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- NRS 293.260 · Declaration of nominees: Omission and appearance of names on primary and general ballot; certain candidates declared elected at primary election; exceptions.
- NRS 293.263 · Primary ballot for major political party: Form; names of candidates to be grouped alphabetically; exception.
- NRS 293.265 · Nonpartisan primary ballot: Form; names of candidates to be grouped alphabetically; exception.
- NRS 293.267 · Ballot for general election: Form; names of candidates to be grouped alphabetically; exception; indication of party name, “no political party” or “nonpartisan” or abbreviations thereof; order of appearance of certain statewide measures.
- NRS 293.2673 · Ballot to indicate date of election and at which election ballot will be used.
- NRS 293.268 · Order of listing offices, candidates and questions on ballots.
- NRS 293.269 · Ballots for statewide offices or President and Vice President must permit voter to register opposition to all candidates.
- NRS 293.2693 · Voter education program to be provided in county or city using paper ballots.
- 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.
- NRS 293.2696 · General requirements for voting systems; duties of Secretary of State and of county and city clerks.
- 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.
- NRS 293.269905 · Deadlines; requirements; recruitment of election board officers; facilitation of meetings.
- 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.
- NRS 293.269913 · Methods of distribution and other requirements for mail ballots and supporting materials; recordation of certain information by county clerk.
- NRS 293.269915 · Requirements for mail ballots distributed to certain voters who have not previously voted in election for federal office in Nevada; exceptions; treatment as provisional ballot under certain circumstances.
- NRS 293.269917 · Procedure for voting by mail ballot; procedure for voting in person after mail ballot sent to voter.
- NRS 293.269919 · Unlawful to mark and sign mail ballot on behalf of voter or assist voter to mark and sign mail ballot; exceptions.
- NRS 293.269921 · Procedure for timely returning mail ballot; treatment of mail ballot when postmark cannot be determined; requirements for ballot drop boxes.
- NRS 293.269923 · Persons authorized to return mail ballot; unlawful acts relating to return of mail ballot; penalty.
- NRS 293.269925 · Establishment of procedures for processing and counting mail ballots.
- NRS 293.269927 · Duties of county clerk upon return of mail ballot: Procedure for checking signatures; safeguarding and delivery of mail ballots for counting; procedure to contact voter to remedy certain defects in returned mail ballot.
- NRS 293.269929 · Appointment and membership of mail ballot central counting board; board under direction of county clerk.
- NRS 293.269931 · Period for counting mail ballots; counting must be public; rejection of certain mail ballots.
- NRS 293.269933 · Process for counting mail ballots; requirements relating to empty envelopes and rejected mail ballots.
- 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.
- 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.
- NRS 293.269951 · Use of system of approved electronic transmission by certain persons to register to vote and apply for and cast ballot.
- 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.
- NRS 293.269973 · Responsibilities of jails.
- NRS 293.269975 · Administrator of jail required to submit report of certain information to Secretary of State after certain elections.
- NRS 293.270 · Voting by printed ballot or other approved or authorized system; write-in voting prohibited; exception.
- NRS 293.272 · Voting in person required at first election after valid registration for voter who registered to vote by mail or computer; exceptions.
- NRS 293.2725 · Person who has not previously voted in election for federal office in Nevada: Prerequisites to voting at polling place and to voting by mail; applicability of section; exceptions.
- NRS 293.273 · Time for opening and closing polls; duties of election board officers; persons permitted inside certain areas of polls.
- NRS 293.2731 · Establishment of polling places.
- NRS 293.2733 · Establishment of polling places and ballot drop boxes within Indian reservation or colony.
- NRS 293.2735 · Establishment of polling place for precinct in residential development exclusively for elderly persons.
- NRS 293.2738 · Polling place not to be established in any building named for candidate appearing on ballot.
- 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.
- NRS 293.275 · Possession of certain rosters by election board required for performance of board’s duties; required tests of electronic rosters before election.
- NRS 293.277 · Conditions for entitlement of person to vote; forms of identification to identify registered voter; county clerk to prescribe verification procedure.
- NRS 293.283 · Identification of registered voter who is unable to sign name.
- NRS 293.285 · Procedure for taking registered voter’s signature.
- NRS 293.287 · Announcement of name and political affiliation of registered voter; challenges; nonpartisan ballot at primary election.
- 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.
- NRS 293.296 · Assistance to voter who is physically disabled or unable to read or write English.
- NRS 293.297 · hange of vote on certain mechanical recording devices.
- NRS 293.301 · Procedure for posting or publishing alphabetical listing of registered voters; tearing or defacing alphabetical listing prohibited; penalty.
- NRS 293.302 · Posting of notice of death of candidate at polling place.
- NRS 293.3025 · Posting of copies of certain other information and documents at polling place.
- NRS 293.303 · Challenges.
- NRS 293.3035 · Notice of result of challenge.
- NRS 293.304 · Voting by person successfully challenged on grounds of residency.
- NRS 293.305 · Closing of polls; admission of voters and other persons.
- NRS 293.307 · Duties of voting board before adjournment.
- NRS 293.3072 · Establishment of polling places as vote centers where eligible voters in county may vote on election day.
- NRS 293.3073 · Requirements for providing notice of locations of vote centers; exceptions; limitations on establishing additional vote centers after such notice.
- NRS 293.3074 · Requirements for preparing and delivering rosters for vote centers.
- NRS 293.3075 · Requirements for casting ballots at vote centers.
- NRS 293.3078 · “Provisional ballot” defined.
- NRS 293.3079 · Provisional ballot must include all offices, candidates and measures.
- NRS 293.3081 · Casting of provisional ballot: General conditions; declaration or application.
- NRS 293.3082 · Casting of provisional ballot: Specific prerequisites; completion of written affirmation; contents of affirmation; provision of receipt; notation on roster.
- NRS 293.3083 · Casting of ballot by mail; treatment as provisional ballot under certain circumstances.
- NRS 293.3084 · County and city clerks to establish certain procedures relating to provisional ballots.
- NRS 293.3085 · Canvass and counting of provisional ballots.
- NRS 293.3086 · Free access system to provide information to voter casting provisional ballot.
- NRS 293.356 · Issuance of ballot; location at which ballot must be voted.
- NRS 293.3561 · County clerk to establish criteria for selection of permanent and temporary polling places for early voting by personal appearance.
- NRS 293.3564 · Establishment of permanent polling places for early voting; eligible voters may vote by personal appearance at any polling place for early voting.
- NRS 293.3568 · Period for early voting; days and hours for early voting at permanent polling places.
- NRS 293.3572 · Establishment of temporary branch polling places for early voting and ballot drop boxes; establishment within Indian reservation or colony; days and hours for early voting; legal rights and remedies of property owners or lessors not affected by presence of such polling places.
- NRS 293.3575 · Establishment of polling places for early voters.
- NRS 293.3576 · Schedule of locations and days and hours for early voting; limitations on establishment of additional locations; extension of hours after publication of schedule.
- NRS 293.358 · Appointment of deputy clerks.
- NRS 293.3583 · Mechanical recording devices: Preparation before polls open each day.
- NRS 293.3585 · Procedure for early voting.
- NRS 293.3594 · Security precautions.
- NRS 293.3604 · Mechanical recording devices: Duties of election board at close of each voting day; duties of ballot board for early voting and county clerk at close of last voting day.
- NRS 293.3606 · Returns; secrecy of ballots; disseminating information about count of returns before polls close prohibited; penalty.
- NRS 293.3608 · County clerk to ensure that mechanical recording devices used for early voting provide record of number of votes; delivery of records and storage devices to central counting place.
- NRS 293.361 · Electioneering prohibited near polling place or jail during certain periods; penalty.
- NRS 293.3625 · Record made by county clerk of receipt at central counting place of sealed container used to transport official ballots.
- NRS 293.363 · Preparation by counting board to count ballots; counting must be public and continue until completed; requirements for counting paper ballots; rejection of certain ballots; record of discrepancies.
- NRS 293.365 · Accounting for all paper ballots before counting of votes begins.
- NRS 293.367 · Standards for rejecting ballots for appearance of tampering; regulations for counting ballots.
- NRS 293.3677 · Standards for counting votes; regulations.
- NRS 293.368 · Counting of votes cast for deceased candidate.
- NRS 293.370 · Procedure for completion of tally lists.
- NRS 293.373 · Duties of officers of counting board after ballots counted if paper ballots used.
- NRS 293.383 · Posting of copies of result of votes cast.
- NRS 293.387 · Canvass of returns; abstract of votes.
- NRS 293.388 · Abstract of votes: Transmission to public libraries or posting upon website.
- NRS 293.389 · Inclusion of inactive voters in reports of votes prohibited.
- NRS 293.391 · Disposition and inspection of ballots, lists, records and stubs of voted ballots after canvass by county commissioners.
- NRS 293.393 · Preparation of abstracts of votes cast at general election or certain other elections; preparation and delivery of certificates of election for certain offices.
- NRS 293.394 · Risk-limiting audits of election results; regulations; audits by county clerks required.
- NRS 293.395 · Transmission of copy of certified abstract of votes and mechanized report to Secretary of State; canvass of vote by justices of Supreme Court; Governor to grant certificates of election and issue proclamations.
- NRS 293.397 · Prohibitions against withholding certificate of election or commission.
- NRS 293.400 · Tie vote: Determination of winner in certain elections; determination of nominees in certain primary elections; right to recount.