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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.220 - Appointment of officers by city clerk; appointment of law enforcement officers for polling places; appointment of trainees.

1. The city clerk shall appoint and notify registered voters to act as election board officers for the various polling places and precincts in the city as provided in NRS 293.225, 293.227, 293C.227, 293C.228 and 293C.26329. No candidate for nomination or election or a relative of the candidate within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity may be appointed as an election board officer. Immediately after election board officers are appointed, if requested by the city clerk, the chief law enforcement officer of the city shall:
(a) Appoint an officer for each polling place in the city and for the central election board and the mail ballot central counting board; or
(b) Deputize, as an officer for the election, an election board officer for each polling place and for the central election board and the mail ballot central counting board. The deputized officer may not receive any additional compensation for the services he or she provides as an officer during the election for which the officer is deputized.
Officers so appointed and deputized shall preserve order during hours of voting and attend the closing of the polls.
2. The city clerk may appoint a trainee for the position of election board officer as set forth in NRS 293C.222.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3424; A 1999, 270; 2007, 2609; 2015, 3166; 2021, 1251)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.222 - Appointment of pupil as trainee: Qualifications; requirements; duties; compensation.

1. The city clerk may appoint a pupil as a trainee for the position of election board officer. To qualify for such an appointment, the pupil must be:
(a) A United States citizen, a resident of Nevada and a resident of the city in which the pupil serves;
(b) Enrolled in high school; and
(c) At the time of service, at least 16 years of age.
2. The city clerk may only appoint a pupil as a trainee if:
(a) The pupil is appointed without party affiliation;
(b) The city clerk sends the pupil a certificate stating the date and hours that the pupil will act as a trainee;
(c) At least 20 days before the election in which the pupil will act as a trainee, the principal of the high school or the assigned school counselor of the pupil receives the city clerk’s certificate and a written request signed by the pupil’s parent or guardian to be excused from school for the time specified in the certificate;
(d) The principal of the high school or the assigned school counselor of the pupil approves the pupil’s request; and
(e) The pupil attends the training class required by NRS 293B.260.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the city clerk may assign a trainee such duties as the city clerk deems appropriate. The city clerk shall not require the trainee to perform those duties later than 10 p.m., or any applicable curfew, whichever is earlier.
4. The city clerk may compensate a trainee for service at the same rate fixed for election board officers generally.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 265; A 2003, 1658; 2015, 3167; 2019, 4108)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.225 - Recommendations by chair of persons suitable for service.

The city clerk may provide, by rule or regulation, for the:
1. Recommendation, by the persons selected as chairs of election boards, of suitable persons to serve as members of election boards; and
2. Recommendations, by the chairs, of suitable persons to serve in the case of vacancies.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3424)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.227 - Delivery of notice of appointment to officer or trainee.

Upon the selection of persons to act as election board officers pursuant to NRS 293C.220 or as trainees pursuant to NRS 293C.222, the city clerk shall deliver, by mail or other means, notifications of the appointments to those persons.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 266)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.228 - Notice of unwillingness to serve as officer or trainee; appointment of replacement.

If any person appointed to serve as an election board officer pursuant to NRS 293C.220 or as a trainee pursuant to NRS 293C.222 is unwilling to serve as appointed, the person shall notify the city clerk within 5 days after receipt of the notification that he or she is unwilling to serve, whereupon the city clerk shall appoint some other registered voter to serve at the election.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 266)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.257 - Form of ballot for primary city election; names of candidates to be grouped alphabetically; exception.

For a primary city election, there must appear at the top of each ballot the designation "Candidates for city offices." Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.2565, following this designation must appear the names of candidates grouped alphabetically under the title and length of term of the office for which those candidates filed.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3425; A 2003, 1726)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.260 - Form of ballot for general city election; names of candidates to be grouped alphabetically; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.140, ballots for a general city election must contain the names of candidates who were nominated at the primary city election.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.2565, the names of candidates must be grouped alphabetically under the title and length of term of the office for which those candidates filed.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3425; A 2003, 1726)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.261 - Ballot to indicate date of election and at which election ballot will be used.

1. A ballot prepared for use in a city election must be dated and marked in such a manner as to indicate clearly at which city election the ballot will be used.
2. If a ballot includes a detachable stub, both the ballot and the stub must include the date of the city election and indicate clearly at which city election the ballot will be used.
3. If a ballot includes a voting receipt, the voting receipt must include the date of the city election and indicate clearly at which city election the voter cast the ballot.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 266; A 2007, 2610)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.262 - Order of listing offices and questions; division of ballots; color of ballots and voting receipts.

1. The offices for which there are candidates, the names of the candidates therefor and the questions to be voted upon must be printed on ballots for a city election in the following order:
(a) City offices:
(1) Mayor;
(2) Council members according to ward in numerical order, if no wards, in alphabetical order; and
(3) Municipal judges.
(b) Questions presented to the voters of a city or a portion of a city with advisory questions listed in consecutive order after any other questions presented to the voters of the city.
2. The city clerk:
(a) May divide paper ballots into two sheets in a manner that provides a clear understanding and grouping of all measures and candidates.
(b) Shall prescribe the color or colors of the ballots and voting receipts used in any election which the clerk is required to conduct.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3425; A 1999, 679; 2003, 3198)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.2625 - Deadlines; requirements; facilitation of meetings.

1. Each city clerk shall schedule a meeting with each Indian tribe located in whole or in part within the city for, to the extent practicable:
(a) Not later than August 1 of each odd-numbered year to discuss the details for the next regularly scheduled election cycle. Such a meeting may address, without limitation:
(1) The establishment and operation of polling places, temporary branch polling places or ballot drop boxes within an Indian reservation or Indian colony and the size requirements for any such polling places and temporary branch polling places;
(2) The dates and times of the upcoming elections for which polling places, temporary branch polling places or ballot drop boxes may be established;
(3) The deadlines relating to the next regularly scheduled election cycle for the Indian tribe to submit a request pursuant to NRS 293C.2675 and 293C.3572 for the establishment of polling places, temporary branch polling places or ballot drop boxes;
(4) Responsibilities for the recruitment of election board officers; and
(5) Any other information relating to the establishment and operation of polling places, temporary branch polling places and ballot drop boxes;
(b) Not later than September 1 of each odd-numbered year to confirm any details relating to the establishment and operation of polling places, temporary branch polling places or ballot drop boxes. Such a meeting may address, without limitation:
(1) Whether the Indian tribe will request or has requested to establish any polling places, temporary branch polling places or ballot drop boxes within an Indian reservation or Indian colony and the size requirements for any such polling places and temporary branch polling places;
(2) The days and hours of any polling place or temporary branch polling place established within an Indian reservation or Indian colony;
(3) Election board officers for any polling place or temporary branch polling place established within an Indian reservation or Indian colony; and
(4) The deadlines relating to the next regularly scheduled election cycle for the Indian tribe to submit a request pursuant to NRS 293C.2675 and 293C.3572; and
(c) On an ongoing basis during the year of an election if an Indian tribe elects to establish any polling places or temporary branch polling places within an Indian reservation or Indian colony.
2. If a city clerk:
(a) Is unable to make contact with an Indian tribe to carry out the requirements of subsection 1, the city clerk shall contact the Secretary of State to facilitate contact; or
(b) Has not contacted an Indian tribe, a representative of the Indian tribe may contact the Secretary of State to facilitate contact.
3. The tribal liaison designated by the Office of the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 233A.260 may assist a city clerk or an Indian tribe to facilitate any contact required pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1531)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.263 - Preparation and distribution of mail ballots; exceptions; mail ballot contents; time for distribution; mootness of untimely legal action which would prevent distribution.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the city clerk shall prepare and distribute to each active registered voter in the city and each person who registers to vote or updates his or her voter registration information not later than the 14 days before the election a mail ballot for every election. The city clerk shall make reasonable accommodations for the use of the mail ballot by a person who is elderly or disabled, including, without limitation, by providing, upon request, the mail ballot in 12-point type to a person who is elderly or disabled.
2. The city clerk shall allow a voter to elect not to receive a mail ballot pursuant to this section by submitting to the city clerk a written notice in the form prescribed by the city clerk which must be received by the city clerk not later than 60 days before the day of the election.
3. The city clerk shall not distribute a mail ballot to any person who:
(a) Registers to vote for the election pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive; or
(b) Elects not to receive a mail ballot pursuant to subsection 2.
4. The mail ballot must include all offices, candidates and measures upon which the voter is entitled to vote at the election.
5. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the mail ballot must be distributed to:
(a) Each active registered voter who:
(1) Resides within the State, not later than 20 days before the election; and
(2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), resides outside the State, not later than 40 days before the election.
(b) Each active registered voter who registers to vote after the dates set for distributing mail ballots pursuant to paragraph (a) but who is eligible to receive a mail ballot pursuant to subsection 1, not later than 13 days before the election.
(c) Each covered voter who is entitled to have a military-overseas ballot transmitted pursuant to the provisions of chapter 293D of NRS or the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. §§ 20301 et seq., not later than the time required by those provisions.
6. In the case of a special election where no candidate for federal office will appear on the ballot, the mail ballot must be distributed to each active registered voter not later than 15 days before the special election.
7. Any untimely legal action which would prevent the mail ballot from being distributed to any voter pursuant to this section is moot and of no effect.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1243)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.26312 - Methods of distribution and other requirements for mail ballots and supporting materials; recordation of certain information by city clerk.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, NRS 293C.263 and chapter 293D of NRS, the city clerk shall send to each active registered voter by first-class mail, or by any class of mail if the Official Election Mail logo or an equivalent logo or mark created by the United States Postal Service is properly placed:
(a) A mail ballot;
(b) A return envelope;
(c) An envelope or sleeve into which the mail ballot is inserted to ensure its secrecy; and
(d) Instructions.
2. In sending a mail ballot to an active registered voter, the city clerk shall use an envelope that may not be forwarded to an address of the voter that is different from the address to which the mail ballot is mailed.
3. The return envelope must include postage prepaid by first-class mail if the active registered voter is within the boundaries of the United States, its territories or possessions or on a military base.
4. Before sending a mail ballot to an active registered voter, the city clerk shall record:
(a) The date the mail ballot is issued;
(b) The name of the voter to whom the mail ballot is issued, his or her precinct or district and his or her political affiliation, if any, unless all the offices on the mail ballot are nonpartisan offices;
(c) The number of the mail ballot; and
(d) Any remarks the city clerk finds appropriate.
5. The Secretary of State shall prescribe:
(a) The form of all envelopes in which mail ballots are sent to voters and return envelopes, which must, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), be uniform throughout the State; and
(b) A method for distinguishing the return envelopes of each city which must be prominently displayed on the outside of the return envelope.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1244; A 2023, 3310)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.26316 - Procedure for voting by mail ballot; procedure for voting in person after mail ballot sent to voter.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.26318 and chapter 293D of NRS, in order to vote a mail ballot, the voter must, in accordance with the instructions:
(a) Mark and fold the mail ballot;
(b) Deposit the mail ballot in the return envelope and seal the return envelope;
(c) Affix his or her signature on the return envelope in the space provided for the signature; and
(d) Mail or deliver the return envelope in a manner authorized by law.
2. Except as otherwise provided in chapter 293D of NRS, voting must be only upon candidates whose names appear upon the mail ballot as prepared pursuant to NRS 293C.263, and no person may write in the name of an additional candidate for any office.
3. If a mail ballot has been sent to a voter who applies to vote in person at a polling place, including, without limitation, a polling place for early voting, the voter must, in addition to complying with all other requirements for voting in person that are set forth in this chapter, surrender his or her mail ballot or sign an affirmation under penalty of perjury that the voter has not voted during the election. A person who receives a surrendered mail ballot shall mark it "Cancelled."
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1245)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.26318 - Unlawful to mark and sign mail ballot on behalf of voter or assist voter to mark and sign mail ballot; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not mark and sign a mail ballot on behalf of a voter or assist a voter to mark and sign a mail ballot pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293C.263 to 293C.26337, inclusive.
2. At the direction of a voter who has a physical disability, is at least 65 years of age or is unable to read or write, a person may mark and sign a mail ballot on behalf of the voter or assist the voter to mark and sign a mail ballot pursuant to this section.
3. If a person marks and signs a mail ballot on behalf of a voter pursuant to this section, the person must indicate next to his or her signature that the mail ballot has been marked and signed on behalf of the voter.
4. If a person assists a voter to mark and sign a mail ballot pursuant to this section, the person must include on the return envelope his or her name, address and signature.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1246)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.26321 - Procedure for timely returning mail ballot; treatment of mail ballot when postmark cannot be determined; requirements for ballot drop boxes.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and chapter 293D of NRS, in order for a mail ballot to be counted for any election, the mail ballot must be:
(a) Before the time set for closing of the polls, delivered by hand to the city clerk, or any ballot drop box established in the city, pursuant to this section; or
(b) Mailed to the city clerk, and:
(1) Postmarked on or before the day of the election; and
(2) Received by the clerk not later than 5 p.m. on the fourth day following the election.
2. If a mail ballot is received by mail not later than 5 p.m. on the third day following the election and the date of the postmark cannot be determined, the mail ballot shall be deemed to have been postmarked on or before the day of the election.
3. Each city clerk must establish a ballot drop box at every polling place in the city, including, without limitation, a polling place for early voting. A city clerk may establish a drop box at any other location in the city where mail ballots can be delivered by hand and collected during the period for early voting and on election day. No person other than a clerk may establish a drop box for mail ballots.
4. A ballot drop box must be:
(a) Constructed of metal or any other rigid material of sufficient strength and resistance to protect the security of the mail ballots; and
(b) Capable of securely receiving and holding the mail ballots and being locked.
5. A ballot drop box must be:
(a) Placed in an accessible and convenient location at the office of the city clerk, or a polling place in the city; and
(b) Made available for use during the hours when the office of the city clerk, or the polling place, is open for business or voting, as applicable.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1246)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.26323 - Persons authorized to return mail ballot; unlawful acts relating to return of mail ballot; penalty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, at the request of a voter whose mail ballot has been prepared by or on behalf of the voter, a person authorized by the voter may return the mail ballot on behalf of the voter by mail or personal delivery to the city clerk, or any ballot drop box established in the city, pursuant to NRS 293C.26321.
2. Except for an election board officer in the course of the election board officer’s official duties, a person shall not willfully:
(a) Impede, obstruct, prevent or interfere with the return of a voter’s mail ballot;
(b) Deny a voter the right to return the voter’s mail ballot; or
(c) If the person receives the voter’s mail ballot and authorization to return the mail ballot on behalf of the voter by mail or personal delivery, fail to return the mail ballot, unless otherwise authorized by the voter, by mail or personal delivery:
(1) Before the end of the third day after the day of receipt, if the person receives the mail ballot from the voter four or more days before the day of the election; or
(2) Before the deadline established by the United States Postal Service for the mail ballot to be postmarked on the day of the election or before the polls close on the day of the election, as applicable to the type of delivery, if the person receives the mail ballot from the voter three or fewer days before the day of the election.
3. A person who violates any provision of subsection 2 is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1247)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.26325 - Establishment of procedures for processing and counting mail ballots.

1. The city clerk shall establish procedures for the processing and counting of mail ballots.
2. The procedures established pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) May authorize mail ballots to be processed, verified and counted by computer or other electronic means; and
(b) Must not conflict with the provisions of NRS 293C.263 to 293C.26337, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1247)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.26329 - Appointment and membership of mail ballot central counting board; board under direction of city clerk.

1. The city clerk shall appoint a mail ballot central counting board for the election.
2. The clerk shall appoint and notify voters to act as election board officers for the mail ballot central counting board in such numbers as the clerk determines to be required by the volume of mail ballots required to be sent to each active registered voter in the city for the election. The voters appointed as election board officers for the mail ballot central counting board must not all be of the same political party. No candidate for nomination or election or a relative of the candidate within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity may be appointed as such an election board officer.
3. The clerk’s deputies who perform duties in connection with elections shall be deemed officers of the mail ballot central counting board.
4. The mail ballot central counting board is under the direction of the clerk.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1249)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.26331 - Period for counting mail ballots; counting must be public; rejection of certain mail ballots.

1. The mail ballot central counting board may begin counting the received mail ballots 15 days before the day of the election. The board must complete the count of all mail ballots on or before the seventh day following the election. The counting procedure must be public.
2. If two or more mail ballots are found folded together to present the appearance of a single ballot, the mail 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 an election board officer and placed in the container or ballot box after the count is completed.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1249)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.26333 - Process for counting mail ballots; requirements relating to empty envelopes and rejected mail ballots.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293D.200, each mail ballot central counting board shall process the mail ballots in the following manner:
1. The name of the voter, as shown on the return envelope, must be checked as if the voter were voting in person;
2. An election board officer shall indicate in the roster "Received" by the name of the voter;
3. If the board determines the voter is entitled to cast a mail ballot and all other processing steps have been completed, the return envelope must be opened and the mail ballot counted;
4. An election board officer shall indicate "Voted" by the name of the voter; and
5. When all mail ballots delivered to the board have been voted or rejected, except as otherwise provided in NRS 293D.200, the empty envelopes and the envelopes containing rejected mail ballots must be returned to the clerk. On all envelopes containing rejected mail ballots, the cause of rejection must be noted and the envelope signed by an election board officer.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1249)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.26335 - Certification and reporting of mail ballot results; secrecy of mail ballots; unlawful to disseminate information about mail ballot results before polls close and all votes cast on election day; penalty.

1. The voting results of the mail ballot vote in each precinct must be certified and submitted to the city clerk, who shall have the results added to the votes of the precinct that were not cast by mail ballot. The returns of the mail ballot vote must be reported separately from the other votes that were not cast by mail ballot in the precinct unless reporting the returns separately would violate the secrecy of a voter’s ballot.
2. The clerk shall develop a procedure to ensure that each mail ballot is kept secret.
3. No voting results of mail ballots may be released until all polling places are closed and all votes have been cast on the day of the election. Any person who disseminates to the public in any way information pertaining to the count of mail ballots before all polling places are closed and all votes have been cast on the day of the election is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1250)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.26337 - City clerk to test accuracy of electronic devices used to verify signatures on mail ballots; daily audit required during processing of mail ballots.

If a city clerk uses an electronic device in an election to verify signatures on mail ballots:
1. The city clerk must conduct a test of the accuracy of the electronic devices before the election. The test must be conducted in a manner that ensures the electronic device will use the same standards for determining the validity of a signature as would be used by a natural person verifying the signature pursuant to NRS 293C.26327.
2. The city clerk must perform daily audits of each electronic device during the processing of mail ballots for the election. The daily audit must include a review of a sample of at least 1 percent of the signatures verified each day. The city clerk shall appoint election board officers who must not all be of the same political party to manually review the signatures. The city clerk must prepare a report of each daily audit.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1250)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.265 - Voting in person required at first city election after valid registration for voter who registered to vote by mail or computer; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and in NRS 293.2725 and 293.3083, a person who registered by mail or computer to vote shall, for the first city election in which the person votes at which that registration is valid, vote in person unless he or she has previously voted in the county in which he or she is registered to vote.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to a person who:
(a) Is entitled to vote otherwise than in person pursuant to federal law or chapter 293D of NRS;
(b) Is disabled;
(c) Is provided the right to vote otherwise than in person pursuant to the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, 52 U.S.C. §§ 20101 et seq.; or
(d) Is sent a mail ballot pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293C.26312 and includes a copy of the information required pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 293.2725 with his or her voted mail ballot, if required pursuant to NRS 293C.26314.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3426; A 1999, 2164; 2001, 1437; 2003, 2187; 2011, 1929, 2102; 2019, 4109; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 51; 2021, 1252)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.267 - Time for opening and closing polls; duties of election board officers; persons permitted inside certain areas of polls.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.297, at all elections held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the polls must open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.
2. Upon opening the polls, one of the election board officers shall cause a proclamation to be made so that all present may be aware of the fact that applications will be received from:
(a) Registered voters who apply to vote at the polling place; and
(b) Electors who apply to register to vote or apply to vote at the polling place pursuant to NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive.
3. No person, other than election board officers engaged in receiving, preparing or depositing ballots or registering electors, may be permitted inside the guardrail during the time the polls are open, except by authority of the election board as necessary to keep order and carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3426; A 2001, 2957; 2015, 3167; 2019, 4109)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.2675 - Establishment of polling places and ballot drop boxes within Indian reservation or colony.

1. If an Indian reservation or Indian colony is located in whole or in part within a city, the city clerk shall, except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 5, establish within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony at a location approved by the Indian tribe for the day of a primary city election or general city election a polling place and a ballot drop box.
2. An Indian tribe may elect not to have a polling place and ballot drop box established within the boundaries of an Indian reservation or Indian colony for the day of a primary city election or general city election by submitting notice to the city clerk on or before:
(a) If the notice is for a primary city election, January 15 of the year in which the primary city election is to be held.
(b) If the notice is for a general city election, June 15 of the year in which the general city election is to be held.
3. Any location of a polling place and ballot drop box established pursuant to subsection 1 must satisfy the criteria the city clerk uses for the establishment of any other polling place and ballot drop box, as applicable.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the city clerk must continue to establish one 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 the day of any future primary city election or general city election unless otherwise notified by the Indian tribe pursuant to subsection 2.
5. Not later than the dates set forth in subsection 2 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 polling place and ballot drop box established must submit to the city clerk and the tribal liaison designated by the Office of the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 233A.260:
(a) The location for the polling place and ballot drop box and whether the location will have only a polling place or ballot drop box or both a 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 polling place within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony; and
(c) The proposed days and hours for the operation of the 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 polling place and ballot drop box established within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 3822; A 2019, 178, 3543; 2021, 1252; 2023, 2523)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.268 - Establishment of polling place for precinct in residential development exclusively for elderly persons.

The city clerk shall establish at least one polling place for a precinct in any residential development exclusively for elderly persons if:
1. More than 100 of the residents of the development are registered to vote;
2. There is a common area in the development which is adequate and available; and
3. The owner of the development consents to the establishment of the polling place on his or her property.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 265)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.269 - Members of general public allowed to observe conduct of voting at polling place; photographing or otherwise recording conduct of voting by members of general public prohibited.

1. The city clerk shall allow members of the general public to observe the conduct of voting at a polling place for a city election.
2. A member of the general public shall not photograph the conduct of voting at a polling place for a city election or record the conduct of voting on audiotape or any other means of sound or video reproduction.
3. For the purposes of this section, a member of the general public does not include any person who:
(a) Gathers information for communication to the public;
(b) Is employed or engaged by or has contracted with a newspaper, periodical, press association, or radio or television station; and
(c) Is acting solely within his or her professional capacity.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 266)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.2695 - Possession of certain rosters by election board required for performance of board’s duties; required tests of electronic rosters before election.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an election board may not perform its duty in serving registered voters at any polling place in any election provided for in this title, unless it has before it:
(a) The roster designated for registered voters who apply to vote at the polling place; and
(b) The 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.
2. For a polling place established pursuant to NRS 293C.3032, an election board may perform its duty in serving registered voters at the polling place in an election if the election board has before it the roster for the city.
3. If a city clerk uses an electronic roster, not earlier than 2 weeks before and not later than 5 p.m. on the day before the first day of the period for early voting by personal appearance, the city clerk shall complete a test of the electronic roster to ensure its functionality in accordance with regulations adopted by the Secretary of State.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3394, 3425)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.270 - Conditions for entitlement of person to vote; forms of identification to identify registered voter; city clerk to prescribe verification procedure. [Effective through December 31, 2024.] Conditions for entitlement of person to vote; forms of identification to identify registered voter; city clerk to prescribe verification procedure. [Effective January 1, 2025.]

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, and 293C.272, if a person’s name appears in the roster or if the person provides an affirmation pursuant to NRS 293C.525, the person is entitled to vote and must sign his or her name in the roster or on a signature card when he or she applies to vote. The signature must be compared by an election board officer with the signature or a facsimile thereof on the person’s application to register to vote or one of the forms of identification listed in subsection 2.
2. The forms of identification that may be used to identify a voter at the polling place are:
(a) The voter registration card issued to the voter;
(b) A driver’s license;
(c) An identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles;
(d) A military identification card; or
(e) Any other form of identification issued by a governmental agency that contains the voter’s signature and physical description or picture.
3. The city clerk shall prescribe a procedure, approved by the Secretary of State, to verify that the voter has not already voted in that city in the current election.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3426; A 2001, 2598; 2015, 3168; 2017, 3824, 3869; 2019, 4110)
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, and 293C.272, if a person’s name appears in the roster or if the person provides an affirmation pursuant to NRS 293C.525, the person is entitled to vote and must sign his or her name in the roster or on a signature card when he or she applies to vote. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.57691, the signature must be compared by an election board officer with the signature or a facsimile thereof on the person’s application to register to vote or one of the forms of identification listed in subsection 2.
2. The forms of identification that may be used to identify a voter at the polling place are:
(a) The voter registration card issued to the voter;
(b) A driver’s license;
(c) An identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles;
(d) A military identification card; or
(e) Any other form of identification issued by a governmental agency that contains the voter’s signature and physical description or picture.
3. The city clerk shall prescribe a procedure, approved by the Secretary of State, to verify that the voter has not already voted in that city in the current election.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3426; A 2001, 2598; 2015, 3168; 2017, 3824, 3869; 2019, 4110; 2021, 3871; 2023, 3311, effective January 1, 2025)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.272 - Identification of registered voter who is unable to sign name.

1. If, because of physical limitations, a registered voter is unable to sign his or her name in the roster or on a signature card as required by NRS 293C.270, the voter must be identified by:
(a) Answering questions from the election board officer covering the personal data which is reported on the application to register to vote;
(b) Providing the election board officer, orally or in writing, with other personal data which verifies the identity of the voter; or
(c) Providing the election board officer with proof of identification as described in NRS 293C.270 other than the voter registration card issued to the voter.
2. If the identity of the voter is verified, the election board officer shall indicate in the roster "Identified" by the voter’s name.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3426; A 2015, 3168; 2017, 3824, 3869; 2019, 4110)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.277 - Announcement of name of registered voter; grounds and procedure for challenging person’s right to vote.

1. A registered voter who applies to vote at an election must give his or her name to the election board officer in charge of the roster, and the officer shall immediately announce the name of the voter.
2. Any person’s right to vote may be challenged by a registered voter upon any of the grounds allowed for a challenge in NRS 293C.292. Any such challenge must be disposed of in the manner provided in NRS 293C.292.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3427; A 2015, 3169)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.281 - Accessibility of polling place, ballot and election materials to persons who are elderly and to persons with disabilities; particular requirements regarding voting booths and waiting lines; alternative placement of specially equipped voting devices at centralized locations.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, at all times during which a polling place is open:
(a) The polling place must:
(1) Be accessible to a voter who is elderly or a voter with a disability; and
(2) Have at least one voting booth that is:
(I) Designed to allow a voter in a wheelchair to vote;
(II) Designated for use by a voter who is elderly or a voter with a disability;
(III) Equipped to allow a voter who is elderly or a voter with a disability to vote with the same privacy as a voter who is not elderly or as a voter without a disability; and
(IV) Equipped with a mechanical recording device which directly records the votes electronically and which may be used by persons with disabilities; and
(b) Either:
(1) The polling place must have a separate line for voters with disabilities or who are not physically able to wait in line to vote. Voters in this separate line must be allowed to vote before any voter who is not disabled and is physically able to wait in line to vote; or
(2) An election board officer at the polling place must allow voters with disabilities or who are not physically able to wait in line to move to the front of the line of voters waiting to vote.
2. A polling place that does not comply with the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 may be used if necessary because of a natural disaster, including, without limitation, an earthquake, flood, fire or storm.
3. At each polling place, the city clerk is encouraged to:
(a) Post in a conspicuous place, in at least 12-point type, instructions for voting;
(b) Provide ballots in alternative audio and visual formats for use by a voter who is elderly or a voter with a disability; and
(c) Provide, in alternative audio and visual formats for use by a voter who is elderly or a voter with a disability, all materials that are:
(1) Related to the election; and
(2) Made available to a voter in printed form at the polling place.
4. As an alternative to carrying out the functions described in subsection 3, if, in the opinion of the city clerk, the needs of voters who are elderly or disabled requiring the use of specially equipped voting devices will be best served by placing such devices at centralized voting locations, the city clerk may so provide. If the city clerk provides for the placement of specially equipped voting devices at centralized locations, a voter who is elderly or disabled and requires the use of such a device to be able to cast a ballot without assistance may cast his or her ballot at any centralized voting location designated by the city clerk.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1437; A 2003, 1659, 2187; 2017, 1051)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.282 - Assistance to voter who is physically disabled or unable to read or write English.

1. Any registered voter who, because of a physical disability or an inability to read or write English, is unable to mark a ballot or use any voting device without assistance is entitled to assistance from a consenting person of his or her own choice, except:
(a) The voter’s employer or an agent of the voter’s employer; or
(b) An officer or agent of the voter’s labor organization.
2. A person providing assistance pursuant to this section to a voter in casting a vote shall not disclose any information with respect to the casting of that ballot.
3. The right to assistance in casting a ballot may not be denied or impaired when the need for assistance is apparent or is known to the election board or any member thereof or when the registered voter requests such assistance in any manner.
4. In addition to complying with the requirements of this section, the city clerk and election board officer shall, upon the request of a registered voter with a physical disability, make reasonable accommodations to allow the voter to vote at a polling place at which he or she is entitled to vote.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3427; A 1999, 2165; 2015, 1147; 2019, 4111)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.290 - Procedure for posting or publishing alphabetical listing of registered voters; tearing or defacing alphabetical listing prohibited; penalty.

1. The city clerk shall:
(a) Require an election board officer to post an alphabetical listing of all registered voters for each precinct in a public area of each polling place in the city; or
(b) Publish on the Internet website of the city clerk an alphabetical listing of all registered voters for each precinct in the city.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.5002 and 293.558, the alphabetical listing required by subsection 1 must include the name and precinct of each voter.
3. If the city clerk:
(a) Requires an alphabetical listing to be posted in each polling place pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1:
(1) An election board officer at the polling place shall, not less than four times during the hours in which the polling place is open, identify the name of each voter who voted at the polling place; and
(2) Each page of the alphabetical listing that is posted in a polling place must contain a notice which reads substantially as follows:
It is unlawful for any person to remove, tear, mark or otherwise deface this alphabetical listing of registered voters except an election board officer acting pursuant to NRS 293C.290.
(b) Publishes an alphabetical listing pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the city clerk shall, not less than four times during the hours in which polling places in the city are open, identify on the Internet website of the city clerk the name of every voter who has voted at each polling place.
4. Any person who removes, tears, marks or otherwise defaces an alphabetical listing posted pursuant to this section with the intent to falsify or prevent others from readily ascertaining the name or precinct of any voter, or the fact that a voter has or has not voted, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3428; A 2005, 2293; 2015, 3169)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.291 - Posting of notice of death of candidate at polling place.

If a candidate whose name appears on the ballot at a primary city election or general city election dies after the applicable date set forth in NRS 293C.370 but before the time of the closing of the polls on the day of the election, the city clerk shall post a notice of the candidate’s death at each polling place where the candidate’s name will appear on the ballot for the primary city election or general city election.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1292; A 1999, 689; 2003, 678, 1709; 2019, 3544)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293C - City Elections › NRS 293C.293 - Notice of result of challenge.

1. As soon as practicable, but in no case later than 21 calendar days after each election, the city clerk shall mail a notice to each person who is listed on the challenge list as a registered voter who initiated a challenge pursuant to NRS 293C.292.
2. The notice mailed pursuant to subsection 1 must indicate:
(a) The name of the person who was challenged, if known; and
(b) The result of the challenge.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1951)