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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.295 - Voting by person successfully challenged on grounds of residency.

1. If a person is successfully challenged on the ground set forth in paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 293C.292 or if a person refuses to provide an affirmation pursuant to NRS 293C.525, the election board shall instruct the voter that he or she may vote only at the special polling place in the manner set forth in this section.
2. The city clerk shall maintain at least one special polling place at such locations as the city clerk deems necessary during each election. The ballots voted at the special polling place must be kept separate from the ballots of voters who have not been so challenged or who have provided an affirmation pursuant to NRS 293C.525 in a special sealed container if the ballots are ballots that are voted on a mechanical recording device which directly records the votes electronically.
3. A person who votes at a special polling place may vote only for the following offices and questions:
(a) All officers for whom all voters in the city may vote; and
(b) Questions that have been submitted to all voters of the city.
4. The ballots voted at the special polling place must be counted when other ballots are counted and, if the ballots are ballots that are voted on a mechanical recording device that directly records the votes electronically, maintained in a separate sealed container until any contest of election is resolved or the date for filing a contest of election has passed, whichever is later.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3430; A 1999, 270; 2007, 1173, 2610)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.297 - Closing of polls; admission of voters and other persons.

1. If at the hour of closing the polls there are any:
(a) Registered voters waiting in line to apply to vote at the polling place; or
(b) Electors waiting in line to apply to register to vote or apply to vote at the polling place pursuant to NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive,
the doors of the polling place must be closed after all those registered voters and electors have been admitted to the polling place. The registration of those electors and the voting by those registered voters and electors must continue until all such registration and voting has been completed.
2. The officer appointed by the chief law enforcement officer of the city shall allow other persons to enter the polling place after the doors have been closed pursuant to subsection 1 for the purpose of observing or any other legitimate purpose if there is room within the polling place and the admittance of those other persons will not interfere unduly with the registration of the electors and the voting by the registered voters and electors.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3430; A 2019, 4112)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.302 - Court-ordered extension of deadline for voting.

1. If a court of competent jurisdiction orders a city to extend the deadline for voting beyond the statutory period in an election, the city clerk shall, as soon as practicable after receiving notice of the decision of the court:
(a) Cause notice of the extended period to be published in a 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; and
(b) Transmit a notice of the extended deadline to each registered voter who received a mail ballot for the election and has not returned the mail 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 city whose population is 25,000 or more, on at least 3 successive days.
(b) In a city whose population is less than 25,000, at least twice in successive issues of the newspaper.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3440; A 2021, 1253)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.3032 - City clerks authorized to establish polling places as vote centers where eligible voters in city may vote on election day.

1. A city clerk may establish one or more polling places in the city where any person entitled to vote in the city by personal appearance may do so on the day of the primary city election or general city election.
2. Any person entitled to vote in the city by personal appearance may do so at any polling place established pursuant to subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4103)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.3033 - Requirements for providing notice of locations of vote centers; exceptions; limitations on establishing additional vote centers after such notice.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if a city clerk establishes one or more polling places pursuant to NRS 293C.3032, the city clerk must:
(a) Publish during the week before the election in a newspaper of general circulation a notice of the location of each such polling place.
(b) Post a list of the location of each such polling place on any bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings of the governing body of the city. The list must be posted continuously for a period beginning not later than the fifth business day before the election and ending at 7 p.m. on the day of the election. The city clerk shall make copies of the list available to the public during the period of posting in reasonable quantities without charge.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply if every polling place in the city is designated as a polling place where any person entitled to vote in the city by personal appearance may do so on the day of the primary city election or general city election.
3. No additional polling place may be established pursuant to NRS 293C.3032 after the publication pursuant to this section, except in the case of an emergency and if approved by the Secretary of State.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4103)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.3034 - Requirements for preparing and delivering rosters for vote centers.

1. For each polling place established pursuant to NRS 293C.3032, if any, the city clerk shall prepare a roster that contains, for every registered voter in the city, the voter’s name, the address where he or she is registered to vote, his or her voter identification number, the voter’s precinct or district number and the voter’s signature.
2. The roster must be delivered or caused to be delivered by the city clerk to an election board officer of the proper polling place before the opening of the polls.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4104)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.355 - Applicability of provisions.

The provisions of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, relating to early voting and the provisions of NRS 293C.355 to 293C.361, inclusive, apply to a city only if the governing body of the city has provided for early voting by personal appearance pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 293C.110.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 267; A 2019, 4116)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.356 - Issuance of ballots; voting booth for use by persons issued ballots.

1. If a request is made to vote early by a registered voter in person, the city clerk shall issue a ballot for early voting to the voter. Such a ballot must be voted on the premises of the clerk’s office and returned to the clerk.
2. On the dates for early voting prescribed in NRS 293C.3568, each city clerk shall provide a voting booth, with suitable equipment for voting, on the premises of the city clerk’s office for use by registered voters who are issued ballots for early voting in accordance with this section.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2169; A 1995, 2626, 2777; 1997, 668, 671, 2778; 1999, 690; 2007, 1178, 2615)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.3561 - City clerk to establish criteria for selection of permanent and temporary polling places for early voting by personal appearance.

1. The permanent and temporary polling places for early voting by personal appearance must satisfy the criteria to be used to select permanent and temporary polling places for early voting by personal appearance provided by the city clerk pursuant to subsection 2.
2. The city clerk shall:
(a) Provide by rule or regulation for the criteria to be used to select permanent and temporary polling places for early voting by personal appearance; and
(b) At a meeting of the city council or other governing body of the city, inform the city council or other governing body of the sites selected as permanent and temporary polling places for early voting by personal appearance.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2290)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.3564 - Establishment of permanent polling places for early voting; eligible voters may vote by personal appearance at any polling place for early voting.

1. The city clerk in a city shall establish at least one permanent polling place for early voting by personal appearance in the city at the locations selected pursuant to NRS 293C.3561.
2. Any person entitled to vote early by personal appearance may do so at any polling place for early voting.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2169; A 1995, 2626, 2778; 1997, 668, 671, 2778; 1999, 690; 2005, 2293; 2017, 3824; 2021, 1254)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.3568 - Period for early voting; days and hours for early voting at permanent polling places.

1. The period for early voting by personal appearance begins the third Saturday preceding a primary city election or general city election, and extends through the Friday before election day, Sundays and federal holidays excepted.
2. The city clerk may:
(a) Include any Sunday or federal holiday that falls within the period for early voting by personal appearance.
(b) Require a permanent polling place for early voting to remain open until 8 p.m. on any Saturday that falls within the period for early voting.
3. A permanent polling place for early voting must remain open:
(a) On Monday through Friday during the period of early voting for at least 8 hours during such hours as the city clerk may establish.
(b) On any Saturday that falls within the period for early voting, for at least 4 hours during such hours as the city clerk may establish.
(c) If the city clerk includes a Sunday that falls within the period for early voting pursuant to subsection 2, during such hours as the city clerk may establish.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2169; A 1995, 2626, 2778; 1997, 668, 671, 2778; 1999, 690; 2007, 2615; 2011, 3286; 2019, 4116)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.3576 - Schedule of locations and days and hours for early voting; limitations on establishment of additional locations; extension of hours after publication of schedule.

1. The city clerk shall publish during the week before the period for early voting and at least once each week during the period for early voting in a newspaper of general circulation a schedule stating:
(a) The location of each permanent and temporary polling place for early voting.
(b) The dates and hours that early voting will be conducted at each location.
2. The city clerk shall post a copy of the schedule on the bulletin board used for posting notice of the meetings of the city council. The schedule must be posted continuously for a period beginning not later than the fifth day before the first day of the period for early voting by personal appearance and ending on the last day of that period.
3. The city clerk shall make copies of the schedule available to the public in reasonable quantities without charge during the period of posting.
4. No additional polling places for early voting may be established after the schedule is published pursuant to this section.
5. The hours that early voting will be conducted at each polling place for early voting may be extended at the discretion of the city clerk after the schedule is published pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2170; A 1997, 2779; 1999, 690; 2015, 3172; 2019, 4117)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.358 - Appointment of deputy clerks.

1. The city clerk shall appoint for each polling place for early voting a deputy clerk for early voting who must serve as the election officer in charge of the polling place.
2. The city clerk may also appoint as many additional deputy clerks as he or she deems necessary for the proper conduct of the election.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2170; A 1997, 2779; 1999, 690)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.3583 - Preparation of mechanical recording devices before polls open each day.

If ballots which are voted on a mechanical recording device which directly records the votes electronically are used during the period for early voting by personal appearance, the election board shall, before the polls open on each day during that period:
1. Prepare each mechanical recording device for voting.
2. Ensure that each mechanical recording device will not register any ballots which were previously voted on the mechanical recording device as having been voted on that day.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2773; A 1999, 690)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.3594 - Security precautions.

1. A plan for the security of ballots for early voting must be submitted to the Secretary of State for approval no later than 90 days before the election at which early voting is to be conducted.
2. At the close of early voting each day, the deputy clerk for early voting shall secure each voting machine used for early voting in a manner prescribed by the Secretary of State so that its unauthorized operation is prevented.
3. All materials for early voting must be delivered to the city clerk’s office at the close of voting on the last day for voting at the polling place for early voting.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2171; A 1995, 2780; 1997, 2781; 1999, 690)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.3604 - Mechanical recording devices: Duties of election board at close of each voting day; duties of ballot board for early voting and city clerk at close of last voting day.

If ballots which are voted on a mechanical recording device which directly records the votes electronically are used during the period for early voting by personal appearance:
1. At the close of each voting day, the election board shall:
(a) Prepare and sign a statement for the polling place. The statement must include:
(1) The title of the election;
(2) The number which identifies the mechanical recording device and the storage device required pursuant to NRS 293B.084;
(3) The number of ballots voted on the mechanical recording device for that day;
(4) The number of signatures in the roster for early voting for that day;
(5) The number of signatures on signature cards for that day; and
(6) The number of signatures in the roster designated for electors who applied to register to vote or applied to vote at the polling place pursuant to NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive.
(b) Secure:
(1) The ballots pursuant to the plan for security required by NRS 293C.3594; and
(2) Each mechanical voting device in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293C.3594.
2. At the close of the last voting day, the city clerk shall deliver to the ballot board for early voting:
(a) The statements for all polling places for early voting;
(b) The voting rosters used for early voting;
(c) The signature cards used for early voting;
(d) The storage device required pursuant to NRS 293B.084 from each mechanical recording device used during the period for early voting; and
(e) Any other items as determined by the city clerk.
3. Upon receipt of the items set forth in subsection 2 at the close of the last voting day, the ballot board for early voting shall:
(a) Indicate the number of ballots on an official statement of ballots; and
(b) Place the storage devices in the container provided to transport those items to the central counting place and seal the container with a number seal. The official statement of ballots must accompany the storage devices to the central counting place.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2773; A 1997, 2782; 1999, 690; 2007, 2616; 2015, 3173; 2017, 3827, 3871; 2019, 4118)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.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 may 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 city 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, 690)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.3608 - City 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 city 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, 690; 2015, 3174)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.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 city 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."
(b) At the outer limits of the area within which electioneering is prohibited, at least one sign on which is printed in large letters "Distance Marker: No electioneering between this point and the entrance to the polling place." The city clerk shall ensure that any sign posted pursuant to this paragraph is:
(1) At least 17 inches by 11 inches in size;
(2) Placed on a window or door of the polling place or a freestanding sign; and
(3) Visible to a person approaching the outer limits of the area within which electioneering is prohibited.
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, 690; 2023, 3310)
2023 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.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; 2021, 1256)
2023 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.

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; 2021, 1256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.365 - Accounting for all paper ballots before counting of votes begins.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.26331, 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; 2021, 1256)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.370 - Counting of votes cast for deceased candidate.

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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.390 - Disposition and inspection of ballots, lists, audits, 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, reports prepared pursuant to NRS 293C.26337 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; 2021, 1257)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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 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; 2021, 3846)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.527 - Close of registration; publication of day and time that each method of registration closes; hours of operation for municipal facility for voter registration.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.502, 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, 293D.230 and 293D.300:
(a) For a primary city election or general city election, or a recall or special city election that is held on the same day as a primary city election or general city election, the last day to register to vote:
(1) By mail is the fourth Tuesday preceding the primary city election or general city election.
(2) By appearing in person at the office of the city clerk or, if open, a municipal facility designated pursuant to NRS 293C.520, is the fourth Tuesday preceding the primary city election or general city election.
(3) By computer using the system established by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.671, is the day of the primary city election or general city election.
(b) If a recall or special city election is not held on the same day as a primary city election or general city election, the last day to register to vote for the recall or special city election by any method of registration is the third Saturday preceding the recall or special city election.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, after the deadlines for the close of registration for a primary city election or general city election set forth in subsection 1, no person may register to vote for the election.
3. Except for a recall or special city election held pursuant to chapter 306 or 350 of NRS:
(a) The city clerk of each city shall cause a notice signed by him or her to be published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the city indicating:
(1) The day and time that each method of registration for the election, as set forth in subsection 1, will be closed; and
(2) If the city clerk has designated a municipal facility pursuant to NRS 293C.520, the location of that facility.
If no newspaper is of general circulation in that city, the publication may be made in a newspaper of general circulation in the nearest city in this State.
(b) The notice must be published once each week for 4 consecutive weeks next preceding the day on which the last method of registration for the election, as set forth in subsection 1, will be closed.
4. A municipal facility designated pursuant to NRS 293C.520 may be open during the periods described in this section for such hours of operation as the city clerk may determine, as set forth in subsection 3 of NRS 293C.520.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3441; A 2003, 1726, 2189; 2005, 313; 2011, 1931, 3073; 2013, 3829; 2017, 411, 3340; 2019, 3399, 4120; 2021, 1258, 3846)
2023 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.535 - Procedure for registration of electors in incorporated cities; preparation of rosters.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, or by special charter, registration of electors in incorporated cities must be accomplished in the manner provided in this chapter.
2. The county clerk shall use the database created by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.675 to prepare for the city clerk of each incorporated city within the county the roster of all registered voters eligible to vote at a regular or special city election.
3. The county clerk shall prepare for each polling place a roster designated for electors who apply to register to vote or apply to vote at the polling place pursuant to NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive.
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.3032, the roster required pursuant to subsection 2 must be prepared, one for each ward or other voting district within each incorporated city. The entries in the roster must be arranged alphabetically with the surnames first.
5. The county clerk shall keep duplicate originals or copies of the applications to register to vote in the county clerk’s office.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3442; A 2003, 2189; 2015, 3176; 2019, 4123)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.540 - Delivery of official register by county clerk to city clerk.

Not later than 3 days before the day on which any regular or special city election is held, the county clerk shall use the database created by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.675 to prepare and deliver to the city clerk the official register for the city.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3442; A 2001, 2962; 2021, 3847)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.545 - City required to compensate county registrar for certain services; payment from city general fund.

1. As full compensation for all services rendered pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293C.120 and 293C.535 to 293C.542, inclusive, the county registrar is entitled to receive on behalf of the county the sum of 15 cents for each name of an elector copied, regardless of the number of times each name is copied.
2. The account of the county registrar:
(a) Is a claim against the city.
(b) Must be made out so as to indicate clearly the number of names copied.
(c) Must be sworn to and filed with the governing body of the city.
3. The claim, including all other just and reasonable demands of other persons for books, advertising and supplies necessarily incurred in carrying out the provisions of NRS 293C.120 and 293C.535 to 293C.542, inclusive, must be audited and paid out of the general fund of the city.
4. All money received by the county registrar pursuant to this section must be deposited for credit to the general fund of the county.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3442)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.600 - Preparation of computer program used to run computer or counting device; protection of program.

1. Before any election where a mechanical voting system will be used, the city clerk shall prepare or cause to be prepared a computer program on cards, tape or other material suitable for use with the computer or counting device to be employed for counting the votes cast. The program must cause the computer or counting device to operate in the following manner:
(a) All lawful votes cast by each voter must be counted.
(b) All unlawful votes, including, but not limited to, overvotes must not be counted.
(c) The computer or counting device must halt or indicate by appropriate signal if a ballot is encountered that lacks a code identifying the precinct in which it was voted.
2. The program must be prepared under the supervision of the accuracy certification board appointed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293B.140.
3. The city clerk shall take such measures as he or she deems necessary to protect the program from being altered or damaged.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3443)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.615 - Accuracy certification board to observe conduct of tests on equipment for mechanical voting; representatives of candidates and press authorized to observe.

1. The accuracy certification board shall observe the conduct of the tests prescribed by NRS 293B.150 and 293B.165.
2. Representatives of the candidates and the press may also observe the conduct of those tests.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3443)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.620 - Issuance of ballots; procedure for voting.

1. At each election, a member of the election board for a precinct shall issue each voter a ballot.
2. If a mechanical voting system is used in a primary city election whereby votes are directly recorded electronically, a member of the election board shall, if the clerk uses voting receipts, in addition to the ballot described in subsection 1, issue the voter a voting receipt.
3. The member of the election board shall direct the voter to a mechanical recording device containing a list of offices and candidates.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3443; A 2007, 1184, 2620)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.625 - Early pickup and delivery of ballots to central counting place; processing of ballots before polls close.

The city clerk may order deputized officers to pick up all voted ballots from any or all of the precincts or districts after the polls have been opened for 5 hours. At least two deputized officers shall deliver any ballots that are picked up early to the central counting place. The various boards operating the central counting place may begin to process those ballots upon receipt, but no reports may be printed by the counting device or computer until the polls have closed. Any ballots that are picked up early must be transported to the central counting place in the manner prescribed in NRS 293C.635.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3444)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.630 - Duties of election board upon and after closing of polls; public may observe handling of ballots.

1. Upon closing of the polls, the election board shall:
(a) Secure all mechanical recording devices against further voting.
(b) If a mechanical voting system is used whereby votes are directly recorded electronically:
(1) Ensure that each mechanical recording device:
(I) Provides a record printed on paper of the total number of votes recorded on the device for each candidate and for or against each measure; and
(II) Transfers the ballots voted on that device to the storage device required pursuant to NRS 293B.084.
(2) Count the number of ballots voted at the polling place.
(3) Account for all ballots on the statement of ballots.
(4) Place all records printed on paper provided by the mechanical recording devices, all storage devices which store the ballots voted on the mechanical recording devices, and any other records, reports and materials as directed by the city clerk into the container provided by the city clerk to transport those items to a central counting place and seal the container.
(c) Record the number of voters on a form provided by the city clerk.
2. If a difference exists between the number of voters and the number of ballots voted, the election board shall report the difference and any known reasons for the difference, in writing, to the city clerk.
3. After closing the polls, the election board shall:
(a) Compare the quantity of the supplies furnished by the city clerk with the inventory of those supplies; and
(b) Note any shortages.
4. The city clerk shall allow members of the general public to observe the handling of the ballots pursuant to subsection 1 if those members do not interfere with the handling of the ballots.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3444; A 2001, 1953; 2007, 1184, 2621)