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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.268 - Order of listing offices, candidates and questions on ballots.

The offices for which there are candidates, the names of the candidates therefor, and the questions to be voted upon must be printed on ballots in the following order:
1. President and Vice President of the United States.
2. United States Senator and Representative in Congress, in that sequence.
3. Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Controller and Attorney General, in that sequence.
4. State Senators and members of the Assembly.
5. County and township partisan offices.
6. Statewide nonpartisan offices.
7. District nonpartisan offices.
8. County nonpartisan offices.
9. City offices:
(a) Mayor;
(b) Council members according to ward in numerical order, if no wards, in alphabetical order; and
(c) Municipal judges.
10. Township nonpartisan offices.
11. Questions presented to the voters of the State with advisory questions listed in consecutive order after any other questions presented to the voters of the State.
12. Questions presented only to the voters of a special district or political subdivision of the State with advisory questions listed in consecutive order after any other questions presented only to the voters of a special district or political subdivision of the State.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 296; A 1975, 939; 1979, 131; 1987, 339; 1993, 2180; 2003, 3193)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269 - Ballots for statewide offices or President and Vice President must permit voter to register opposition to all candidates.

1. Every ballot upon which appears the names of candidates for any statewide office or for President and Vice President of the United States shall contain for each office an additional line equivalent to the lines on which the candidates’ names appear and placed at the end of the group of lines containing the names of the candidates for that office. Each additional line shall contain a square in which the voter may express a choice of that line in the same manner as the voter would express a choice of a candidate, and the line shall read "None of these candidates."
2. Only votes cast for the named candidates shall be counted in determining nomination or election to any statewide office or presidential nominations or the selection of presidential electors, but for each office the number of ballots on which the additional line was chosen shall be listed following the names of the candidates and the number of their votes in every posting, abstract and proclamation of the results of the election.
3. Every sample ballot or other instruction to voters prescribed or approved by the Secretary of State shall clearly explain that the voter may mark the choice of the line "None of these candidates" only if the voter has not voted for any candidate for the office.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 475)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.2693 - Voter education program to be provided in county or city using paper ballots.

If a county or city uses paper ballots, including, without limitation, for mail ballots, the county or city clerk shall provide a voter education program specific to the voting system used by the county or city. The voter education program must include, without limitation, information concerning the effect of overvoting and the procedures for correcting a vote on a ballot before it is cast and counted and for obtaining a replacement ballot.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2169; A 2007, 1151, 2587; 2021, 1226)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.2694 - Contracts to purchase ballots; notification by county or city of election to use ballots purchased by Secretary of State; contract vendor required to deposit mail ballots for mailing within this State.

1. The Secretary of State may enter into one or more contracts for the purchase of all ballots, including, without limitation, mail ballots, and return envelopes for use in any statewide and local election held in this State pursuant to title 24 of NRS. Such a contract is subject to the provisions of chapter 333 of NRS.
2. Each board of county commissioners and governing body of an incorporated city in this State may elect to use the ballots, including, without limitation, mail ballots, and return envelopes purchased by the Secretary of State in accordance with the contract or contracts entered into pursuant to this section for all statewide and local elections held in a given year in this State pursuant to title 24 of NRS by notifying the Secretary of State in writing not less than 8 months before the date of the presidential preference primary election in a presidential election year or the date of the primary election in any other election year.
3. If a contract or contracts entered into pursuant to this section requires the vendor to distribute mail ballots on behalf of a county or city clerk, the contract or contracts must require the vendor to deposit the mail ballots for mailing at a location within this State.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 3303)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.2696 - General requirements for voting systems; duties of Secretary of State and of county and city clerks.

The Secretary of State and each county and city clerk shall ensure that each voting system used in this State:
1. Secures to each voter privacy and independence in the act of voting, including, without limitation, confidentiality of the ballot of the voter;
2. Allows each voter to verify privately and independently the votes selected by the voter on the ballot before the ballot is cast and counted;
3. Provides each voter with the opportunity, in a private and independent manner, to change the ballot and to correct any error before the ballot is cast and counted, including, without limitation, the opportunity to correct an error through the issuance of a replacement ballot if the voter is otherwise unable to change the ballot or correct the error;
4. Provides a permanent paper record with a manual audit capacity; and
5. Meets or exceeds the standards for voting systems established by the United States Election Assistance Commission, including, without limitation, the error rate standards.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2169; A 2007, 2587; 2019, 3387)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.2699 - Voting systems used by counties and cities: Voting materials to be provided in English and other languages as required by federal law or as authorized by county or city clerk.

1. Each voting system used by a county or city shall provide voting materials in:
(a) English; and
(b) Every language in which voting materials are required to be prepared in the county or city pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 10503.
2. In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection 1, if a county clerk or city clerk determines that there is a significant and substantial need for voting materials of the county or city, as applicable, to be provided in the language or languages of a minority group, the county clerk or city clerk may prepare voting materials in such language or languages. For the purposes of this subsection, there is a significant and substantial need for voting materials to be provided in the language or languages of a minority group if, without limitation, the minority group has been subject to historical discrimination and unequal educational opportunities, and, as a result, members of the minority group are of limited-English proficiency.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Limited-English proficiency" means being unable to speak or understand English adequately to participate in the electoral process.
(b) "Minority group" includes, without limitation, United States citizens of Chinese heritage.
(c) "Voting materials" has the meaning ascribed to it in 52 U.S.C. § 10503.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2169; A 2017, 3331, 3818)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269905 - Deadlines; requirements; facilitation of meetings.

1. Each county clerk shall schedule a meeting with each Indian tribe located in whole or in part within the county 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 293.2733 and 293.3572 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 a polling place, 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 293.2733 and 293.3572; 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 county clerk:
(a) Is unable to make contact with an Indian tribe to carry out the requirements of subsection 1, the county 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 the county clerk or an Indian tribe to facilitate any contact required pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1529)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269911 - 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 county clerk shall prepare and distribute to each active registered voter in the county 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 county 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 county clerk shall allow a voter to elect not to receive a mail ballot pursuant to this section by submitting to the county clerk a written notice in the form prescribed by the county clerk which must be received by the county clerk not later than 60 days before the day of the election.
3. The county 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 (c), 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, 1216)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269913 - Methods of distribution and other requirements for mail ballots and supporting materials; recordation of certain information by county clerk.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, NRS 293.269911 and chapter 293D of NRS, the county 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 county 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 county 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 county 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 county which must be prominently displayed on the outside of the return envelope.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1217; A 2023, 3304)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269917 - Procedure for voting by mail ballot; procedure for voting in person after mail ballot sent to voter.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.269919 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 293.269911, 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, 1218)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269919 - 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 293.269911 to 293.269937, 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 or the voter must include on the return envelope his or her name, address and signature.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1219)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269921 - 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 county clerk, or any ballot drop box established in the county pursuant to this section; or
(b) Mailed to the county 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 county clerk must establish a ballot drop box at every polling place in the county, including, without limitation, a polling place for early voting. A county clerk may establish a ballot drop box at any other location in the county 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 county clerk or a polling place in the county; and
(b) Made available for use during the hours when the office of the county clerk, or the polling place, is open for business or voting, as applicable.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1219)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269923 - 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 county clerk, or any ballot drop box established in the county, pursuant to NRS 293.269921.
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, 1220)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269925 - Establishment of procedures for processing and counting mail ballots.

1. The county 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 293.269911 to 293.269937, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1220)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269929 - Appointment and membership of mail ballot central counting board; board under direction of county clerk.

1. The county 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 county 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, 1222)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269931 - 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, 1222)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269933 - 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, 1222)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269935 - 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 county 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, 1223)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269937 - County clerk to test accuracy of electronic devices used to verify signatures on mail ballots; daily audit required during processing of mail ballots.

If a county clerk uses an electronic device in an election to verify signatures on mail ballots:
1. The county clerk must conduct a test of the accuracy of the electronic device 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 293.269927.
2. The county 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 county clerk shall appoint election board officers who must not all be of the same political party to manually review the signatures. The county clerk must prepare a report of each daily audit.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1223)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269971 - Establishment of policy to ensure certain persons may vote and register to vote in jail; coordination between county clerk, city clerk and jail administrator; posting of elections information in county or city jail; regulations.

1. Each person who administers a county or city jail shall establish a policy that ensures that:
(a) A person who is detained in the jail and is a registered voter may vote in each primary election, presidential preference primary election, primary city election, general election and general city election in which the person is eligible to vote; and
(b) A person who is detained in the jail and is a qualified elector may register to vote in each primary election, presidential preference primary election, primary city election, general election and general city election in which the person is eligible to register to vote.
2. If qualified electors or registered voters of a county are detained in a jail or facility located in another county pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 211.010, the county clerk shall coordinate with the person who administers the jail in the county where such qualified electors or registered voters are detained to establish a procedure for those persons to register to vote and vote.
3. Each policy or procedure established pursuant to subsection 1 or 2, as applicable, must:
(a) Be developed in coordination with the county clerk and, if applicable, the city clerk;
(b) Be consistent with the provisions of this title relating to elections;
(c) Ensure the safety of any election board officer or other person who assists in the conduct of registering to vote or voting at the jail;
(d) Ensure that a person who registers to vote or votes in a jail may do so without coercion or intimidation;
(e) Ensure the secrecy of the ballot, including, without limitation, the mail ballot; and
(f) Set forth a process that allows for same-day voter registration and allows a family member of a person detained in the jail to provide the person in the jail with the necessary information to register to vote on the day of the election pursuant to NRS 293.5847.
4. Each county or city jail shall post in a prominent location and set forth in the handbook for detained persons information relating to elections and voting in the jail, including, without limitation, qualifications to register to vote and to vote and the options and procedures for registering to vote and voting at the jail.
5. Nothing in this section authorizes a person convicted of a felony in this State who has not had his or her right to vote restored pursuant to NRS 213.157 to vote or to register to vote.
6. The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2905)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269973 - Responsibilities of jails.

1. Each county or city jail shall:
(a) Provide each person detained in the jail with a reasonable amount of privacy to vote, which may, without limitation, be in a common area, visitation area, room or cell;
(b) Provide each person detained in the jail with a pen with black or blue ink to vote his or her mail ballot;
(c) Allow the county clerk to establish a process for the collection of the mail ballots voted by persons detained in the jail that includes a method for documenting the chain of custody of mail ballots; and
(d) If applicable, allow the person to cure any defect in the signature on a mail ballot pursuant to NRS 293.269927.
2. A county or city jail shall not open a mail ballot after a prisoner has voted and sealed the mail ballot.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2906)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.269975 - Administrator of jail required to submit report of certain information to Secretary of State after certain elections.

Not later than 30 days after each primary election, presidential preference primary election, primary city election, general election and general city election, each person who administers a county jail or city jail shall submit in a report to the Secretary of State:
1. An explanation of the process the jail used to comply with the requirements of NRS 293.269971 and 293.269973 for the election; and
2. A summary of each complaint received by the jail from a person detained in the jail relating to registering to vote or voting in the election.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2906)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.270 - Voting by printed ballot or other approved or authorized system; write-in voting prohibited; exception.

1. Voting at any election regulated by this title must be on printed ballots or by any other system approved by the Secretary of State or specifically authorized by law.
2. Except as otherwise provided in chapter 293D of NRS, voting must be only upon candidates whose names appear upon the ballot prepared by the election officers, and no person may write in the name of an additional candidate for any office.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 252; A 1973, 459; 1977, 243; 1987, 340; 1997, 3455; 2009, 355; 2011, 1922)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.272 - Voting in person required at first election after valid registration for voter who registered to vote by mail or computer; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and in NRS 293.2725 and 293.3083, a person who registered by mail or computer to vote shall, for the first election in which the person votes at which that registration is valid, vote in person unless he or she has previously voted in the county in which he or she is registered to vote.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to a person who:
(a) Is entitled to vote 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 293.269913 and includes a copy of the information required pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 293.2725 with his or her voted mail ballot, if required pursuant to NRS 293.269915.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1681; A 1993, 2180; 1995, 2624; 1999, 2155; 2001, 1434; 2003, 2175; 2011, 2087; 2019, 4070; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 34; 2021, 1226)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.273 - Time for opening and closing polls; duties of election board officers; persons permitted inside certain areas of polls.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.305, at all elections held under the provisions of this title, the polls must open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.
2. Upon opening the polls, one of the election board officers shall cause a proclamation to be made that all present may be aware of the fact that applications will be received from:
(a) Registered voters who apply to vote at the polling place; and
(b) Electors who apply to register to vote or apply to vote at the polling place pursuant to NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive.
3. No person, other than election board officers engaged in receiving, preparing or depositing ballots or registering electors, may be permitted inside the guardrail during the time the polls are open, except by authority of the election board as necessary to keep order and carry out the provisions of this title.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 252; A 1971, 442, 1127; 1975, 34, 939; 1977, 243; 1981, 1740; 1991, 1352; 1993, 2180; 2001, 2948; 2015, 3151; 2019, 4071)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.2731 - Establishment of polling places.

1. For a primary election or general election, the county clerk must establish:
(a) In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, at least 100 polling places where a person can vote in person on the day of the election.
(b) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000, at least 25 polling places where a person can vote in person on the day of the election.
(c) In a county whose population is less than 100,000, at least 1 polling place where a person can vote in person on the day of the election.
2. For the purposes of subsection 1, a polling place where a person can vote on the day of the election may include a vote center.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1216)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.2735 - Establishment of polling place for precinct in residential development exclusively for elderly persons.

The county clerk shall establish at least one polling place for a precinct in any residential development exclusively for elderly persons if:
1. More than 100 of the residents of the development are registered to vote;
2. There is a common area which is adequate and available; and
3. The owner of the development consents to the establishment of the polling place on the property.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1870; A 1999, 263)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 293.214)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.274 - Members of general public allowed to observe conduct of voting at polling place; photographing or otherwise recording conduct of voting by members of general public prohibited.

1. The county clerk shall allow members of the general public to observe the conduct of voting at a polling place.
2. A member of the general public shall not photograph the conduct of voting at a polling place or record the conduct of voting on audiotape or any other means of sound or video reproduction.
3. For the purposes of this section, a member of the general public does not include any person who:
(a) Gathers information for communication to the public;
(b) Is employed or engaged by or has contracted with a newspaper, periodical, press association, or radio or television station; and
(c) Is acting solely within his or her professional capacity.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2772; A 1999, 264)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.275 - 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 293.3072, 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 county.
3. If a county 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 county 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 1960, 252; A 2015, 3151; 2019, 3387, 3425, 4072)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.277 - Conditions for entitlement of person to vote; forms of identification to identify registered voter; county clerk to prescribe verification procedure. [Effective through December 31, 2024.] Conditions for entitlement of person to vote; forms of identification to identify registered voter; county clerk to prescribe verification procedure. [Effective January 1, 2025.]

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.283, 293.541 and 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, if a person’s name appears in the roster or if the person provides an affirmation pursuant to NRS 293.525, 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. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.2725, the forms of identification which may be used individually 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 which contains the voter’s signature and physical description or picture.
3. The county clerk shall prescribe a procedure, approved by the Secretary of State, to verify that the voter has not already voted in that county in the current election.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 252; A 1985, 559; 1991, 2219; 1993, 2181; 1995, 2263; 2001, 2595; 2003, 2176; 2015, 3151; 2017, 3819, 3846; 2019, 4072)
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.283, 293.541, 293.57691 and 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, if a person’s name appears in the roster or if the person provides an affirmation pursuant to NRS 293.525, 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. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.2725, the forms of identification which may be used individually 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 which contains the voter’s signature and physical description or picture.
3. The county clerk shall prescribe a procedure, approved by the Secretary of State, to verify that the voter has not already voted in that county in the current election.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 252; A 1985, 559; 1991, 2219; 1993, 2181; 1995, 2263; 2001, 2595; 2003, 2176; 2015, 3151; 2017, 3819, 3846; 2019, 4072; 2021, 3856; 2023, 3311, effective January 1, 2025)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.283 - 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 293.277, 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 293.277 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 1960, 252; A 1985, 560; 1995, 2264; 2015, 3151; 2017, 3819, 3846; 2019, 4072)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.287 - Announcement of name and political affiliation of registered voter; challenges; nonpartisan ballot at primary election.

1. A registered voter applying to vote at any primary election or presidential preference primary election shall give his or her name and political affiliation, if any, to the election board officer in charge of the roster, and the officer shall immediately announce the name and political affiliation.
2. Any person’s right to vote may be challenged by any registered voter upon:
(a) Any of the grounds allowed for a challenge in NRS 293.303;
(b) The ground that the person applying does not belong to the political party designated upon the roster; or
(c) The ground that the roster does not show that the person designated the political party to which he or she claims to belong.
3. Any such challenge must be disposed of in the manner provided by NRS 293.303.
4. A registered voter who has designated on his or her application to register to vote an affiliation with a minor political party may vote a nonpartisan ballot at the primary election.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 253; A 1971, 443; 1977, 243; 1987, 1369; 1989, 228; 1991, 1681; 1995, 2264; 2015, 3152; 2021, 3883)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 293 - Elections › NRS 293.2955 - 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 a voter with a disability; 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 county 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 county 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 county clerk may so provide. If the county 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 county clerk.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1433; A 2003, 1649, 2176; 2017, 1050)