2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 293C - City Elections
NRS 293C.310 - General procedure to request absent ballot; elections to which request applies; fraud or coercion in obtaining absent ballot prohibited; penalty.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.502, 293C.265, 293C.317 and 293C.318, a registered voter may request an absent ballot if, before 5 p.m. on the 14th calendar day preceding the election, the registered voter:
(a) Provides sufficient written notice to the city clerk; and
(b) Has identified himself or herself to the satisfaction of the city clerk.
2. A city clerk shall consider a request from a voter who has given sufficient written notice on a form provided by the Federal Government as:
(a) A request for the primary city election and the general city election unless otherwise specified in the request; and
(b) A request for an absent ballot for the primary and general elections immediately following the date on which the city clerk received the request.
3. It is unlawful for a person fraudulently to request an absent ballot in the name of another person or to induce or coerce another person fraudulently to request an absent ballot in the name of another person. A person who violates any provision of this subsection is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3431; A 2001, 2959; 2003, 1659, 2188; 2009, 518; 2011, 3073; 2017, 1365; 2019, 4113; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 52)
