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2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 293C - City Elections
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Administration
- NRS 293C.100 - Applicability of chapter.
- NRS 293C.110 - Conduct of city election controlled by governing body; exceptions.
- NRS 293C.112 - Governing body authorized to conduct city election by mail under certain circumstances.
- NRS 293C.115 - Governing body of general law city authorized to choose dates for primary and general city elections; dates to be in accordance with this chapter or chapter 293 of NRS; effect upon terms of serving city officials. [Effective through June 30, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.115 - Governing body of general law city required to set dates for primary and general city elections in accordance with this chapter. [Effective July 1, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.120 - Governing body to provide ballots and supplies.
- NRS 293C.140 - Date of general city election in cities of population categories one and two; candidates to be voted upon by electors at large; terms of council members; exceptions. [Effective through June 30, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.140 - Date of general city election in cities of population categories one and two; candidates to be voted upon by electors at large; terms of council members. [Effective July 1, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.145 - Date of general city election in cities of population category three; number of council members; terms of mayor and council members; procedure for filing declaration of candidacy; candidates for mayor to be voted upon by electors at large; candidates for city council to be voted upon by electors of ward or electors at large; exceptions. [Effective through June 30, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.145 - Date of general city election in cities of population category three; number of council members; terms of mayor and council members; procedure for filing declaration of candidacy; candidates for mayor to be voted upon by electors at large; candidates for city council to be voted upon by electors of ward or electors at large. [Effective July 1, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.175 - Date of primary city election for certain cities; procedure for filing declaration of candidacy; candidates to be voted upon by electors at large; certain candidates declared elected at primary city election; placement of names of candidates on ballot for general city election; exceptions. [Effective through June 30, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.175 - Date of primary city election for certain cities; procedure for filing declaration of candidacy; candidates to be voted upon by electors at large; certain candidates declared elected at primary city election; placement of names of candidates on ballot for general city election. [Effective July 1, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.180 - Declaration of nominees: Unopposed candidate declared elected without holding election; omission and appearance of names on primary and general ballot; exceptions.
- NRS 293C.185 - Declaration of candidacy: Filing required; fee; filing period; form; contents; submission and retention of proof of identity, address and residency; appointment of agent for service of process; investigation and challenge of candidates; unlawful for candidates to make certain false statements.
- NRS 293C.186 - Written challenges concerning qualifications of candidates; enforcement in preelection actions.
- NRS 293C.1865 - Remedies for candidates who unlawfully make certain false statements; disqualification from taking office; removal from ballot or notification to voters at polling places; enforcement in preelection actions.
- NRS 293C.187 - Contents and publication of notice of primary or general city election.
- NRS 293C.190 - Procedure for filling vacancy in nomination. [Effective through June 30, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.190 - Procedure for filling vacancy in nomination. [Effective July 1, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.195 - Procedure for withdrawing candidacy.
- NRS 293C.200 - Residency requirements for candidates; unlawful for candidates to make certain false statements.
- NRS 293C.220 - Appointment of officers by city clerk; appointment of law enforcement officers for polling places; appointment of trainees.
- NRS 293C.222 - Appointment of pupil as trainee: Qualifications; requirements; duties; compensation.
- NRS 293C.225 - Recommendations by chair of persons suitable for service.
- NRS 293C.227 - Delivery of notice of appointment to officer or trainee.
- NRS 293C.228 - Notice of unwillingness to serve as officer or trainee; appointment of replacement.
- NRS 293C.230 - Appointment of single central election board for mailing precincts.
- NRS 293C.240 - Appointment and duties of absent ballot central counting board; no central election board if absent ballot central counting board appointed.
- NRS 293C.245 - Appointment and number of officers on absent ballot central counting board; appointment of law enforcement officers; absent ballot central counting board under direction of city clerk.
- NRS 293C.255 - Name of candidate on ballot not to include title, designation of profession or occupation.
- NRS 293C.256 - Absent ballot or ballot voted in mailing precinct to be voted on paper ballot.
- NRS 293C.257 - Form of ballot for primary city election; names of candidates to be grouped alphabetically; exception.
- NRS 293C.260 - Form of ballot for general city election; names of candidates to be grouped alphabetically; exception.
- NRS 293C.261 - Ballot to indicate date of election and at which election ballot will be used.
- NRS 293C.262 - Order of listing offices and questions; division of ballots; color of ballots and voting receipts.
- 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.
- NRS 293C.267 - Time for opening and closing polls; duties of election board officers; persons permitted inside certain areas of polls.
- NRS 293C.2675 - Establishment of polling place within Indian reservation or colony under certain circumstances. [Effective through June 30, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.2675 - Establishment of polling place within Indian reservation or colony under certain circumstances. [Effective July 1, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.268 - Establishment of polling place for precinct in residential development exclusively for elderly persons.
- NRS 293C.2685 - Polling place not to be established in any building named for candidate appearing on ballot.
- 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.
- NRS 293C.2695 - Possession of certain rosters by election board required for performance of board’s duties; required tests of electronic rosters before election.
- NRS 293C.270 - Conditions for entitlement of person to vote; forms of identification to identify registered voter; city clerk to prescribe verification procedure.
- NRS 293C.272 - Identification of registered voter who is unable to sign name.
- NRS 293C.275 - Procedure for taking registered voter’s signature.
- NRS 293C.277 - Announcement of name of registered voter; grounds and procedure for challenging person’s right to vote.
- 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.
- NRS 293C.282 - Assistance to voter who is physically disabled or unable to read or write English.
- NRS 293C.285 - Change of vote on certain mechanical recording devices.
- NRS 293C.290 - Procedure for posting or publishing alphabetical listing of registered voters; tearing or defacing alphabetical listing prohibited; penalty.
- NRS 293C.291 - Posting of notice of death of candidate at polling place. [Effective through June 30, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.291 - Posting of notice of death of candidate at polling place. [Effective July 1, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.292 - Challenges.
- NRS 293C.293 - Notice of result of challenge.
- NRS 293C.295 - Voting by person successfully challenged on grounds of residency.
- NRS 293C.297 - Closing of polls; admission of voters and other persons.
- NRS 293C.300 - Duties of voting board before adjournment.
- NRS 293C.302 - Court-ordered extension of deadline for voting.
- NRS 293C.3032 - City clerks authorized to establish polling places as vote centers where eligible voters in city may vote on election day.
- NRS 293C.3033 - Requirements for providing notice of locations of vote centers; exceptions; limitations on establishing additional vote centers after such notice.
- NRS 293C.3034 - Requirements for preparing and delivering rosters for vote centers.
- NRS 293C.3035 - Requirements for casting ballots at vote centers.
- NRS 293C.304 - "Sufficient written notice" defined.
- NRS 293C.305 - Absent ballots: Preparation; reasonable accommodations for use by persons who are elderly or disabled; time for distribution; mootness of untimely legal actions which would prevent distribution.
- NRS 293C.306 - Distribution of forms to request absent ballot.
- NRS 293C.307 - Request and receipt of absent ballot allows voting only by absent ballot; exception; city clerk to notify election board if absent ballot issued.
- NRS 293C.310 - General procedure to request absent ballot; elections to which request applies; fraud or coercion in obtaining absent ballot prohibited; penalty.
- NRS 293C.312 - Request for absent ballot available for public inspection; immunity of city clerk for allowing such inspection.
- NRS 293C.317 - Specialized procedure to request absent ballot because of illness, disability or absence under certain circumstances; requirements for issuing, voting and returning such absent ballot.
- NRS 293C.318 - Specialized procedure to request absent ballot for all elections at which registered voter is eligible to vote; requirements for issuing, voting and returning such absent ballot.
- NRS 293C.319 - Procedure for timely returning absent ballot; treatment of absent ballot when postmark cannot be determined.
- NRS 293C.320 - City clerk to determine if person requesting absent ballot is registered voter.
- NRS 293C.322 - Delivery of absent ballot and voting supplies; return of absent ballot; recordation of certain information by city clerk; regulations.
- NRS 293C.325 - Duties of city clerk upon return of absent ballots: Procedure for checking signature; safeguarding and delivery of absent ballots for counting; procedure for contacting voter to remedy certain defects in returned absent ballot.
- NRS 293C.327 - Voting absent ballot in person in city clerk’s office.
- NRS 293C.328 - Electioneering prohibited near city clerk’s office during period office maintained for voting absent ballot in person; penalty.
- NRS 293C.329 - Unlawful to mark and sign absent ballot on behalf of voter or assist voter to mark and sign absent ballot; exceptions.
- NRS 293C.330 - Procedure for voting by absent ballot; procedure for voting in person after absent ballot requested; persons authorized to return absent ballot; unlawful acts relating to return of absent ballot; penalty.
- NRS 293C.332 - Procedure for depositing absent ballots in ballot box; period for counting of absent ballots.
- NRS 293C.335 - Empty envelopes and rejected absent ballots to be returned to city clerk.
- NRS 293C.340 - Duty of city clerk to provide ballot box for each ballot listing if absent ballot central counting board appointed; deposit of voted ballots.
- NRS 293C.342 - Eligibility of certain voters to vote in mailing precincts; effect of city clerk designating precinct as mailing precinct.
- NRS 293C.345 - Distribution of mailing ballots; mootness of untimely legal actions which would prevent distribution. [Effective through June 30, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.345 - Distribution of mailing ballots; mootness of untimely legal actions which would prevent distribution. [Effective July 1, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.347 - Enrollment of eligible voter’s name; procedure for mailing of ballot and voting supplies by city clerk.
- NRS 293C.349 - Unlawful to mark and sign mailing ballot on behalf of voter or assist voter to mark and sign mailing ballot; exceptions.
- NRS 293C.350 - Procedure for voting by mailing ballot; persons authorized to return mailing ballot; unlawful acts relating to return of mailing ballot; penalty.
- NRS 293C.352 - Duties of city clerk upon return of mailing ballots; applicability of procedures governing absent ballots.
- NRS 293C.355 - Applicability of provisions.
- NRS 293C.356 - Issuance of ballots; voting booth for use by persons issued ballots.
- NRS 293C.3561 - City clerk to establish criteria for selection of permanent and temporary polling places for early voting by personal appearance.
- NRS 293C.3564 - Establishment of permanent polling places for early voting; eligible voters may vote by personal appearance at any polling place for early voting.
- NRS 293C.3568 - Period for early voting; days and hours for early voting at permanent polling places.
- NRS 293C.3572 - Establishment of temporary branch polling places for early voting; establishment within Indian reservation or colony under certain circumstances; days and hours for early voting; legal rights and remedies of property owners or lessors not affected by presence of such polling places. [Effective through June 30, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.3572 - Establishment of temporary branch polling places for early voting; establishment within Indian reservation or colony under certain circumstances; days and hours for early voting; legal rights and remedies of property owners or lessors not affected by presence of such polling places. [Effective July 1, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.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 293C.358 - Appointment of deputy clerks.
- NRS 293C.3583 - Preparation of mechanical recording devices before polls open each day.
- NRS 293C.3585 - Procedure for early voting.
- NRS 293C.3594 - Security precautions.
- NRS 293C.3604 - Mechanical recording devices: Duties of election board at close of each voting day; duties of ballot board for early voting and city clerk at close of last voting day.
- NRS 293C.3606 - Returns; secrecy of ballots; disseminating information about count of returns before polls close prohibited; penalty.
- NRS 293C.3608 - City 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 293C.361 - Electioneering prohibited near polling place; penalty.
- NRS 293C.3615 - Record made by city clerk of receipt at central counting place of sealed container used to transport official ballots.
- NRS 293C.362 - 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 293C.365 - Accounting for all paper ballots before counting of votes begins.
- NRS 293C.367 - Standards for rejecting ballots for appearance of tampering; regulations for counting ballots.
- NRS 293C.368 - Errors in information on certain form not grounds for rejection of absent ballot.
- NRS 293C.369 - Standards for counting votes; regulations.
- NRS 293C.370 - Counting of votes cast for deceased candidate. [Effective through June 30, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.370 - Counting of votes cast for deceased candidate. [Effective July 1, 2021.]
- NRS 293C.372 - Procedure for completion of tally lists.
- NRS 293C.375 - Duties of officers of counting board after ballots counted if paper ballots used.
- NRS 293C.380 - Posting of copies of voting results.
- NRS 293C.382 - Initial withdrawal of absent ballots from ballot boxes; verification of proper number of absent ballots; procedure for counting.
- NRS 293C.385 - Withdrawal of absent ballots from ballot boxes after initial withdrawal; verification of proper number and counting of absent ballots; reporting results of count; disseminating information about count before polls close prohibited; penalty.
- NRS 293C.387 - Returns filed with city clerk; canvass of returns; preparation and entering of abstract of votes; limitation on inspection of returns; certificates of election; time after canvass when certain officers qualify and enter upon duties of office.
- NRS 293C.389 - Inclusion of inactive voters in reports of votes prohibited.
- NRS 293C.390 - Disposition and inspection of ballots, lists, stubs and records of voted ballots after canvass by governing body of city.
- NRS 293C.395 - Prohibitions against withholding certificate of election or commission.
- NRS 293C.520 - Designation by city clerk of building owned or leased by city as municipal facility at which persons may preregister or register to vote.
- NRS 293C.525 - Transfer of registration when residence changed from one precinct to another within same city or changed within same precinct; oral or written affirmation of elector; right of elector to vote.
- NRS 293C.527 - Close of registration; publication of day and time that each method of registration closes; hours of operation for municipal facility for voter registration.
- NRS 293C.530 - Sample ballots: Distribution; exceptions; inclusion of certain matters; required notices; form and type size; cost of distributing responsibility of city for city elections.
- NRS 293C.532 - Persons entitled to vote; authority of governing body of city to provide supplemental registration.
- NRS 293C.535 - Procedure for registration of electors in incorporated cities; preparation of rosters.
- NRS 293C.540 - Delivery of official register by county clerk to city clerk.
- NRS 293C.542 - Authority of governing body to publish list of registered voters.
- NRS 293C.545 - City required to compensate county registrar for certain services; payment from city general fund.
Administration
- NRS 293C.600 - Preparation of computer program used to run computer or counting device; protection of program.
- NRS 293C.615 - Accuracy certification board to observe conduct of tests on equipment for mechanical voting; representatives of candidates and press authorized to observe.
- NRS 293C.620 - Issuance of ballots; procedure for voting.
- NRS 293C.625 - Early pickup and delivery of ballots to central counting place; processing of ballots before polls close.
- NRS 293C.630 - Duties of election board upon and after closing of polls; public may observe handling of ballots.
- NRS 293C.635 - Procedure for delivery of ballots and election materials to receiving center or central counting place; disposition of other materials; members of general public allowed to observe delivery.
- NRS 293C.640 - Creation of special election boards; appointment of members to boards.
- NRS 293C.645 - Duties of central ballot inspection board.
- NRS 293C.650 - Duties of absent ballot mailing precinct inspection board.
- NRS 293C.655 - Duties of ballot duplicating board.
- NRS 293C.660 - Ballot processing and packaging board: Composition; duties.
- NRS 293C.665 - Computer program and processing accuracy board: Appointment; duties.
- NRS 293C.700 - Construction of containers used to transport official ballots.
- NRS 293C.710 - Loss or destruction of ballots, or other cause, preventing election in precinct or district; new election.
- NRS 293C.715 - Website maintained by city clerk for public information relating to elections; requirements.
- NRS 293C.720 - City clerks encouraged to provide election information and materials in usable format for persons who are elderly or disabled.
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