerk must continue to establish one or more polling places within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony at a location or locations approved by the Indian tribe for the day of any future primary election or general election unless otherwise requested by the Indian tribe.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 3818; A 2019, 176)
NV Rev Stat § 293.2735 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.2735 - Establishment of polling place for precinct in residential development exclusively for elderly persons.

The county clerk shall establish at least one polling place for a precinct in any residential development exclusively for elderly persons if:  1. More than 100 of the residents of the development are registered to vote;  2. There is a common area which is adequate and available; and  3. The owner of the development consents to the establishment of the polling place on the property.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1870; A 1999, 263) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 293.214)
NV Rev Stat § 293.2738 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.2738 - Polling place not to be established in any building named for candidate appearing on ballot.

A polling place for an election must not be established in any building or other structure named for a candidate whose name appears on a ballot for that election.  (Added to NRS by 2005, 2283)
NV Rev Stat § 293.274 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 293 - Elections|NRS 293.274 - Members of general public allowed to observe conduct of voting at polling place; photographing or otherwise recording conduct of voting by members of general public prohibited.

  1. The county clerk shall allow members of the general public to observe the conduct of voting at a polling place.   2. A member of the general public shall not photograph the conduct of voting at a polling place or record the conduct of voting on audiotape or any other means of sound or video reproduction.  3. For the purposes of this section, a member of the general public does not include any person who:  (a) Gathers information for communication to the public;  (b) Is employed or engaged by or has contracted with a newspaper, periodical, press association, or radio or television station; and  (c) Is acting solely within his or her professional capacity.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2772; A 1999, 264)