2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 293C - City Elections
NRS 293C.305 - Absent ballots: Preparation; reasonable accommodations for use by persons who are elderly or disabled; time for distribution; ineffectiveness of legal actions to prevent issuance.
1. The city clerk shall prepare an absent ballot for the use of registered voters who have requested absent ballots. The city clerk shall make reasonable accommodations for the use of the absent ballot by a person who is elderly or disabled, including, without limitation, by providing, upon request, the absent ballot in 12-point type to a person who is elderly or disabled.
2. The ballot must be prepared and ready for distribution to a registered voter who:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), resides within or outside this State, not later than 20 days before the election in which it will be used.
(b) Requested an absent ballot pursuant to the provisions of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq., not later than 45 days before the election.
3. Any legal action that would prevent the ballot from being issued pursuant to subsection 2 is moot and of no effect.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3430; A 1999, 2165; 2001, 1437; 2011, 3072)
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