2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.3572 - Establishment of temporary branch polling places for early voting and ballot drop boxes; establishment within Indian reservation or colony; days and hours for early voting; legal rights and remedies of property owners or lessors not affected by presence of such polling places.

1. In addition to permanent polling places for early voting, the county clerk may establish temporary branch polling places for early voting which may include, without limitation, the clerk’s office pursuant to NRS 293.3561.
2. If an Indian reservation or Indian colony is located in whole or in part within a county, the county clerk:
(a) Shall, except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 6, establish a temporary branch polling place for early voting and a ballot drop box at a location approved by the Indian tribe within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony; and
(b) May establish additional temporary branch polling places for early voting or ballot drop boxes, or both, within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony upon the request of an Indian tribe submitted not later than the dates set forth in subsection 3 to elect not to have a polling place and ballot drop box established within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony.
3. An Indian tribe may elect not to have a temporary branch polling place for early voting and ballot drop box established within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony by submitting notice to the county clerk on or before:
(a) If the notice is for a primary election, January 15 of the year in which the general election is to be held.
(b) If the notice is for a presidential preference primary election, September 15 of the year immediately preceding the year of the presidential preference primary election.
(c) If the notice is for a general election, June 15 of the year in which the general election is to be held.
4. Any location of a temporary branch polling place for early voting or ballot drop box established pursuant to subsection 2 must satisfy the criteria established by the county clerk for the selection of temporary branch polling places and ballot drop boxes pursuant to NRS 293.3561.
5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, the county clerk must continue to establish one temporary branch polling place and ballot drop box within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony at a location approved by the Indian tribe for early voting in future elections unless otherwise notified by the Indian tribe pursuant to subsection 3.
6. Not later than the dates set forth in subsection 3 to elect not to have a polling place and ballot drop box established within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony, an Indian tribe that elects to have a temporary branch polling place and ballot drop box established must submit to the county clerk and the tribal liaison designated by the Office of the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 233A.260:
(a) The location for the temporary branch polling place and ballot drop box and whether the location will have only a temporary branch polling place or ballot drop box or both a temporary branch polling place and ballot drop box;
(b) Whether the Indian tribe will select registered voters to be appointed to act as election board officers to staff the temporary branch polling place within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony; and
(c) The proposed days and hours for the operation of the temporary branch polling place.
If an Indian tribe does not submit the information required pursuant to this subsection, the Indian tribe shall be deemed to have elected not to have a temporary branch polling place and ballot drop box established within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony.
7. The provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 293.3568 do not apply to a temporary branch polling place. Voting at a temporary branch polling place may be conducted on any one or more days and during any hours within the period for early voting by personal appearance, as determined by the county clerk.
8. The schedules for conducting voting are not required to be uniform among the temporary branch polling places.
9. The legal rights and remedies which inure to the owner or lessor of private property are not impaired or otherwise affected by the leasing of the property for use as a temporary branch polling place for early voting, except to the extent necessary to conduct early voting at that location.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2169; A 1995, 2626, 2778; 1997, 668, 671, 2779; 1999, 695; 2003, 1650; 2005, 2288; 2017, 3820; 2019, 177; 2021, 1229, 3887; 2023, 2521)