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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.635 - Procedure for delivery of ballots and election materials to receiving center or central counting place; disposition of other materials; members of general public allowed to observe delivery.

1. At least two members of the election board shall deliver the sealed container to a receiving center or to the central counting place, as directed by the city clerk.
2. The members of the election board described in subsection 1 shall provide for the transportation or other disposition of all other supplies and election materials as directed by the city clerk.
3. Any member of the general public may observe the delivery of a sealed container to a receiving center or to the central counting place if he or she does not interfere with the delivery of the sealed container.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3444; A 2015, 3177)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.640 - Creation of special election boards; appointment of members to boards.

1. To facilitate the processing and computation of votes cast at an election conducted under a mechanical voting system, the city clerk shall create a computer program and processing accuracy board, and may create:
(a) A central ballot inspection board;
(b) A mail ballot inspection board;
(c) A ballot duplicating board;
(d) A ballot processing and packaging board; and
(e) Such additional boards or appoint such officers as the city clerk deems necessary for the expeditious processing of ballots.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the city clerk may determine the number of members to constitute any board. The city clerk shall make any appointments from among competent persons who are registered voters in this State. The same person may be appointed to more than one board but must meet the qualifications for each board to which he or she is appointed.
3. If the city clerk creates a ballot duplicating board, the city clerk shall appoint to the board at least two members. The members of the ballot duplicating board must not all be of the same political party.
4. All persons appointed pursuant to this section serve at the pleasure of the city clerk.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3444; A 2001, 2041; 2021, 1259)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.645 - Duties of central ballot inspection board.

The central ballot inspection board shall:
1. Receive the ballots in sealed containers.
2. Inspect the containers, record the number indicated on each container and its seal pursuant to NRS 293.462 and remove the storage devices that store the ballots voted on mechanical recording devices that directly record votes electronically.
3. Register the numbers of ballots by precinct.
4. Deliver any damaged paper ballots to the ballot duplicating board.
5. Receive duplicates of damaged paper ballots from the ballot duplicating board and place the duplicates with the voted ballots of the appropriate precinct.
6. Place each damaged original paper ballot in a separate envelope and note on the outside of the envelope the appropriate number of the precinct.
7. Reject any paper ballot that has been marked in a way that identifies the voter.
8. Place each rejected paper ballot in a separate envelope and note on the outside of the envelope the appropriate number of the precinct and the reason for the board’s rejection of the ballot.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3445; A 2007, 1185, 2621)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.655 - Duties of ballot duplicating board.

The ballot duplicating board shall:
1. Receive damaged ballots pursuant to NRS 293C.645, including ballots that have been torn, bent or mutilated.
2. Prepare on a distinctly colored, serially numbered ballot marked "duplicate" an exact copy of each damaged ballot.
3. Record the serial number of the duplicate ballot on the damaged original ballot and return the damaged and duplicate ballots to the appropriate ballot inspection board.
4. Hold aside the duplicated ballots for counting after all other ballots are counted if this procedure is directed by the city clerk.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3445; A 2001, 2041; 2007, 1185, 2622)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.660 - Ballot processing and packaging board: Composition; duties.

1. The ballot processing and packaging board must be composed of persons who are qualified in the use of the data processing equipment to be operated for the voting count.
2. The board shall:
(a) Allow members of the general public to observe the counting area where the computers are located during the period when ballots are being processed if those members do not interfere with the processing of the ballots.
(b) Receive ballots and maintain groupings of them by precinct.
(c) Before each counting of the ballots or computer run begins, validate the testing material with the counting program.
(d) Maintain a log showing the sequence in which the ballots of each precinct are processed to ensure that the ballots of all precincts are processed.
(e) After each counting of the ballots, verify the testing material with the counting program to substantiate that there has been no substitution or irregularity.
(f) Record an explanation of any irregularity that occurs in the processing.
(g) Collect all returns, programs, testing materials, ballots and other items used in the election at the computer center and package and deliver the items to the city clerk for sealing and storage.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3446)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.665 - Computer program and processing accuracy board: Appointment; duties.

1. The city clerk shall appoint the members of the computer program and processing accuracy board not later than 7 days before the election in which they will serve.
2. The board shall verify that:
(a) Any invalid voting of a ballot will cause it to be rejected.
(b) Votes can be counted for each candidate and proposition.
(c) Any overvote for an office or proposition will cause a rejection of the vote for that office or proposition.
(d) Where multiple votes may be cast, the maximum number of votes permitted a voter cannot be exceeded without rejecting the vote for that selection, but any undervote will be counted.
(e) A voter’s omission to vote or the voter’s irregular vote on any particular office or proposition will not prevent the counting of his or her vote as to any other office or proposition on the ballot.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3446)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.700 - Construction of containers used to transport official ballots.

1. Each container used to transport official ballots pursuant to NRS 293C.295, 293C.630 and 293C.635 must:
(a) Be constructed of metal or any other rigid material; and
(b) Contain a seal which is placed on the container to ensure detection of any opening of the container.
2. The container and seal must be separately numbered for identification.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 267; A 2001, 2042; 2007, 2622; 2021, 1259)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.710 - Loss or destruction of ballots, or other cause, preventing election in precinct or district; new election.

If a city election is prevented in any precinct or district by reason of the loss or destruction of the ballots intended for that precinct or district, or any other cause, the appropriate election officers in that precinct or district shall make an affidavit setting forth that fact and transmit it to the governing body of the appropriate city. Upon receipt of the affidavit and upon the application of any candidate for any city office to be voted for by the registered voters of that precinct or district, the governing body of the city shall order a new election in that precinct or district.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 267; A 2015, 3177)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.715 - Website maintained by city clerk for public information relating to elections; requirements.

1. If a city clerk maintains a website on the Internet for information relating to elections, the website must contain public information maintained, collected or compiled by the city clerk that relates to elections, which must include, without limitation:
(a) The locations of polling places for casting a ballot on election day in such a form that a registered voter may search the list to determine the location of the polling place or places at which the registered voter is entitled to cast a ballot; and
(b) The abstract of votes required to be posted on a website pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293C.387.
2. The abstract of votes required to be maintained on the website pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 must be maintained in such a format as to permit the searching of the abstract of votes for specific information.
3. If the information required to be maintained by a city clerk pursuant to subsection 1 may be obtained by the public from a website on the Internet maintained by the Secretary of State, a county clerk or another city clerk, the city clerk may provide a hyperlink to that website to comply with the provisions of subsection 1 with regard to that information.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2291; A 2019, 4123)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.720 - City clerks encouraged to provide election information and materials in usable format for persons who are elderly or disabled.

Each city clerk is encouraged to:
1. Not later than the earlier date of the first notice provided pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 293.560 or NRS 293C.187, notify the public, through means designed to reach members of the public who are elderly or disabled, of the provisions of NRS 293C.263, 293C.281 and 293C.282.
2. Provide in alternative audio and visual formats information concerning elections, information concerning how to preregister or register to vote and information concerning the manner of voting for use by a person who is elderly or disabled, including, without limitation, providing such information through a telecommunications device that is accessible to a person who is deaf.
3. Not later than 5 working days after receiving the request of a person who is elderly or disabled, provide to the person, in a format that can be used by the person, any requested material that is:
(a) Related to elections; and
(b) Made available by the city clerk to the public in printed form.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1436; A 2003, 1661; 2017, 1369, 3872; 2019, 4123; 2021, 1260)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.020 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 293D.030 to 293D.090, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1917; A 2013, 34)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.030 - "Covered voter" defined.

"Covered voter" means:
1. A uniformed-service voter;
2. An overseas voter; or
3. A spouse or dependent of a uniformed-service voter.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1917)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.050 - "Military-overseas ballot" defined.

"Military-overseas ballot" means:
1. A federal write-in absentee ballot described in section 103 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20303;
2. A ballot specifically prepared or distributed for use by a covered voter in accordance with this chapter; or
3. Any other ballot cast by a covered voter in accordance with this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1917; A 2017, 3342)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.070 - "Residency requirement" defined.

"Residency requirement" means the requirement contained in NRS 293.485 that a person must continuously reside in this State, the county and the precinct for the purposes of qualifying to register to vote in this State.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1917)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.090 - "Uniformed-service voter" defined.

"Uniformed-service voter" means an elector who is:
1. A member of the active or reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or Space Force of the United States who is on active duty;
2. A member of the Merchant Marine, the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service or the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States;
3. A member of the National Guard or state militia unit who is on activated status; or
4. A spouse or dependent of a person described in subsection 1, 2 or 3.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1917; A 2023, 3311)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.110 - Uniformity of application and construction.

In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that have enacted the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. §§ 20301 et seq.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1921; A 2017, 3343)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.120 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

This chapter modifies, limits and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(c) of that Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7003(b).
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1921)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.130 - Covered voter may use digital or electronic signature for purposes of chapter.

A covered voter may sign any document or other material that is necessary for the covered voter to register to vote, apply for a military-overseas ballot or cast a military-overseas ballot pursuant to this chapter using his or her digital signature or electronic signature.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 34)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.200 - Duties of Secretary of State and local elections official.

1. The Secretary of State shall make available to covered voters information regarding voter registration procedures for covered voters and procedures for casting military-overseas ballots.
2. The Secretary of State shall establish a system of approved electronic transmission through which covered voters may apply for, receive and send documents and other information pursuant to this chapter. The system of approved electronic transmission must include, without limitation, a method by which a covered voter may provide his or her digital signature or electronic signature on any document or other material that is necessary for the covered voter to register to vote, apply for a military-overseas ballot or cast a military-overseas ballot pursuant to this chapter.
3. The Secretary of State shall develop standardized absentee-voting materials, including, without limitation, privacy and transmission envelopes and their electronic equivalents, authentication materials and voting instructions, to be used with the military-overseas ballot of a covered voter authorized to vote in any jurisdiction in this State and, to the extent reasonably possible, shall do so in coordination with other states.
4. The Secretary of State shall prescribe the form and content of a declaration for use by a covered voter to swear or affirm specific representations pertaining to the covered voter’s identity, eligibility to vote, status as a covered voter and timely and proper completion of a military-overseas ballot. The declaration must be based on the declaration prescribed to accompany a federal write-in absentee ballot under section 103 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20303, as modified to be consistent with this chapter. The Secretary of State shall ensure that a form for the execution of the declaration, including an indication of the date of execution of the declaration, is a prominent part of all balloting materials for which the declaration is required.
5. The Secretary of State shall prescribe by regulation the duties of a local elections official upon receipt of a military-overseas ballot, including, without limitation, the procedures to be used by a local elections official in accepting, handling and counting a military-overseas ballot.
6. The Secretary of State shall prescribe the form and content of an application for a United States citizen who is outside the United States to preregister to vote if:
(a) The person would have been able to preregister to vote pursuant to NRS 293.4855 except for the residency requirement; and
(b) The last place where a parent or legal guardian of the person was, or under this chapter would have been, eligible to vote before leaving the United States is within this State.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1918; A 2013, 34; 2017, 3343, 3872)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.210 - Eligibility of overseas voter to be covered voter.

An overseas voter is eligible to be a covered voter if:
1. Before leaving the United States, the overseas voter was eligible to vote in this State and, except for the residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this State’s voter eligibility requirements;
2. Before leaving the United States, the overseas voter would have been eligible to vote in this State had the overseas voter then been of voting age and, except for the residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this State’s voter eligibility requirements;
3. Before leaving the United States, the overseas voter was preregistered to vote as described in NRS 293.4855 and, except for the residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this State’s voter eligibility requirements; or
4. The overseas voter was born outside the United States and, except for the residency requirement, otherwise satisfies the voter eligibility requirements set forth in NRS 293.485, so long as:
(a) The last place where a parent or legal guardian of the overseas voter was, or under this chapter would have been, eligible to vote before leaving the United States is within this State; and
(b) The overseas voter is not registered to vote in any other state.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1918; A 2017, 3873)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.220 - Covered voter’s registration address; assignment of precinct.

In registering to vote, a covered voter shall use and must be assigned to the precinct of the address of the last place of residence of the covered voter in this State or, in the case of a dependent, the address of the last place of residence in this State of the parent or legal guardian of the covered voter. If the last place of residence in this State has not been assigned a street address, the address at which the covered voter resides for purposes of this section is a description of the location at which the voter actually resides. The description must identify the location with sufficient specificity to allow the county clerk to assign the location to a precinct.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1918)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.230 - Methods of registering to vote; use of system of approved electronic transmission.

1. In addition to any other method of registering to vote set forth in chapter 293 of NRS, a covered voter may use a federal postcard application, as prescribed under section 101(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20301(b)(2), or the application’s electronic equivalent, to apply to register to vote, if the federal postcard application or the application’s electronic equivalent is received by the appropriate local elections official before the time set pursuant to NRS 293.273 for closing the polls on election day. If the federal postcard application or the application’s electronic equivalent is received after the time set for closing the polls, it must be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections. Upon receipt of the electronic equivalent of the federal postcard application pursuant to this subsection, the local elections official shall affix, mark or otherwise acknowledge receipt of the application by means of a time stamp on the application.
2. A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying the federal write-in absentee ballot, as prescribed under section 103 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20303, to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration and the federal write-in absentee ballot are received before the time set pursuant to NRS 293.273 for closing the polls on election day. If the declaration is received after the time set for closing the polls, it must be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections.
3. The Secretary of State shall ensure that the system of approved electronic transmission described in subsection 2 of NRS 293D.200 is capable of accepting:
(a) Both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic registration application sent to the appropriate local elections official; and
(b) A digital signature or an electronic signature of a covered voter on the documents described in paragraph (a).
4. The covered voter may use the system of approved electronic transmission or any other method set forth in chapter 293 of NRS to register to vote.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1918; A 2013, 34; 2017, 3343, 3873; 2021, 1880)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.310 - Timeliness and scope of application.

An application for a military-overseas ballot is timely if received before the time set pursuant to NRS 293.273 for closing the polls on election day. An application for a military-overseas ballot for a primary election, whether or not timely, is effective as an application for a military-overseas ballot for the general election.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1920; A 2021, 1882)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.320 - Transmission by local elections official to covered voters.

1. For all covered elections for which this State has not received a waiver pursuant to section 579 of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20302(g)(2), not later than 45 days before the election or, if the 45th day before the election is a weekend or holiday, not later than the business day preceding the 45th day, the local elections official in each jurisdiction charged with distributing military-overseas ballots and balloting materials shall transmit military-overseas ballots and balloting materials to all covered voters who by that date submit a valid application for military-overseas ballots.
2. A covered voter who requests that a military-overseas ballot and balloting materials be sent to the covered voter by approved electronic transmission may choose to receive the military-overseas ballot and balloting materials by:
(a) Facsimile transmission;
(b) Electronic mail delivery; or
(c) The system of approved electronic transmission that is established by the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 293D.200.
The local elections official in each jurisdiction shall transmit the military-overseas ballot and balloting materials to the covered voter using the means of approved electronic transmission chosen by the covered voter.
3. If an application for a military-overseas ballot from a covered voter arrives after the jurisdiction begins transmitting ballots and balloting materials to other voters, the local elections official shall transmit the military-overseas ballot and balloting materials to the covered voter not later than 2 business days after the application arrives.
4. If a covered voter does not receive his or her military-overseas ballot and balloting materials for any reason, including, without limitation, as a result of a change in the duty station of the covered voter, the covered voter may, not later than the close of polls on election day:
(a) Request that the local elections official resend to the covered voter his or her military-overseas ballot and balloting materials by:
(1) Facsimile transmission;
(2) Electronic mail delivery; or
(3) The system of approved electronic transmission that is established by the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 293D.200.
(b) Cast his or her military-overseas ballot by:
(1) Facsimile transmission;
(2) Electronic mail delivery; or
(3) The system of approved electronic transmission that is established by the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 293D.200.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1920; A 2013, 36; 2017, 3345, 3875)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.400 - Timely casting of military-overseas ballot.

A military-overseas ballot must be received by the appropriate local elections official not later than the time set pursuant to NRS 293.273 for closing the polls on election day.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1920; A 2021, 1882)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.410 - Use of federal write-in absentee ballot.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a covered voter may use the federal write-in absentee ballot, in accordance with section 103 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20303, to vote for all offices and ballot measures in an election.
2. If the covered voter indicates on the federal write-in absentee ballot that he or she is residing overseas indefinitely, the covered voter may only use the federal write-in absentee ballot to vote for federal offices.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1920; A 2017, 3345)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.420 - Required declaration by covered voter; signature.

1. Each military-overseas ballot must include or be accompanied by a declaration signed by the covered voter declaring that a material misstatement of fact in completing the document may be grounds for a conviction of perjury under the laws of the United States or this State.
2. The covered voter may sign the declaration required pursuant to subsection 1 using his or her digital signature or electronic signature.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1920; A 2013, 36)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.500 - Establishment of electronic free-access system for use by covered voter to confirm receipt, acceptance and status of certain documents.

The Secretary of State, in coordination with local elections officials, shall establish and maintain an electronic free-access system which uses the telephone, electronic mail or the Internet so that a covered voter may determine whether:
1. The covered voter’s federal postcard application or other registration or military-overseas ballot application has been received and accepted; and
2. The covered voter’s military-overseas ballot has been received and the current status of the military-overseas ballot.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1920)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.510 - Electronic-mail address of covered voter: Request by local elections official; confidentiality; use; standing request for electronic delivery of military-overseas ballot for certain period.

1. The local elections official shall request an electronic-mail address from each covered voter who registers to vote. An electronic-mail address provided by a covered voter is confidential and is not a public book or record within the meaning of NRS 239.010. A local elections official may not release a covered voter’s electronic-mail address to a third party. A local elections official may use the address only to communicate with the covered voter about the voting process, including transmitting military-overseas ballots and election materials if the covered voter has requested electronic transmission, and verifying the covered voter’s mailing address and physical location, as needed. A request for an electronic-mail address under this subsection must describe the purpose for which the electronic-mail address will be used and state that any other use or disclosure is prohibited.
2. A covered voter who provides an electronic-mail address may request that his or her application for a military-overseas ballot be considered a standing request for electronic delivery of a ballot for all elections held through December 31 of the year following the calendar year of the date of the application or another shorter period the covered voter specifies. The local elections official shall provide a military-overseas ballot to a covered voter who makes a request for each election to which the request is applicable. A covered voter who is entitled to receive a military-overseas ballot for a primary election under this subsection is also entitled to receive a military-overseas ballot for the general election.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1921)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.530 - Mistake, omission or noncompliance with nonessential requirement by covered voter in completion of document does not invalidate document in certain circumstances.

If a covered voter’s mistake or omission in the completion of a document under this chapter does not prevent determining whether a covered voter is eligible to vote, the mistake or omission does not invalidate the document. Failure to satisfy a nonessential requirement, including, without limitation, using paper or envelopes of a specified size or weight, does not invalidate any document submitted under this chapter. In any write-in ballot authorized by this chapter, if the intention of the covered voter is discernable under this State’s uniform definition of what constitutes a vote, as required by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 52 U.S.C. § 21081(a)(6), an abbreviation, misspelling or other minor variation in the form of the name of a candidate or a political party must be accepted as a valid vote.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1921; A 2017, 3345)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293D - Uniformed Military and Overseas Absentee Voters Act › NRS 293D.540 - Enforcement of chapter: Injunction or other equitable relief.

A court may issue an injunction or grant other equitable relief appropriate to ensure substantial compliance with, or enforce, this chapter on application by:
1. A covered voter alleging a grievance under this chapter; or
2. The Secretary of State or a local elections official.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1921)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.002 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 294A.0025 to 294A.014, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 730; A 1983, 1374; 1989, 1061, 2172; 2005, 2294; 2007, 967, 3369; 2011, 3287; 2013, 1331, 2379; 2017, 3346; 2019, 3954)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.0025 - "Advocates expressly" or "expressly advocates" defined.

"Advocates expressly" or "expressly advocates" means that a communication, taken as a whole, is susceptible to no other reasonable interpretation other than as an appeal to vote for or against a clearly identified candidate or group of candidates or a question or group of questions on the ballot at a primary election, general election or special election. A communication does not have to include the words "vote for," "vote against," "elect," "support" or other similar language to be considered a communication that expressly advocates the passage or defeat of a candidate or a question.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 3286; A 2013, 1331, 2379)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.0035 - "Campaign expenses" defined.

"Campaign expenses" means:
1. All expenses incurred by a candidate for a campaign, including, without limitation:
(a) Office expenses;
(b) Expenses related to volunteers;
(c) Expenses related to travel;
(d) Expenses related to advertising;
(e) Expenses related to paid staff;
(f) Expenses related to consultants;
(g) Expenses related to polling;
(h) Expenses related to special events;
(i) Expenses related to a legal defense fund;
(j) Contributions made to another candidate, a nonprofit corporation that is registered or required to be registered pursuant to NRS 294A.225, a committee for political action that is registered or required to be registered pursuant to NRS 294A.230 or a committee for the recall of a public officer that is registered or required to be registered pursuant to NRS 294A.250;
(k) Fees for filing declarations of candidacy; and
(l) Repayment or forgiveness of a loan.
2. Expenditures, as defined in NRS 294A.0075.
3. The disposal of any unspent contributions pursuant to NRS 294A.117 or 294A.160.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 3286; A 2013, 2380; 2019, 3400; 2021, 2491)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.005 - "Candidate" defined.

"Candidate" means any person:
1. Who files a declaration of candidacy;
2. Whose name appears on an official ballot at any election; or
3. Who has received one or more contributions in excess of $100, regardless of whether:
(a) The person has filed a declaration of candidacy; or
(b) The name of the person appears on an official ballot at any election.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1363; A 1981, 730; 1997, 239; 2007, 1186; 2015, 1178; 2019, 3401)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.0055 - "Committee for political action" defined.

1. "Committee for political action" means:
(a) Any group of natural persons or entities that solicits or receives contributions from any other person, group or entity and:
(1) Makes or intends to make contributions to candidates or other persons; or
(2) Makes or intends to make expenditures,
designed to affect the outcome of any primary election, general election, special election or question on the ballot.
(b) Any business or social organization, corporation, partnership, association, trust, unincorporated organization or labor union:
(1) Which has as its primary purpose affecting the outcome of any primary election, general election, special election or any question on the ballot and for that purpose receives contributions in excess of $1,500 in a calendar year or makes expenditures in excess of $1,500 in a calendar year; or
(2) Which does not have as its primary purpose affecting the outcome of any primary election, general election, special election or any question on the ballot, but for the purpose of affecting the outcome of any election or question on the ballot receives contributions in excess of $5,000 in a calendar year or makes independent expenditures in excess of $5,000 in a calendar year.
2. "Committee for political action" does not include:
(a) An organization made up of legislative members of a political party whose primary purpose is to provide support for their political efforts.
(b) An entity solely because it provides goods or services to a candidate or committee in the regular course of its business at the same price that would be provided to the general public.
(c) An individual natural person.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 1, an individual corporation or other business organization who has filed articles of incorporation or other documentation of organization with the Secretary of State pursuant to title 7 of NRS.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 1, a labor union.
(f) A personal campaign committee or the personal representative of a candidate who receives contributions or makes expenditures that are reported as contributions or expenditures by the candidate.
(g) A committee for the recall of a public officer.
(h) A major or minor political party or any committee sponsored by a major or minor political party.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 2172; A 2001, 1429; 2007, 967; 2011, 2105; 2013, 1149, 1332, 2380; 2015, 1879)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.006 - "Committee for the recall of a public officer" defined.

"Committee for the recall of a public officer" means an organization that:
1. Receives any contributions, makes any contributions to candidates or persons or makes any expenditures that are designed to affect the recall of a public officer; or
2. Files a notice of intent to circulate the petition for recall.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1060; A 2003, 1711)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.0065 - "Committee sponsored by a political party" defined.

"Committee sponsored by a political party" means any committee, group or organization that is officially affiliated with a political party and:
1. Makes or intends to make contributions to candidates or other persons; or
2. Makes or intends to make expenditures.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2379)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.007 - "Contribution" defined.

1. "Contribution" means a gift, loan, conveyance, deposit, payment, transfer or distribution of money or of anything of value other than the services of a volunteer, and includes:
(a) The payment by any person, other than a candidate, of compensation for the personal services of another person which are rendered to a:
(1) Candidate;
(2) Person who makes an independent expenditure; or
(3) Committee for political action, political party or committee sponsored by a political party which makes an expenditure for or against a candidate or group of candidates,
without charge to the candidate, person, committee or political party.
(b) The value of services provided in kind for which money would have otherwise been paid, such as paid polling and resulting data, paid direct mail, paid solicitation by telephone, any paid paraphernalia that was printed or otherwise produced to promote a campaign and the use of paid personnel to assist in a campaign.
2. As used in this section, "volunteer" means a person who does not receive compensation of any kind, directly or indirectly, for the services provided to a campaign.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 730; A 1991, 1393; 1997, 239; 2007, 967; 2011, 2106, 3288; 2013, 1332, 2381)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.0074 - "Election year" defined.

"Election year" means, with regard to a:
1. Candidate, the calendar year in which the primary election and general election are held for the public office for which the candidate is seeking election or intends to seek election.
2. Question on the ballot, the calendar year in which the election is held for the question.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 3346)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.0075 - "Expenditures" defined.

"Expenditures" means:
1. Money paid for advertising or communication on television, radio, billboards or posters, in newspapers or other periodicals or by mail; and
2. All other money paid,
to advocate expressly the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate or group of candidates or the passage or defeat of a clearly identified question or group of questions on the ballot, including any payments made to a candidate or any person who is related to the candidate within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 730; A 1991, 1393; 1997, 238; 2003, 2995; 2011, 3287; 2013, 2381)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.0077 - "Independent expenditure" defined.

"Independent expenditure" means an expenditure which is made by a person who is not under the direction or control of a candidate for office, of a group of such candidates or of any person involved in the campaign of a candidate or group and which is made for or against a candidate or group and is not solicited or approved by a candidate or group.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2379)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.0078 - "Legal defense fund" defined.

"Legal defense fund" means an account established to defray attorney’s fees or other legal costs incurred by a candidate or public officer if such a candidate or public officer becomes subject to any civil, criminal or administrative claim or proceeding arising from a campaign, the electoral process or the performance of official duties.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3368)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.0087 - "Organization" defined.

"Organization" means:
1. Any form of business or social organization; and
2. Any nongovernmental legal entity, including, without limitation, a corporation, partnership, association, trust, unincorporated organization, labor union, committee for political action, political party and committee sponsored by a political party.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3953)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.009 - "Person" defined.

"Person" means:
1. A natural person;
2. Any form of business or social organization;
3. Any nongovernmental legal entity, including, without limitation, a corporation, partnership, association, trust, unincorporated organization, labor union, committee for political action, political party and committee sponsored by a political party; or
4. A government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a government.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1373; A 1985, 514; 1997, 239)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.011 - "Personal use" defined.

"Personal use" means any use of contributions to fulfill a commitment, obligation or expense of:
1. A candidate that would exist irrespective of his or her campaign.
2. A public officer that would exist irrespective of the duties of his or her public office,
as applicable.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3953)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.100 - Limit on amount that may be committed or contributed to or accepted by candidate during certain period; penalty.

1. A person shall not make or commit to make a contribution or contributions to a candidate for any office, except a federal office, in an amount which exceeds $5,000 for the primary election, regardless of the number of candidates for the office, and $5,000 for the general election, regardless of the number of candidates for the office, during the period:
(a) Beginning January 1 of the year immediately following the last general election for the office and ending December 31 immediately following the next general election for the office, if that office is a state, district, county or township office; or
(b) Beginning from 30 days after the last election for the office and ending 30 days after the next general city election for the office, if that office is a city office.
2. A candidate shall not accept a contribution or commitment to make a contribution made in violation of subsection 1.
3. No contribution made, committed to be made or accepted pursuant to this section to a candidate for a primary election or general election affects the limitations on the amount of contributions that may be committed, contributed or accepted pursuant to NRS 294A.115 for a special election to recall a public officer.
4. A person who willfully violates any provision of this section is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1401; A 1997, 240; 2011, 2106; 2013, 1333, 2381; 2015, 1880; 2019, 1633)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.112 - Making or assisting in making contribution in name of another person prohibited; accepting contribution made by person in name of another person prohibited; making contribution to committee for political action with knowledge and intent to circumvent contribution limit prohibited.

1. A person shall not:
(a) Make a contribution in the name of another person;
(b) Knowingly allow his or her name to be used to cause a contribution to be made in the name of another person or assist in the making of a contribution in the name of another person;
(c) Knowingly assist a person to make a contribution in the name of another person;
(d) Knowingly accept a contribution made by a person in the name of another person; or
(e) Make a contribution to a committee for political action with the knowledge and intent that the committee for political action will contribute that money to a specific candidate which, in combination with the total contributions already made by the person for the same election, would violate the limitations on contributions set forth in this chapter.
2. As used in this section, "make a contribution in the name of another person" includes, without limitation:
(a) Giving money or an item of value, all or part of which was provided or reimbursed to the contributor by another person, without disclosing the source of the money or item of value to the recipient at the time the contribution is made; and
(b) Giving money or an item of value, all or part of which belongs to the person who is giving the money or item of value, and claiming that the money or item of value belongs to another person.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 236; A 2011, 3288)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices › NRS 294A.115 - Limit on amount that may be committed or contributed to or accepted by candidate in special election to recall public officer during certain period; penalty.

1. A person shall not make or commit to make a contribution or contributions to a candidate in a special election to recall a public officer, in an amount which exceeds $5,000, regardless of the number of candidates for the office.
2. No contribution to a candidate in a recall election may be given or received except during the period:
(a) Beginning on the date that a notice of intent to recall a public officer is filed pursuant to NRS 306.015; and
(b) Ending on the latest of the following dates:
(1) If a petition for recall is not submitted to the filing officer before the expiration of the notice of intent pursuant to the provisions of chapter 306 of NRS or is otherwise legally insufficient when submitted to the filing officer pursuant to the provisions of that chapter, on the date that the notice of intent expires or the petition is determined to be legally insufficient, as applicable.
(2) If the legal sufficiency of a petition for recall is challenged and a district court determines that the petition is legally:
(I) Sufficient pursuant to chapter 306 of NRS and the order of the district court is appealed, on the date on which all appeals regarding the petition are exhausted.
(II) Insufficient pursuant to chapter 306 of NRS, on the date on which the period to appeal the order of the district court expires or, if the order of the district court is appealed, on the date on which all appeals regarding the petition are exhausted.
(3) If a recall election is held, on the date of the special election to recall a public officer.
3. No contribution made, committed to be made or accepted pursuant to this section for a special election to recall a public officer affects the limitations on the amount of contributions that may be committed, contributed or accepted pursuant to NRS 294A.100 for a primary election or general election.
4. A candidate shall not accept a contribution or commitment to make a contribution made in violation of this section.
5. A person who willfully violates any provision of this section is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 1632)