2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 24 ELECTIONS
Chapter 293 Elections
NRS 293.1715 Procedure to place candidates' names on ballot; limitation on number of candidates to appear on ballot.

NRS 293.1715 Procedure to place candidates' names on ballot; limitation on number of candidates to appear on ballot.

1. The names of the candidates for partisan office of a minor political party must not appear on the ballot for a primary election.

2. The names of the candidates for partisan office of a minor political party must be placed on the ballot for the general election if the party has filed a certificate of existence and a list of its candidates for partisan office pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.1725 with the Secretary of State and:

(a) At the last preceding general election, the minor political party polled for any of its candidates for partisan office a number of votes equal to or more than 1 percent of the total number of votes cast for the offices of Representative in Congress;

(b) On January 1 preceding a primary election, the minor political party has been designated as the political party on the applications to register to vote of at least 1 percent of the total number of registered voters in this State; or

(c) Not later than the second Friday in June preceding the general election, files a petition with the Secretary of State which is signed by a number of registered voters equal to at least 1 percent of the total number of votes cast at the last preceding general election for the offices of Representative in Congress.

3. The name of a candidate for partisan office for a minor political party other than a candidate for the office of President or Vice President of the United States must be placed on the ballot for the general election if the party has filed:

(a) A certificate of existence;

(b) A list of candidates for partisan office containing the name of the candidate pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.1725 with the Secretary of State; and

(c) Not earlier than the first Monday in March preceding the general election and not later than 5 p.m. on the second Friday after the first Monday in March, a petition on behalf of the candidate with the Secretary of State containing not less than:

(1) Two hundred fifty signatures of registered voters if the candidate is to be nominated for a statewide office; or

(2) One hundred signatures of registered voters if the candidate is to be nominated for any office except a statewide office.

A minor political party that places names of one or more candidates for partisan office on the ballot pursuant to this subsection may also place the names of one or more candidates for partisan office on the ballot pursuant to subsection 2.

4. The name of only one candidate of each minor political party for each partisan office may appear on the ballot for a general election.

5. A minor political party must file a copy of the petition required by paragraph (c) of subsection 2 or paragraph (c) of subsection 3 with the Secretary of State before the petition may be circulated for signatures.

(Added to NRS by 1987, 1360; A 1989, 2160; 1993, 2174; 1995, 2259; 1999, 1389, 3548; 2003, 1641; 2009, 1260)