Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-482)

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on June 2, 2025)
FOURTH REPRINT S.B. 74

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SENATE BILL NO. 74–COMMITTEE ON
LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS AND ELECTIONS

(ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE)

PREFILED NOVEMBER 20, 2024
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Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections

SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to elections.
(BDR 24-482)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: May have Fiscal Impact.
Effect on the State: Yes.

CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE (§§ 1.6, 6, 26, 28.3)
(NOT REQUESTED BY AFFECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT)

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

AN ACT relating to elections; defining the term “current and valid”
for purposes of certain d ocumentation relating to
elections; authorizing an active registered voter to request
a mail ballot under certain emergency circumstances;
revising eligibility to be a candidate of a major political
party; setting forth the form of a declaration of candida cy
for certain candidates; revising the methods for paying
candidate filing fees; revising the information required to
be contained in election notices; revising provisions
relating to election boards; revising provisions relating to
the provision or reimbursement of certain expenses
related to training on elections procedures; revising
provisions relating to when certain candidates may be
declared elected at a primary election; revising provisions
relating to ballots and standards fo r counting votes;
revising provisions relating to an application to
preregister or register to vote; revising provisions relating
to the designation of persons who are not affiliated with a
political party; revising provisions relating to updating
voter registration information; revising provisions relating
to certain crimes relating to elections ; requiring the

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Secretary of State to adopt a cyber-incident response plan;
authorizing certain elderly persons to request that certain
personal information be kept confidential; revising
provisions relating to the testing of certain equipment;
revising the deadline by which a withdrawal of candidacy
must be presented by certain candidates; revising
provisions relating campaign contributions for certain
special elect ions; making various other changes relating
to elections; providing a penalty; making an appropriation
to the Contingency Account for allocation to the Secretary
of State for certain costs relating to training on elections
procedures; and providing other m atters properly relating
thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law requires a person to provide certain documentation which is 1
current and valid for purposes of certain provisions relating to elections. (See e.g., 2
NRS 293.269915, 293.2725, 293.5 07, 293.5742, 293.57688, 2 93.5837, 293.5842, 3
293.5847, 293C.26314) Section 1.4 of this bill defines the term “current and valid ” 4
for such purposes and section 1.7 of this bill makes that definition applicable to 5
certain provisions relating to elections. 6
Existing law sets forth provisions governing the preparation, distribution and 7
casting of mail ballots and requires a county or city clerk, as applicable, to prepare 8
and distribute to each active registered voter in the county or city and certain other 9
persons who register to vote a mail ballot for every election. (NRS 293.269911 -10
293.269937, 293C.263-293C.26337) Sections 1.6, 11.3, 28.3 and 32.3 of this bill 11
authorize an active registered voter who is eligible to receive a mail ballot to submit 12
a request to the county or city clerk, as applicable, to receive a mail ballot if he or 13
she is unable to access his or her mail ballot or appear in person at the polls due to 14
an emergency. Sections 1. 6 and 28.3 further require a county or city clerk to 15
distribute a mail ballot to such a voter after verifying the voter’s eligibility and that 16
he or she has not already voted . Sections 1.9, 11.5, 28.7 and 32.7 of this bill make 17
certain provisions relating to mail ballots, including the definition of “mail ballot” 18
and provisions concerning the marking and signing the mail ballot of another voter, 19
applicable to ballots requested pursuant to sections 1.6 and 28.3. 20
Section 2 of this bill removes the prohibition for a person to be a candidate of a 21
major political party for p artisan office if the person has changed certain 22
information on an application to register to vote in a state other than this State 23
during the time beginning on December 31 preceding the closing filing date for an 24
election and ending on the date of the election. (NRS 293.176) 25
Existing law requires an independent candidate for partisan office to file a 26
declaration of candidacy. (NRS 293.200) Existing law further sets forth the form 27
for a declaration of candidacy for all candidates for partisan office. (NRS 293.177) 28
Section 3 of this bill sets forth the form for the declaration of candidacy for an 29
independent candidate for partisan office. Section 5 of this bill makes conforming 30
changes to clarify that the declaration of candidacy for an independent candidate 31
must be in the form set forth in section 3. 32
Existing law sets forth certain fees for filing a declaration of candidacy and 33
provides that the fee for filing a declaration of candidacy may be paid by cash, 34
cashier’s check or certified check. (NRS 293.193) Section 4 of this bill: (1) 35
provides that such a fee may also be paid by credit card if the filing officer accepts 36
such a method of payment; (2) revises the description of certain offices; and (3) 37

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reorganizes existing fees set forth in other provisions of existing law in to this 38
schedule of fees. 39
Existing law requires a county clerk, immediately upon receipt of the certified 40
list of candidates for judicial and nonjudicial office, to publish a notice of primary 41
election or general election in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once 42
a week for 2 successive weeks and requires such notice to contain: (1) the date of 43
the election; (2) the location of the polling places; and (3) the hours during which 44
the polling places will be open for voting. (N RS 293.203) Section 6 of this bill 45
requires such notice to additionally contain: (1) the names of the candidates; and (2) 46
the office for which each candidate is running and, if the office is partisan, the party 47
under which the candidate is running. Section 39 of this bill similarly requires the 48
names of the qualified candidates who will be on the ballot at the presidential 49
preference primary election and the major political party with which each candidate 50
is affiliated to be included on such notice for a pr esidential preference primary 51
election. (NRS 298.670) 52
Existing law authorizes a county clerk to appoint a pupil as a trainee for the 53
position of election board officer and sets forth the qualifications for such an 54
appointment, including a requirement that the pupil is appointed without party 55
affiliation. (NRS 293.2175, 293C.222) Sections 7 and 31 of this bill clarify that a 56
pupil may be appointed as a trainee regardless of his or her affiliation with a 57
political party, including any designation of party af filiation on the pupil’s 58
application to preregister or register to vote. 59
Existing law requires the Secretary of State to develop and provide a training 60
course to each county clerk and city clerk related to elections procedures and 61
requires the Secretary of State to provide to or reimburse the county or city, as 62
applicable, for the cost of the per diem allowance and travel expenses of the county 63
clerk or city clerk for attending such a course. Existing law further authorizes the 64
Secretary of State to provide to or reimburse the county or city, as applicable, such 65
costs for any deputy or employee of the office of the county or city clerk who 66
attends the course . Existing law requires that any such costs be paid from the 67
Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account upon recommendation by the Secretary 68
of State and approval by the State Board of Examiners. (NRS 293.2504) Section 69
8.5 of this bill instead requires the Secretary of State to provide or reimburse certain 70
other costs for a county o r city clerk relating to the training course. Section 46.5 of 71
this bill makes an appropriation to the Contingency Account for allocat ion to the 72
Secretary of State by the Interim Finance Committee for certain expenses relating 73
to the training course. 74
Existing law provides that members of election boards continue to serve as 75
such from the day before the day of the election until the time for filing contests of 76
the election has expired. (NRS 293.225) Section 8 of this bill provides instead that 77
members continue to serve as such from the day of appointment. 78
Existing law provides that, in certain circumstances, if one candidate receives a 79
majority of the votes cast in a primary election for certain nonpartisan offices, the 80
candidate must be declared elected and the candidate’s name must not be placed on 81
the ballot. (NRS 293.260, 293C.175; Carson City Charter § 5.010; Henderson City 82
Charter § 5.010; Las Vegas City Charter § 5.010; North Las Vegas City Charter § 83
5.020; Sparks City Charter § 5.020) Sections 9, 29 and 42-46 of this bill provide 84
that for the purposes of determining the majority of the votes cast in the primary 85
election for an office for which voters may select more than one candidate, each 86
ballot upon which a voter marked a valid choice for one or mo re candidates for that 87
office shall be deemed to be one vote cast in the primary election for that office. 88
Existing law provides that every ballot upon which appears the names of 89
candidates for any statewide office or for President or Vice President of the United 90
States must contain an additional line with a square in which the voter may select 91
“None of these candidates.” (NRS 293.269) Section 10 of this bill provides instead 92

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that the additional line on such a ballot must contain a space in which the voter may 93
select “None of these candidates.” 94
Existing law: (1) authorizes the mail ballot central counting board to begin 95
counting mail ballots 15 days before the day of the election; (2) requires the 96
counting board to prepare to count the ballots when the polls are closed; and (3) 97
establishes certain requirements for counting paper ballots. (NRS 293.269931, 98
293.363, 293C.26331, 293C.362) Sections 12 and 33 of this bill: (1) clarify that 99
the mail ballot central counting board may begin counting mail ballots before the 100
polls are closed; (2) prohibit certain ballots from being counted before 7 a.m. on the 101
day of the el ection; (3) prohibit the results or a copy of the results from being 102
posted until the polls are closed; and (4) remove requirements for counting paper 103
ballots. 104
Existing law: (1) sets forth certain standards for counting votes; (2) requires the 105
Secretary of State to adopt regulations establishing uniform, statewide standards for 106
counting a vote; and (3) authorizes the Secretary of State to adopt regulations 107
establishing additional uniform statewide standards. (NRS 293.3677, 293C.369) 108
Sections 13 and 34 of this bill provide that a vote must be counted if: (1) a portion 109
of the designated space on a ballot is darkened by the voter; (2) such a marking 110
cannot be conclus ively determined to be made in error; and (3) there is some 111
indication of the intent of the voter on the face of the ballot. 112
Existing law requires each county clerk to conduct a risk -limiting audit of the 113
results of an election. (NRS 293.394) Section 15 of this bill renames such audits to 114
“election accuracy audits.” Existing law provides that certain election materials, 115
including the voted, rejected and spoiled ballots, must be sealed and deposited in 116
the vaults of the county clerk. (NRS 293.391) Section 14 of this bill provides that 117
such election materials are subject to inspection for the purposes of an election 118
accuracy audit. 119
Existing law provides that the deadline to register to vote at a voter registration 120
agency, the Department of Motor Vehicles or an automatic voter registration 121
agency is the last day to register to vote by mail. Existing law requires a county 122
clerk to accept any application which is completed by the last day to register to vote 123
by mail if the county clerk receives the application not later than 5 days after that 124
date. (NRS 293.504, 293.5727, 293.57688) Sections 17, 22 and 23 of this bill 125
require a voter registration agency, the Department of Motor Vehicles and an 126
automatic voter registration agency to notify a person who registers to vote after 127
this deadline that in order to vote in the upcoming election, the person must register 128
to vote by computer or at a polling place or polling place for early voting. 129
Existing law requires if a person or elector indicates that he or she is not 130
affiliated with a political party or fails to indicate as such, the county clerk or field 131
registrar to list the person’s or elector’s political party as nonpartisan. (NRS 132
293.518) Section 18 of this bill instead requires the county clerk or field registrar to 133
list the political party of a person or elector who fails to indicate whether he or she 134
is affiliated with a political party or not affiliated as “no political party.” 135
Section 9.5 of this bill revises the manner in which certain candidates that 136
appear under existing law on a ballot as “no political party” or “NPP” to instead be 137
shown on such a ballot: (1) for a candidate for partisan office, as “Independent 138
Candidate” or “INC”; and (2) for a candidate for a nonpartisan office, as 139
“nonpartisan” or “NPR.” (NRS 293.267) 140
Existing federal law sets forth certain requirements for the removal of a voter 141
from the official list of eligible voters which prohibit a state from removing the 142
name of a registered voter unless the voter: (1) confirms a change of resid ence 143
outside of the registrar’s jurisdiction in writing; or (2) fails to respond to a notice 144
sent to his or her residence and has not voted or appeared to vote for a period of 145
time after a notice has been mailed to his or her residence. (52 U.S.C. § 20507) 146
Sections 20 and 21 of this bill require a county clerk to mail a notice and conduct 147

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any correction or removal of a registered voter in accordance with existing federal 148
law. 149
Sections 20 and 23.5 of this bill provide that certain notifications that a county 150
clerk is required to mail to the current residence of a person are required instead to 151
be mailed to the current mailing address of the person. (NRS 293.530, 293.57693) 152
Existing law: (1) autho rizes a voter to update his or her voter registration 153
information after the close of registration for an election; and (2) requires the 154
county or city clerk to authorize a voter to update his or her voter registration 155
information by the use of a paper application or the computer system established by 156
the Secretary of State. (NRS 293.5832) Section 24 of this bill authorizes the county 157
or city clerk to also authorize an additional method for updating such voter 158
registration information at a polling place duri ng early voting by personal 159
appearance and on election day. Section 24 further: (1) requires the county or city 160
clerk to send a mail ballot to such a voter if the voter updates the information 14 or 161
more days before the election; and (2) provides that a vo ter who updates 162
information less than 14 days before the election may vote only in person in that 163
election only at a polling place. Finally, section 24 clarifies that all other provisions 164
of law relating to voting in person or by mail still apply to a regi stered voter who 165
updates his or her voter registration information after the close of voter registration 166
for the election. 167
Existing law prohibits a person from electioneering during the time a polling 168
place for early voting is open for voting in or within 100 feet from the entrance to 169
the voting area. (NRS 293.361) Section 11.7 of this bill instead prohibits such 170
actions within 100 feet of the entrance to a building, other structure or jail in which 171
a polling place is located. 172
Existing law prohibits a person from voting more than once at the same 173
election. (NRS 293.780) Section 48 of this bill repeals existing law that prohibits a 174
person from being preregistered or registered to vote in more than one county at a 175
time. (NRS 293.8 10) Section 24.7 of this bill provides that a person votes more 176
than once at the same election if he or she votes: (1) more than once in certain 177
elections in this State; or (2) in the same primary or general election in this State 178
and at least one other state. 179
Existing law requires a county or city clerk or other election official to 180
immediately notify the Secretary of State if the clerk or official identifies or is 181
informed of a confirmed attack or attempted attack on the security of an 182
information system used by the clerk or official. (NRS 293.875) Section 26 of this 183
bill requires the Secretary of State to adopt by regulation a cyber -incident response 184
plan for elections. Section 26 also requires a county or city clerk or other election 185
official to notify the Secretary of State , the Governor and the Legislative 186
Commission of any cyber-incident or attempted cyber-incident on the security of an 187
information system used by the county or city clerk or other election official in 188
accordance with the cyber-incident response plan. 189
Existing law authorizes certain persons, including a spouse, domestic partner or 190
minor child of such a person, to request that personal information contained in the 191
records of the Secretary of State, a county or city clerk, a county reco rder or a 192
county assessor be kept confidential. (NRS 247.540, 250.140, 293.908) Sections 193
27, 40 and 41 of this bill additionally authorize the elderly parent of such a person 194
to request that such information be kept confidential. 195
Section 27.5 of this bill clarifies that certain tests required by existing law to be 196
conducted before the start of the official count of the ballots and again within 24 197
hours after the official count of the ballots are required to be conducted within 24 198
hours after t he official count of the ballots is completed, including the counting of 199
the final ballot. 200
Existing law provides that a withdrawal of candidacy must be presented: (1) for 201
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for candidacy; and (2) for all other candidates, to the county clerk within 7 days 203
after the last day for filing. (NRS 293.202, 293C.195) Section 30 of this bill 204
requires a withdrawal of candidacy by a candidate for a city office to be presented 205
within 7 days, consistent with the requirement for all other candidates. 206
Existing law sets forth certain limits on making or committing to make any 207
contributions to a candidate for office, except for a federal office, and provides that 208
no contribution made, committed or accepted for a primary election or general 209
election affects the limitation on contributions for a special election to recall a 210
public officer. (NRS 294A.100) Section 36 of this bill also provides that no 211
contribution made, committed or accepted for a special election other than a special 212
election to recall a public officer affects the limitation on contributions for a special 213
election to recall a public officer. 214
Existing federal law requires a certificate of ascertainment of appointment of 215
presidential electors to be issued and transmitted to the Archivist of the United 216
States not later than 6 days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors, 217
which is the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December. (3 U.S.C. §§ 218
5, 7) Section 37 of this bill requires the Secretary of State to transmit the certificate 219
of ascertainment to the Archivist. 220
Existing law requires a person who is a qualified candidate to be a major 221
political party’s nominee for President of the United States who wa nts to appear on 222
the ballot for a presidential preference primary election to file with the Secretary of 223
State a declaration of candidacy in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State. 224
(NRS 298.660) Section 38 of this bill sets forth the form for the de claration of 225
candidacy for such a candidate and provides that any person who knowingly and 226
willfully files a declaration of candidacy which contains a false statement in 227
violation is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 228
Section 48 repeals certain provisions tha t: (1) prohibit a counting board from 229
commencing to count the votes until all ballots are accounted for; (2) provide for a 230
recount at a hearing of any contest; and (3) require the county clerk to transmit the 231
number of registered voters in the county and t heir political affiliation to the 232
Secretary of State before certain elections. Section 48 also repeals a provision that 233
deems certain registered voters who move after the close of voter registration to 234
retain their prior residence. 235

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. (Deleted by amendment.) 1
Sec. 1.3. Chapter 293 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 2
thereto the provisions set forth as sections 1.4 and 1.6 of this act. 3
Sec. 1.4. “Current and valid” means that a document is not 4
expired at the time it is presented and: 5
1. Is issued by an appropriate entity; and 6
2. Represents the person whose identity or persona l 7
information the document is being presented to identify or 8
confirm. 9
Sec. 1.5. (Deleted by amendment.) 10
Sec. 1.6. 1. If an active registered voter who is eligible to 11
receive a mail ballot pursuant to NRS 293.269911, including, 12
without limitation, an active registered voter who has elected not 13

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to receive a mail ballot pursuant to NRS 293.269911, is unable to 1
access his or her mail ballot or appear in person at the polls due to 2
an emergency, the voter may submit a request to the county clerk, 3
not earlier than the 46th day before an election and not later than 4
the day before the election, to receive a mail ballot. 5
2. Upon receiving a request pursuant to subsection 1, the 6
county clerk shall, after verifying the voter is eligible to receive a 7
mail ballot pursuant to NRS 293.269911 and has not already voted 8
in the election, distribute the mail ballot to the voter. 9
3. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all provisions 10
of this title relating to mail ballots apply to a mail ballot requested 11
and distributed pursuant to this section. 12
4. The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations to carry out 13
the provisions of this section. 14
5. For the purposes of this section , “emergency” means an 15
unforeseen circumstance which significantly impairs the ability of 16
an active registered voter to access his or her mail ballot or appear 17
in person at the polls, including, without limitation: 18
(a) An illness or disability resulting in confinement in a 19
hospital, sanatorium, dwelling or nursing home; 20
(b) A sudden hospitalization, serious illness or call away from 21
home; or 22
(c) Any other circumstance the Secretary of State determines 23
by regulation to constitute an emergency for the purposes of this 24
section. 25
Sec. 1.7. NRS 293.010 is hereby amended to read as follows: 26
293.010 As used in this title, unless the context otherwise 27
requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 293.016 to 293.121, 28
inclusive, and section 1.4 of this act have the meanings ascribed to 29
them in those sections. 30
Sec. 1.9. NRS 293.0653 is hereby amended to read as follows: 31
293.0653 “Mail ballot” means a mail ballot distributed to an 32
active registered voter pursuant to the provisions of NRS 33
293.269911 to 293.269937, inclusive, and section 1. 6 of this act 34
and NRS 293C.263 to 293C.26337, inclusive [.] and section 28.3 of 35
this act. 36
Sec. 2. NRS 293.176 is hereby amended to read as follows: 37
293.176 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, no 38
person may be a candidate of a major political party for partisan 39
office in any election if the person has changed: 40
(a) The designation of his or her political party affiliation; or 41
(b) His or her designation of political party from nonpartisan to 42
a designation of a political party affiliation, 43
 on an application to register to vote in the State of Nevada [or in 44
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preceding the closing filing date for that election and ending on the 1
date of that election whether or not the person’s previous 2
registration was still effective at the time of the change in party 3
designation. 4
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to any person 5
who is a candidate of a political party that is not organized pursuant 6
to NRS 293.171 on the December 31 next prece ding the closing 7
filing date for the election. 8
Sec. 3. NRS 293.177 is hereby amended to read as follows: 9
293.177 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.165 10
and 293.166, a name may not be printed on a ballot to be use d at a 11
primary election unless the person named has filed a declaration of 12
candidacy with the appropriate filing officer and paid the filing fee 13
required by NRS 293.193 not earlier than: 14
(a) For a candidate for judicial office, the first Monday in 15
January of the year in which the election is to be held and not later 16
than 5 p.m. on the second Friday after the first Monday in January; 17
and 18
(b) For all other candidates, the first Monday in March of the 19
year in which the election is to be held and not later th an 5 p.m. on 20
the second Friday after the first Monday in March. 21
2. A declaration of candidacy required to be filed pursuant to 22
this chapter must be in substantially the following form: 23
(a) For partisan office: 24
25
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY OF ........ FOR THE 26
OFFICE OF ................ 27
28
State of Nevada 29
30
County of ........................ 31
32
For the purpose of having my name placed on the official 33
ballot as a candidate for the ................ Party nomination for 34
the office of ........., I, the undersigned ........, do swear or 35
affirm under penalty of perjury that I actually, as opposed to 36
constructively, reside at .........., in the City or Town of ......., 37
County of .........., State of Nevada; that my actual, as opposed 38
to constructive, residence in the State, district, county, 39
township, city or other area prescribed by law to which the 40
office pertains began on a date at least 30 days immediately 41
preceding the date of the close of filing of declarations of 42
candidacy for this office; that my telephone number is 43
............, and the address at which I receive mail, if different 44
than my residence, is .........; that I am registered as a member 45

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of the ................ Party; that I am a qualified elector pursuant 1
to Section 1 of Article 2 of the Constitution of the State of 2
Nevada; tha t if I have ever been convicted of treason or a 3
felony, my civil rights have been restored; that I have not, in 4
violation of the provisions of NRS 293.176, changed the 5
designation of my political party or political party affiliation 6
on an official application to register to vote in any state since 7
December 31 before the closing filing date for this election; 8
that I generally believe in and intend to support the concepts 9
found in the principles and policies of that political party in 10
the coming election; tha t if nominated as a candidate of the 11
................ Party at the ensuing election, I will accept that 12
nomination and not withdraw; that I will not knowingly 13
violate any election law or any law defining and prohibiting 14
corrupt and fraudulent practices in campaigns and elections in 15
this State; that I will qualify for the office if elected thereto, 16
including, but not limited to, complying with any limitation 17
prescribed by the Constitution and laws of this State 18
concerning the number of years or terms for whi ch a person 19
may hold the office; that I understand that knowingly and 20
willfully filing a declaration of candidacy which contains a 21
false statement is a crime punishable as a gross misdemeanor 22
and also subjects me to a civil action disqualifying me from 23
entering upon the duties of the office; and that I understand 24
that my name will appear on all ballots as designated in this 25
declaration. 26
27
............................................................. 28
(Designation of name) 29
30
............................................................. 31
(Signature of candidate for office) 32
33
Subscribed and sworn to before me 34
this ...... day of the month of ...... of the year ...... 35
36
............................................................ 37
Notary Public or other person 38
authorized to administer an oath 39
40
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DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY OF ........ FOR THE 1
OFFICE OF ................ 2
3
State of Nevada 4
5
County of ........................ 6
7
For the purpose of having my name placed on the official 8
ballot at the general election as an independent candidate 9
for the office of ........., I, the undersigned ........, do swear or 10
affirm under penalty of perjury that I actually, as opp osed 11
to constructively, reside at .........., in the City or Town of 12
......., County of .........., State of Nevada; that my actual, as 13
opposed to constructive, residence in the State, district, 14
county, township, city or other area prescribed by law to 15
which the office pertains began on a date at least 30 days 16
immediately preceding the date of the close of filing of 17
declarations of candidacy for this office; that my telephone 18
number is ............, and the address at which I receive mail, 19
if different than my residence, is .........; that I am a qualified 20
elector pursuant to Section 1 of Article 2 of the Constitution 21
of the State of Nevada; that if I have ever been convicted of 22
treason or a felony, my civil rights have been restored; that I 23
will not knowing ly violate any election law or any law 24
defining and prohibiting corrupt and fraudulent practices in 25
campaigns and elections in this State; that I will qualify for 26
the office if elected thereto, including, but not limited to, 27
complying with any limitation p rescribed by the 28
Constitution and laws of this State concerning the number 29
of years or terms for which a person may hold the office; 30
that I understand that knowingly and willfully filing a 31
declaration of candidacy which contains a false statement is 32
a crim e punishable as a gross misdemeanor and also 33
subjects me to a civil action disqualifying me from entering 34
upon the duties of the office; and that I understand that my 35
name will appear on all ballots as designated in this 36
declaration. 37
38
............................................................. 39
(Designation of name) 40
41
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(Signature of candidate for office) 43

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Subscribed and sworn to before me 1
this ...... day of the month of ...... of the year ...... 2
3
............................................................ 4
Notary Public or other person 5
authorized to administer an oath 6
7
(c) For nonpartisan office: 8
9
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY OF ........ FOR THE 10
OFFICE OF ................ 11
12
State of Nevada 13
14
County of ........................ 15
16
For the purpose of having my name placed on the official 17
ballot as a candidate for the office of ................, I, the 18
undersigned ................, do swear or affirm under penalty of 19
perjury that I actually, as opposed to constructively, reside at 20
........., in the City or Town of ......., County of ........., State of 21
Nevada; that my actual, as opposed to constructive, residence 22
in the State, district, county, township, city or other area 23
prescribed by law to which the office pertains began on a date 24
at least 30 days immediately preceding the date of the close 25
of filing of declarations of candidacy for this office; that my 26
telephone number is ..........., and th e address at which I 27
receive mail, if different than my residence, is ..........; that I 28
am a qualified elector pursuant to Section 1 of Article 2 of the 29
Constitution of the State of Nevada; that if I have ever been 30
convicted of treason or a felony, my civ il rights have been 31
restored; that if nominated as a nonpartisan candidate at the 32
ensuing election, I will accept the nomination and not 33
withdraw; that I will not knowingly violate any election law 34
or any law defining and prohibiting corrupt and fraudulent 35
practices in campaigns and elections in this State; that I will 36
qualify for the office if elected thereto, including, but not 37
limited to, complying with any limitation prescribed by the 38
Constitution and laws of this State concerning the number of 39
years or terms for which a person may hold the office; that I 40
understand that knowingly and willfully filing a declaration 41
of candidacy which contains a false statement is a crime 42
punishable as a gross misdemeanor and also subjects me to a 43
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the office; and that I understand that my name will appear on 1
all ballots as designated in this declaration. 2
3
............................................................. 4
(Designation of name) 5
6
............................................................. 7
(Signature of candidate for office) 8
9
Subscribed and sworn to before me 10
this ...... day of the month of ...... of the year ...... 11
12
............................................................ 13
Notary Public or other person 14
authorized to administer an oath 15
16
3. The address of a candidate which must be included in the 17
declaration of candidacy pursuant to subsection 2 must be the street 18
address of the residence where the candidate actually, as opposed to 19
constructively, resides in accordance with NRS 281.050, if one has 20
been assigned. The declaration of candidacy must not be accepted 21
for filing if the candidate fails to comply with the follo wing 22
provisions of this subsection or, if applicable, the provisions of 23
subsection 4: 24
(a) The candidate shall not list the candidate’s address as a post 25
office box unless a street address has not been assigned to his or her 26
residence; and 27
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the candidate 28
shall present to the filing officer: 29
(1) A valid driver’s license or identification card issued by a 30
governmental agency that contains a photograph of the candidate 31
and the candidate’s residential address; or 32
(2) A current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, or 33
document issued by a governmental entity, including a check which 34
indicates the candidate’s name and residential address, but not 35
including a voter registration card. 36
4. If the candidate exe cutes an oath or affirmation under 37
penalty of perjury stating that the candidate is unable to present to 38
the filing officer the proof of residency required by subsection 3 39
because a street address has not been assigned to the candidate’s 40
residence or becau se the rural or remote location of the candidate’s 41
residence makes it impracticable to present the proof of residency 42
required by subsection 3, the candidate shall present to the filing 43
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(a) A valid driver’s license or identification card issued b y a 1
governmental agency that contains a photograph of the candidate; 2
and 3
(b) Alternative proof of the candidate’s residential address that 4
the filing officer determines is sufficient to verify where the 5
candidate actually, as opposed to constructively, re sides in 6
accordance with NRS 281.050. The Secretary of State may adopt 7
regulations establishing the forms of alternative proof of the 8
candidate’s residential address that the filing officer may accept to 9
verify where the candidate actually, as opposed to c onstructively, 10
resides in accordance with NRS 281.050. 11
5. The filing officer shall retain a copy of the proof of identity 12
and residency provided by the candidate pursuant to subsection 3 or 13
4. Such a copy: 14
(a) May not be withheld from the public; and 15
(b) Must not contain the social security number, driver’s license 16
or identification card number or account number of the candidate. 17
6. By filing the declaration of candidacy, the candidate shall be 18
deemed to have appointed the filing officer for the offic e as his or 19
her agent for service of process for the purposes of a proceeding 20
pursuant to NRS 293.182. Service of such process must first be 21
attempted at the appropriate address as specified by the candidate in 22
the declaration of candidacy. If the candidat e cannot be served at 23
that address, service must be made by personally delivering to and 24
leaving with the filing officer duplicate copies of the process. The 25
filing officer shall immediately send, by registered or certified mail, 26
one of the copies to the candidate at the specified address, unless the 27
candidate has designated in writing to the filing officer a different 28
address for that purpose, in which case the filing officer shall mail 29
the copy to the last address so designated. 30
7. If the filing officer receives credible evidence indicating that 31
a candidate has been convicted of a felony and has not had his or her 32
civil rights restored, the filing officer: 33
(a) May conduct an investigation to determine whether the 34
candidate has been convicted of a felony and, if so, whether the 35
candidate has had his or her civil rights restored; and 36
(b) Shall transmit the credible evidence and the findings from 37
such investigation to the Attorney General, if the filing officer is the 38
Secretary of State, or to the district attorney, if the filing officer is a 39
person other than the Secretary of State. 40
8. The receipt of information by the Attorney General or 41
district attorney pursuant to subsection 7 must be treated as a 42
challenge of a candidate pursuant to subsections 4 and 5 of NRS 43
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9. Any person who knowingly and willfully files a declaration 1
of candidacy which contains a false statement in violation of this 2
section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 3
Sec. 4. NRS 293.193 is hereby amended to read as follows: 4
293.193 1. Fees as listed in this section for filing declarations 5
of candidacy must be paid to the filing officer by cash, cashier’s 6
check , [or] certified check [.] or, if acce pted by the filing officer, 7
credit card. 8
9
United States Senator ....................................................... $500 10
Representative in Congress ................................................ 300 11
Governor ............................................................................. 300 12
Justice of the Supreme Court .............................................. 300 13
[Any state office, other than Governor or justice 14
of the Supreme Court ................................................... 200] 15
Independent candidate for the office of 16
President of the United States ...................................... 250 17
Lieutenant Governor ......................................................... 200 18
Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State 19
Controller or Attorney General .................................... 200 20
Judge of the Court of Appeals ........................................... 200 21
Member of the State Board of Education ......................... 200 22
District judge ...................................................................... 150 23
Justice of the peace ............................................................. 100 24
Any county office ............................................................... 100 25
State Senator ....................................................................... 100 26
Assemblyman or Assemblywoman .................................... 100 27
Trustee of a county school district, hospital or 28
hospital district ............................................................... 30 29
Any other district office other than district judge ................ 30 30
Constable or other town or township office ......................... 30 31
Member of the Board of Regents of the 32
University of Nevada ........................................................ 0 33
Any other office which receives no 34
compensation .................................................................... 0 35
36
For the purposes of this subsection, trustee of a county school 37
district, hospital or hospital district is not a county office. 38
2. No filing fee may be required from a candidate for an office 39
the holder of which receives no compensation. 40
3. The county clerk shall pay to the county treasurer all filing 41
fees received from candidates. The county treasurer shall deposit the 42
money to the credit of the general fund of the county. 43
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.194, a filing fee 44
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Sec. 5. NRS 293.200 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
293.200 1. An independent candidate for partisan office must 2
file with the appropriate filing officer as set forth in NRS 293.185: 3
(a) A copy of the petition of candidacy that he or she intends to 4
subsequently circulate for signatures. The copy must be filed not 5
earlier than the January 2 preceding the date of the election and not 6
later than 10 working days before the last day to file the petition 7
pursuant to subsection 4. The copy of the petition must be filed with 8
the appropriate filing officer before the petition may be circulated 9
for signatures. 10
(b) Either of the following: 11
(1) A petition of candidacy signed by a number of registered 12
voters equal to at least 1 percent of the total number of ballots cast 13
in: 14
(I) This State for that office at the last preceding general 15
election in which a person was elected to that office, if the office is a 16
statewide office; 17
(II) The county for that office at the last preceding general 18
election in which a person was elected to that office, if the office is a 19
county office; or 20
(III) The district for that office at the last preceding 21
general election in which a person was elected to that office, if the 22
office is a district office. 23
(2) A petition of candidacy signed by 250 registered voters if 24
the candidate is a candidate fo r statewide office, or signed by 100 25
registered voters if the candidate is a candidate for any office other 26
than a statewide office. 27
2. The petition may consist of more than one document. Each 28
document must bear the name of the county in which it was 29
circulated, and only registered voters of that county may sign the 30
document. If the office is not a statewide office, only the registered 31
voters of the county, district or municipality in question may sign 32
the document. The documents that are circulated for s ignature in a 33
county must be submitted to that county clerk for verification in the 34
manner prescribed in NRS 293.1276 to 293.1279, inclusive, not 35
later than 10 working days before the last day to file the petition 36
pursuant to subsection 4. Each person who signs the petition shall 37
add to his or her signature the address of the place at which the 38
person actually resides, the date that he or she signs the petition and 39
the name of the county where he or she is registered to vote. The 40
person who circulates each document of the petition shall sign an 41
affidavit attesting that the signatures on the document are genuine to 42
the best of his or her knowledge and belief and were signed in his or 43
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3. The petition of candidacy may state the principle, if any, 1
which the person qualified represents. 2
4. Petitions of candidacy must be filed not earlier than the first 3
Monday in March preceding the general election and not later than 5 4
p.m. on the third Friday in June. 5
5. No petition of candidacy may contain the name of more than 6
one candidate for each office to be filled. 7
6. A person may not file as an independent candidate if he or 8
she is proposing to run as the candidate of a political party. 9
7. The names of independent candidates must be placed on the 10
general election ballot and must not appear on the primary election 11
ballot. 12
8. If the sufficiency of the petition of the candidacy of any 13
person seeking to qualify pursuant to this section is challenged, all 14
affidavits and documents in support of the challenge must be filed 15
not later than 5 p.m. on the fourth Friday in June. Any judicial 16
proceeding resulting from the challenge must be set for hearing not 17
more than 5 days after the fourth Friday in June. 18
9. Any challenge pursuant to subsection 8 must be filed with: 19
(a) The First Judicial District Court if the petition of candidacy 20
was filed with the Secretary of State. 21
(b) The district court for the county where the petition of 22
candidacy was filed if the petition was filed with a county clerk. 23
10. The district court in which the challenge is filed shall give 24
priority to such proceedings over all other matters pending with the 25
court, except for criminal proceedings. 26
11. An independent candidate for partisan office must file a 27
declaration of candidacy in the form required by NRS 293.177 with 28
the appropriate filing officer and pay the filing fee required by NRS 29
293.193 not earlier than the first Monday in March of the year in 30
which the election is held and not later than 5 p.m. on the second 31
Friday after the first Monday in March. 32
Sec. 6. NRS 293.203 is hereby amended to read as follows: 33
293.203 Immediately upon receipt by the county clerk of the 34
certified list of candidates f or judicial and nonjudicial office from 35
the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.187, the county clerk 36
shall publish a notice of primary election or general election in a 37
newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for 2 38
successive weeks. If no such newspaper is published in the county, 39
the publication may be made in a newspaper of general circulation 40
published in the nearest Nevada county. The notice must contain: 41
1. The date of the election. 42
2. The location of the polling places. 43
3. The hours during which the polling places will be open for 44
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4. The name of each candidate. 1
5. The office which each candidate is seeking to be elected to 2
and if the office is partisan, the party with which the candidate is 3
affiliated. 4
 The notice required for a general election pursuant to this section 5
may be published in conjunction with the notice required for a 6
proposed constitution or constitutional amendment pursuant to NRS 7
293.253. If the notices are combined in this manner, they must be 8
published three times in accordance with subsection 3 of 9
NRS 293.253. 10
Sec. 7. NRS 293.2175 is hereby amended to read as follows: 11
293.2175 1. The county clerk may appoint a pupil as a 12
trainee for the position of election board officer. To qualify for such 13
an appointment, the pupil must be: 14
(a) A United States citizen, a resident of Nevada and a resident 15
of the county in which the pupil serves; 16
(b) Enrolled in high school; and 17
(c) At the time of service, at least 16 years of age. 18
2. The county clerk may only appoint a pupil as a trainee if: 19
(a) The pupil is appointed without political party affiliation; 20
(b) The county clerk sends the pupil a certificate stating the date 21
and hours that the pupil will act as a trainee; 22
(c) At least 20 days before the election in which the pupil will 23
act as a trainee, the principal of the high school or the pupil’s 24
assigned school counselor receives the county clerk’s certificate and 25
a written request signed by the pupil’s parent or guardian to be 26
excused from school for the time specified in the certificate; 27
(d) The principal of the high school or the assigned school 28
counselor of the pupil approves the pupil’s request; and 29
(e) The pupil attends the training class required by 30
NRS 293B.260. 31
3. A pupil may be appointed as a trainee pursuant to this 32
section regardless of his or her affiliation with a political party 33
including, without limitation, any designation of party affiliation 34
on his or her application to preregister or register to vote. 35
4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the county 36
clerk may assign a trainee such duties as the county clerk deems 37
appropriate. The county clerk shall not require the trainee to perform 38
those duties later than 10 p.m. o r any applicable curfew, whichever 39
is earlier. 40
[4.] 5. The county clerk may compensate a trainee for service 41
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Sec. 8. NRS 293.225 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
293.225 1. Members of election boards continue to serve as 2
such from the day [before the day of the election, ] of appointment 3
until the time for filing contests of the election has expired. 4
2. Each member of an election board is subject to call by the 5
board of county commissioners or city council to correct any errors 6
discovered during the canvass of votes by the board of county 7
commissioners or city council. 8
3. Reserve election board officers must be appointed by the 9
county or city clerk, if practicable, to fill any vacancy which occurs 10
on the day of the election, and the reserve officers must be 11
compensated if they serve at the polls. 12
4. If a vacancy occurs in any election board on the day of the 13
election and no reserves are available, the election board may 14
appoint, at the polling place, any registered voter who is willing to 15
serve and satisfies the election board that he or she possesses the 16
qualifications required to perform the services required. 17
Sec. 8.5. NRS 293.2504 is hereby amended to read as follows: 18
293.2504 1. The Secretary of State shall develop and provide 19
a training course to each county clerk and city clerk related to 20
elections procedures, including, without limitation, the procedures 21
set forth in the elections procedures manual required pursuant to 22
NRS 293.2502. 23
2. Each county clerk and city clerk shall attend the training 24
course provided by the Secretary of State. 25
3. A county clerk or city clerk may require any deputy or 26
employee of the office of the county or city clerk whose duties 27
relate to elections to attend a training course provided by the 28
Secretary of State pursuant to this section. 29
4. The Secretary of State: 30
(a) Shall provide to or reimburse the county or city, as 31
applicable, the following costs for a county or city clerk to attend 32
the training course required pursuant to this section: 33
(1) The cost of the per diem allowance or the cost of meals 34
which are contracted for with a vendor that was procured through 35
a competitive bidding process; 36
(2) Incidentals; and [travel] 37
(3) Travel expenses ; [of the county clerk or city clerk for 38
attending the training course required pursuant to this section. Any 39
reimbursement must be paid from the Reserve for Statutory 40
Contingency Account upon recommendation by the Secretary of 41
State and approval by the State Board of Examiners.] and 42
(b) May provide to or reimburse the county or city, as 43
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the office of the county clerk or city clerk who attends the training 1
course required pursuant to this section: 2
(1) The cost of the per diem allowance or the cost of meals 3
which are contracted for with a vend or that was procured through 4
a competitive bidding process; 5
(2) Incidentals; and [travel] 6
(3) Travel expenses . [of any deputy or employee of the 7
office of the county or city clerk for attending the training course 8
required pursuant to this section.] 9
 Any reimbursement must be paid from the Reserve for Statutory 10
Contingency Account upon recommendation by the Secretary of 11
State and approval by the State Board of Examiners. 12
Sec. 9. NRS 293.260 is hereby amended to read as follows: 13
293.260 1. If there is no contest of election for nomination to 14
a particular office, neither the title of the office nor the name of the 15
candidate may appear on the ballot at the primary election. 16
2. If a major political party has two or m ore candidates for a 17
particular office, the person who receives the highest number of 18
votes at the primary election must be declared the nominee of that 19
major political party for the office. 20
3. If not more than the number of candidates to be elected have 21
filed for nomination for: 22
(a) Any partisan office or the office of judge of a district court, 23
judge of the Court of Appeals or justice of the Supreme Court, the 24
names of those candidates must be omitted from all ballots for a 25
primary election and placed on all ballots for the general election. 26
(b) Any nonpartisan office, other than the office of judge of a 27
district court, judge of the Court of Appeals, justice of the Supreme 28
Court or member of a town advisory board, the names of those 29
candidates must app ear on the ballot for a primary election unless 30
the candidates were nominated pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 31
293.165. If a candidate receives one or more votes at the primary 32
election, the candidate must be declared elected to the office and his 33
or her na me must not be placed on the ballot for the general 34
election. If a candidate does not receive one or more votes at the 35
primary election, his or her name must be placed on the ballot for 36
the general election. 37
(c) The office of member of a town advisory boa rd, the 38
candidate must be declared elected to the office and no election 39
must be held for that office. 40
4. If there are not more than twice the number of candidates to 41
be elected to a nonpartisan office, the candidates must, without a 42
primary election, be declared the nominees for the office, and the 43
names of the candidates must be omitted from all ballots for a 44
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5. If there are more than twice the number of candidates to be 1
elected to a nonpartisan office, the names of the candidates must 2
appear on the ballot for a primary election. Except as otherwise 3
provided in NRS 293.400, those candidates who receive the highest 4
number of votes at the primary election, not to exceed twice the 5
number to be elected, must be declared nominees for the office and 6
the names of those candidates must be placed on the ballot for the 7
general election, except that if one of those candidates receives a 8
majority of the votes cast in the primary election for: 9
(a) The office of judge of a district court, judge of the Court of 10
Appeals or justice of the Supreme Court, the candidate must be 11
declared the only nominee for the office and only his or her name 12
must be placed on the ballot for the general election. 13
(b) Any other nonpartisan office, the candidate must be declared 14
elected to the office and his or her name must not be placed on the 15
ballot for the general election. 16
 For the purposes of determining whether a candidate received a 17
majority of the votes cast in the primary election for a nonpartisan 18
office for which voters were authorized to select more than one 19
candidate, each ballot upon which a voter marked a valid choice 20
for one or more candidates for that office shall be deemed to be 21
one vote cast in the primary election for that office. 22
Sec. 9.5. NRS 293.267 is hereby amended to read as follows: 23
293.267 1. Ballots for a general election must contain the 24
names of candidates wh o were nominated at the primary election, 25
the names of the candidates of a minor political party and the names 26
of independent candidates. 27
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.2565, names of 28
candidates must be grouped alphabetically under the title and length 29
of term of the office for which those candidates filed. 30
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4: 31
(a) Immediately following the name of each candidate for a 32
partisan office must appear the name or abbreviation of his or her 33
political p arty, the words [“no political party” ] “Independent 34
Candidate” or the abbreviation [“NPP,”] “INC,” as the case may 35
be. 36
(b) Immediately following the name of each candidate for a 37
nonpartisan office must appear the word “nonpartisan” or the 38
abbreviation [“NP.”] “NPR.” 39
4. Where a system of voting other than by paper ballot is used, 40
the Secretary of State may provide for any placement of the name or 41
abbreviation of the political party, the words [“no political party” ] 42
“Independent Candidate” or “nonpartisa n” or the abbreviation 43
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relates the designation to the name of the candidate to whom it 1
applies. 2
5. If the Legislature rejects a statewide measure proposed by 3
initiative and proposes a differen t measure on the same subject 4
which the Governor approves, the measure proposed by the 5
Legislature and approved by the Governor must be listed on the 6
ballot before the statewide measure proposed by initiative. Each 7
ballot and sample ballot upon which the m easures appear must 8
contain a statement that reads substantially as follows: 9
10
The following questions are alternative approaches to the 11
same issue, and only one approach may be enacted into law. 12
Please vote for only one. 13
Sec. 10. NRS 293.269 is hereby amended to read as follows: 14
293.269 1. Every ballot upon which appears the names of 15
candidates for any statewide office or for President and Vice 16
President of the United States shall contain for each office an 17
additional line equivalent to the lines on which the candidates’ 18
names appear and placed at the end of the group of lines containing 19
the names of the candidates for that office. Each additional line shall 20
contain a [square] space in which the voter may express a choice of 21
that line in the same manner as the voter would express a choice of a 22
candidate, and the line shall read “None of these candidates.” 23
2. Only votes cast for the named candidates shall be counted in 24
determining nomination or election to any statewide office or 25
presidential nominations or the selection of presidential electors, but 26
for each office the number of ballots on which the additional line 27
was chosen shall be listed following the names of the candidates and 28
the number of their votes in every posting, abstract and 29
proclamation of the results of the election. 30
3. Every sample ballot or other instruction to voters prescribed 31
or approved by the Secretary of State shall clearly explain that the 32
voter may mark the choice of the line “None of these candidates” 33
only if the voter has not voted for any candidate for the office. 34
Sec. 11. (Deleted by amendment.) 35
Sec. 11.3. NRS 293.269911 is hereby amended to read as 36
follows: 37
293.269911 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 38
the county clerk shall prepare and distribute to each active registered 39
voter in the county and each person who registers to vote or updates 40
his or her voter registration information not later than the 14 days 41
before the election a mail ballot for every election. The county clerk 42
shall make reasonable accommodations for the use of the mail ballot 43
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by providing, upon request, the mail ballot in 12-point type to a 1
person who is elderly or disabled. 2
2. The county clerk shall allow a voter to elect not to receive a 3
mail ballot pursuant to this section by submitting to the county clerk 4
a written notice in the form prescribed by the county clerk w hich 5
must be received by the county clerk not later than 60 days before 6
the day of the election. 7
3. The county clerk shall not distribute a mail ballot to any 8
person who: 9
(a) Registers to vote for the election pursuant to the provisions 10
of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive; or 11
(b) [Elects] Except as otherwise provided in section 1.6 of this 12
act, elects not to receive a mail ballot pursuant to subsection 2. 13
4. The mail ballot must include all offices, candidates and 14
measures upon which the voter is entitled to vote at the election. 15
5. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the 16
mail ballot must be distributed to: 17
(a) Each active registered voter who: 18
(1) Resides within the State, not later than 20 days before the 19
election; and 20
(2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), resides 21
outside the State, not later than 40 days before the election. 22
(b) Each active registered voter who registers to vote after the 23
dates set for distributing mail ballots pursuant to paragraph (a) but 24
who is eligible to receive a mail ballot pursuant to subsection 1, not 25
later than 13 days before the election. 26
(c) Each covered voter who is entitled to have a military -27
overseas ballot transmitted pursuant to the provisions of chapter 28
293D of NRS or the U niformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 29
Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. §§ 20301 et seq., not later than the time 30
required by those provisions. 31
6. In the case of a special election where no candidate for 32
federal office will appear on the ballot, the mail ballot must be 33
distributed to each active registered voter not later than 15 days 34
before the special election. 35
7. Any untimely legal action which would prevent the mail 36
ballot from being distributed to any voter pursuant to this section is 37
moot and of no effect. 38
Sec. 11.5. NRS 293.269919 is hereby amended to read as 39
follows: 40
293.269919 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a 41
person shall not mark and sign a mail ballot on behalf of a voter or 42
assist a voter to mar k and sign a mail ballot pursuant to the 43
provisions of NRS 293.269911 to 293.269937, inclusive [.] , and 44
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2. At the direction of a voter who has a physical disability, is at 1
least 65 years of age or is unable to read or write, a p erson may 2
mark and sign a mail ballot on behalf of the voter or assist the voter 3
to mark and sign a mail ballot pursuant to this section. 4
3. If a person marks and signs a mail ballot on behalf of a voter 5
pursuant to this section, the person must indicate next to his or her 6
signature that the mail ballot has been marked and signed on behalf 7
of the voter. 8
4. If a person assists a voter to mark and sign a mail ballot 9
pursuant to this section, the person or the voter must include on the 10
return envelope his or her name, address and signature. 11
Sec. 11.7. NRS 293.361 is hereby amended to read as follows: 12
293.361 1. During the time a polling place for early voting is 13
open for voting, a person may not electioneer for or agai nst any 14
candidate, measure or political party in or within 100 feet from the 15
entrance to the [voting area.] building or other structure in which 16
the polling place is located. During the time that a person detained 17
in a county or city jail may vote in the j ail, a person may not 18
electioneer for or against any candidate, measure or political party in 19
or within 100 feet from the entrance of the [voting area of the] jail. 20
2. During the period of early voting, the county clerk shall 21
keep continuously posted: 22
(a) At the entrance to the room or area, as applicable, in which 23
the polling place for early voting is located a sign on which is 24
printed in large letters “Polling Place for Early Voting.” 25
(b) At the outer limits of the area within which electioneering is 26
prohibited, at least one sign on which is printed in large letters 27
“Distance Marker: No electioneering between this point and the 28
entrance to the polling place.” The county clerk shall ensure that any 29
sign posted pursuant to this paragraph is: 30
(1) At least 17 inches by 11 inches in size; 31
(2) Placed on a window or door of the polling place or a 32
freestanding sign; and 33
(3) Visible to a person approaching the outer limits of the 34
area within which electioneering is prohibited. 35
3. Ropes or other suitable objects may be used at the polling 36
place to ensure compliance with this section. Persons who are not 37
expressly permitted by law to be in a polling place must be excluded 38
from the polling place to the extent practicable. 39
4. Any person who willful ly violates the provisions of this 40
section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 41
Sec. 12. NRS 293.363 is hereby amended to read as follows: 42
293.363 1. [When] Mail ballots must be counted by the mail 43
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2. Ballots cast using a mechanical voting system must not be 1
counted before 7 a.m. on the day of the election. No results or copy 2
of the results may be posted pursuant to NRS 293.383 until the 3
polls are closed . [, the counting board shall prepare to count the 4
ballots voted.] The counting procedure must be public and , to the 5
extent practicable, continue without adjournment until completed. 6
[2. If the ballots are paper ballots, the counting board shall 7
prepare in the following manner: 8
(a) The container that holds the ballots or the ballot box must be 9
opened and the ballots contained therein counted by the counting 10
board and opened far enough to ascertain whether each ballot is 11
single. If two or more ballots are found folded together to present 12
the appearance of a single ballot, they must be laid aside until the 13
count of the ballots is completed. If a majority of the inspectors are 14
of the opinion that the ballots folded together were voted by one 15
person, the ballots must be rejected and placed in an envelope, upon 16
which must be written the reason for their rejection. The envelope 17
must be signed by the counting board officers and placed in the 18
container or ballot box after the count is completed. 19
(b) If the ballots in th e container or box are found to exceed in 20
number the number of names as are indicated on the roster as having 21
voted, the ballots must be replaced in the container or box, and a 22
counting board officer, with his or her back turned to the container 23
or box, sh all draw out a number of ballots equal to the excess. The 24
excess ballots must be marked on the back thereof with the words 25
“Excess ballots not counted.” The ballots when so marked must be 26
immediately sealed in an envelope and returned to the county clerk 27
with the other ballots rejected for any cause. 28
(c) When it has been ascertained that the number of ballots 29
agrees with the number of names of registered voters shown to have 30
voted, the board shall proceed to count. If there is a discrepancy 31
between the number of ballots and the number of voters, a record of 32
the discrepancy must be made.] 33
Sec. 13. NRS 293.3677 is hereby amended to read as follows: 34
293.3677 1. When counting a vote in an election, if more 35
choices than permitted by the instructions for a ballot are marked for 36
any office or question, the vote for that office or question may not 37
be counted. 38
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, in an election 39
in which a mechanical voting system is used whereb y a vote is cast 40
by darkening a designated space on the ballot: 41
(a) A vote must be counted if a portion of the designated space 42
is darkened [or] by the voter, such a marking cannot be 43
conclusively determined to be made in error and there is [a writing 44
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limitation, a cross or check; ] intent of the voter on the face of the 1
ballot; and 2
(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a), a writing or 3
other mark on the ballot, including, without li mitation, a cross, 4
check, tear or scratch may not be counted as a vote. 5
3. The Secretary of State: 6
(a) May adopt regulations establishing additional uniform, 7
statewide standards, not inconsistent with this section, for counting 8
a vote cast by a method of voting described in subsection 2; and 9
(b) Shall adopt regulations establishing uniform, statewide 10
standards for counting a vote cast by each method of voting used in 11
this State that is not described in subsection 2, including, without 12
limitation, a vote cast on a mechanical recording device which 13
directly records the votes electronically. 14
Sec. 14. NRS 293.391 is hereby amended to read as follows: 15
293.391 1. The voted ballots, rejected ballots, spoiled ballots, 16
challenge lists, records printed on paper of voted ballots collected 17
pursuant to NRS 293B.400, reports prepared pursuant to NRS 18
293.269937 and stubs of the ballots used, enclosed and sealed, must, 19
after canvass of the votes by the board of county commissioners , be 20
deposited in the vaults of the county clerk. The records of voted 21
ballots that are maintained in electronic form must, after canvass of 22
the votes by the board of county commissioners, be sealed and 23
deposited in the vaults of the county clerk. The tall y lists collected 24
pursuant to this title must, after canvass of the votes by the board of 25
county commissioners, be deposited in the vaults of the county clerk 26
without being sealed. All materials described by this subsection 27
must be preserved for at least 2 2 months, and all such sealed 28
materials must be destroyed immediately after the preservation 29
period. A notice of the destruction must be published by the clerk in 30
at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county not less 31
than 2 weeks before the destruction. 32
2. Unused ballots, enclosed and sealed, must, after canvass of 33
the votes by the board of county commissioners, be deposited in the 34
vaults of the county clerk and preserved for at least the period 35
during which the election may be contested an d adjudicated, after 36
which the unused ballots may be destroyed. 37
3. The rosters containing the signatures of those persons who 38
voted in the election and the tally lists deposited with the board of 39
county commissioners are subject to the inspection of any elector 40
who may wish to examine them at any time after their deposit with 41
the county clerk. 42
4. A contestant of an election may inspect all of the material 43
regarding that election which is preserved pursuant to subsection 1 44
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ballots collected pursuant to NRS 293B.400 which are deposited 1
with the county clerk. 2
5. The voted ballots and records printed on paper of voted 3
ballots collected pursuant to NRS 293B.400 which are deposited 4
with the county clerk are not subject to the inspection of anyone, 5
except in cases of a contested election, and then only by the judge, 6
body or board before whom the election is being contested, or by the 7
parties to the contest, jointly, pursuant to an order of su ch judge, 8
body or board. 9
6. All of the materials preserved pursuant to subsection 1 10
which are deposited with the county clerk are subject to inspection 11
in an election accuracy audit that is conducted in accordance with 12
the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 293.394. 13
Sec. 15. NRS 293.394 is hereby amended to read as follows: 14
293.394 1. The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations for 15
conducting [a risk -limiting] an election accuracy audit of an 16
election, which may include, without limitation: 17
(a) Procedures to conduct [a risk-limiting] an election accuracy 18
audit; 19
(b) Criteria for which elections must be audited; and 20
(c) Criteria to determine the scope of the [risk-limiting] election 21
accuracy audit. 22
2. In accordance with the regulations adopted by the Secretary 23
of State pursuant to this section, each county clerk shall conduct [a 24
risk-limiting] an election accuracy audit of the results of an 25
election. 26
3. As used in this section, [“risk-limiting] “election accuracy 27
audit” means an audit protocol that: 28
(a) Makes use of statistical principles and methods; and 29
(b) Is designed to limit the risk of certifying an incorrect 30
election outcome. 31
Sec. 16. (Deleted by amendment.) 32
Sec. 17. NRS 293.504 is hereby amended to read as follows: 33
293.504 1. The following offices shall serve as voter 34
registration agencies: 35
(a) Such offices that provide public assistance as are designated 36
by the Secretary of State; 37
(b) Each office that receives money from the State of Nevada to 38
provide services to persons with disabilities in this State; 39
(c) The offices of the Department of Motor Vehicles; 40
(d) The offices of the city and county clerks; 41
(e) Such other county and municipal facilities as a county clerk 42
or city clerk may designate pursuant to NRS 293.5035 or 293C.520, 43
as applicable; 44
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(g) Each office of an automatic voter registration agency; and 1
(h) Such other offices as the Secretary of State deems 2
appropriate. 3
2. Each voter registration agency shall: 4
(a) Post in a conspicuous place, in at least 12 -point type, 5
instructions for preregistering and registering to vote; 6
(b) Except as othe rwise provided in subsection 3, distribute 7
applications to preregister or register to vote which may be returned 8
by mail with any application for services or assistance from the 9
agency or submitted for any other purpose and with each application 10
for recert ification, renewal or change of address submitted to the 11
agency that relates to such services, assistance or other purpose; 12
(c) Provide the same amount of assistance to an applicant in 13
completing an application to preregister or register to vote as the 14
agency provides to a person completing any other forms for the 15
agency; and 16
(d) Accept completed applications to preregister or register to 17
vote. 18
3. A voter registration agency is not required to provide an 19
application to preregister or register to vote pu rsuant to paragraph 20
(b) of subsection 2 to a person who applies for or receives services 21
or assistance from the agency or submits an application for any 22
other purpose if the person affirmatively declines to preregister or 23
register to vote and submits to th e agency a written form that meets 24
the requirements of 52 U.S.C. § 20506(a)(6). Information related to 25
the declination to preregister or register to vote may not be used for 26
any purpose other than voter registration. 27
4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and NRS 28
293.5727 and 293.5747, any application to preregister or register to 29
vote accepted by a voter registration agency must be transmitted to 30
the county clerk not later than 10 days after the application is 31
accepted. The applications mus t be forwarded daily during the 2 32
weeks immediately preceding the last day to register to vote by mail 33
pursuant to NRS 293.560 or 293C.527, as applicable. The county 34
clerk shall accept any application which is obtained from a voter 35
registration agency purs uant to this section and completed by the 36
last day to register to vote by mail pursuant to NRS 293.560 or 37
293C.527, as applicable, if the county clerk receives the application 38
not later than 5 days after that date. 39
5. A voter registration agency shall provide notice to a person 40
who submits an application to register to vote after the last day to 41
register to vote by mail for an election pursuant to NRS 293.560 or 42
293C.527 that to vote in the upcoming election, the person must 43
complete an application to reg ister to vote by computer using the 44
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NRS 293.671 or in person pursuant to NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, 1
inclusive. 2
6. The Secretary of State shall cooperate with the Secretary of 3
Defense to develop an d carry out procedures to enable persons in 4
this State to apply to preregister or register to vote at recruitment 5
offices of the United States Armed Forces. 6
[6.] 7. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 293.5768 to 7
293.57699, inclusive, each automatic voter registration agency must 8
comply with the provisions of the National Voter Registration Act, 9
52 U.S.C. §§ 20501 et seq. 10
Sec. 18. NRS 293.518 is hereby amended to read as follows: 11
293.518 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.5768 to 12
293.57699, inclusive, at the time a person preregisters or an elector 13
registers to vote, the person or elector must indicate: 14
(a) A political party affiliation; or 15
(b) That he or she is not affiliated with a political party. 16
 A person or an elector who indicates that he or she is 17
“independent” shall be deemed not affiliated with a political party. 18
2. If a person or an elector indicates that he or she is not 19
affiliated with a political party, or is independent, the county cle rk 20
or field registrar of voters shall list the person’s or elector’s political 21
party as nonpartisan. 22
3. If a person or an elector indicates an affiliation with a major 23
political party or a minor political party that has filed a certificate of 24
existence with the Secretary of State, the county clerk or field 25
registrar of voters shall list the person’s or elector’s political party as 26
indicated by the person or elector. 27
4. If a person or an elector indicates an affiliation with a minor 28
political party that has not filed a certificate of existence with the 29
Secretary of State, the county clerk or field registrar of voters shall: 30
(a) List the person’s or elector’s political party as the party 31
indicated in the application to preregister or register to vote, as 32
applicable. 33
(b) When compiling data related to preregistration and voter 34
registration for the county, report the person’s or elector’s political 35
party as “other party.” 36
5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, if a person or 37
an elector does not make any of the indications described in 38
subsection 1, the county clerk or field registrar of voters shall: 39
(a) List the person’s or elector’s political party as [nonpartisan;] 40
“no political party”; and 41
(b) Mail to the person or elector a notice setting forth that the 42
person has been preregistered or the elector has been registered to 43
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he or she did not make any of the indications described i n 1
subsection 1. 2
6. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, if a person 3
who is preregistered or registered to vote: 4
(a) Submits a new paper application to preregister or register to 5
vote; and 6
(b) Does not make any of the indications described in subsection 7
1 on the new paper application, 8
 the county clerk or field registrar of voters shall not change the 9
person’s existing political party affiliation that was established by 10
his or her prior application pursuant to this section and is listed in 11
the statewide voter registration list. 12
7. The provisions of subsection 6 do not apply to a voter who 13
registers to vote using the National Mail Voter Registration 14
Application promulgated by the United States Election Assistance 15
Commission pursuant to the Nati onal Voter Registration Act, 52 16
U.S.C. §§ 20501 et seq., as amended. 17
Sec. 19. (Deleted by amendment.) 18
Sec. 20. NRS 293.530 is hereby amended to read as follows: 19
293.530 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.541: 20
(a) County clerks may use any reliable and reasonable means 21
available to correct the portions of the statewide voter registration 22
list which are relevant to the county clerks and to determine whether 23
a registered voter’s current residence is other than that indicated on 24
the voter’s application to register to vote. 25
(b) A county clerk may, with the consent of the board of county 26
commissioners, make investigations of registration in the county by 27
census, by house-to-house canvass or by any other method. 28
(c) A county clerk shall cancel the registration of a voter 29
pursuant to this subsection if: 30
(1) The county clerk mails a written notice to the voter which 31
the United States Postal Service is required to forward; 32
(2) The county clerk mails a return postcard with the notice 33
which has a place for the voter to write his or her new address, is 34
addressed to the county clerk and has postage guaranteed; 35
(3) The voter does not respond; 36
(4) The voter’s registration information has not been updated 37
by an automatic voter registration agency pursuant to NRS 293.5768 38
to 293.57699, inclusive; and 39
(5) The voter does not appear to vote in an election before 40
the polls have closed in the second general election following the 41
date of the notice. 42
(d) For the purposes of this subsection, the date of the notice is 43
deemed to be 3 days after it is mailed. 44
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(1) Any notice mailed pursuant to paragraph (c); 1
(2) Any response to such notice; and 2
(3) Whether a person to whom a notice is mailed appears to 3
vote in an election, 4
 for not less than 2 years after creation. 5
(f) The county clerk shall use any postcards which are returned 6
to correct the portions of the statewide voter registration list which 7
are relevant to the county clerk. 8
(g) If a voter fails to return the postcard mailed pursuant to 9
paragraph (c) within 30 days, the county clerk shall designate the 10
voter as inactive on the voter’s application to register to vote. 11
(h) The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations to prescribe 12
the method for maintaining a list of voters who have been 13
designated as inactive pursuant to paragraph (g). 14
(i) If: 15
(1) The name of a voter is added to the statewide voter 16
registration list pursuant to NRS 293.57693; or 17
(2) The voter registration information of a voter whose name 18
is on the statewide voter registration list is updated pursuant to 19
NRS 293.5752, 20
 the county clerk shall provide written notice of the addition or 21
change to the voter not later than 5 working days after the addition 22
or change is made. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, 23
the notice must be mailed to the current [residence] mailing address 24
of the voter. The county clerk may send the notice by electronic 25
mail if the voter confirms the validity of the electronic mail address 26
to which the notice will be sent by responding to a confirmation 27
inquiry sent to that electronic mail add ress. Such a confirmation 28
inquiry must be sent for each notice sent pursuant to this paragraph. 29
The notice required pursuant to this paragraph may be provided as 30
part of the notice mailed pursuant to NRS 293.57693. 31
(j) If, pursuant to NRS 293.5307, a cou nty clerk receives 32
notice of a change of address of a resident of the county whose 33
name is on the statewide voter registration list, the county clerk 34
shall, in accordance with 52 U.S.C. § 20507: 35
(1) If the person moved to a new address within the same 36
county, correct the address of the resident in the statewide voter 37
registration list and mail a written notice to the current mailing 38
address of the voter not later than 5 working days after the change 39
is made; or 40
(2) If the person moved to a new address o utside of the 41
county, mail a written notice to the current mailing address of the 42
voter not later than 5 working days after such notice is received. 43
2. A county clerk is not required to take any action pursuant to 44
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person is deemed to be registered to vote pursuant to subsection 2 of 1
NRS 293.4855. 2
Sec. 21. NRS 293.5307 is hereby amended to read as follows: 3
293.5307 If a county clerk enters into an agreement pursuant to 4
NRS 293.5303, the county clerk shall review each notice of a 5
change of address filed with the United States Postal Service by a 6
resident of the county and identify each resident who is a regi stered 7
voter and has moved to a new address. [Before removing or 8
correcting information in the statewide voter registration list, the ] 9
The county clerk shall , in accordance with 52 U.S.C. § 20507, 10
mail a notice to each such registered voter and follow the procedures 11
set forth in NRS 293.530 [.] and 52 U.S.C. § 20507. 12
Sec. 22. NRS 293.5727 is hereby amended to read as follows: 13
293.5727 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 14
Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide an application to 15
preregister or register to vote to each person who applies for the 16
issuance or renewal of any type of driver’s license or identification 17
card issued by the Department. 18
2. The county clerk shall use the applications to preregist er or 19
register to vote which are signed and completed pursuant to 20
subsection 1 to preregister or register an applicant to vote or to 21
correct the preregistration or registration of the applicant, as 22
applicable. An application that is not signed must not be used to 23
preregister or register or correct the preregistration or registration of 24
the applicant. 25
3. For the purposes of this section, each employee specifically 26
authorized to do so by the Director of the Department may oversee 27
the completion of an applic ation. The authorized employee shall 28
check the application for completeness and verify the information 29
required by the application. Each application must include a 30
duplicate copy or receipt to be retained by the applicant upon 31
completion of the form. The D epartment shall, except as otherwise 32
provided in this subsection, forward each application on a weekly 33
basis to the county clerk or, if applicable, to the registrar of voters of 34
the county in which the applicant resides. The applications must be 35
forwarded daily during the 2 weeks immediately preceding the last 36
day to register to vote by mail pursuant to NRS 293.560 or 37
293C.527, as applicable. 38
4. The Department [is] : 39
(a) Is not required to provide an application to register to vote 40
pursuant to subsection 1 to a person who declines to apply to 41
register to vote pursuant to this section and submits to the 42
Department a written form that meets the requirements of 52 U.S.C. 43
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register to vote must not be used for any purpose other than voter 1
registration. 2
(b) Shall provide notice to a person who submits an 3
application to register to vote after the last day to register to vote 4
by mail in an election pursuant to NRS 293.560 or 293C.527 that 5
to vote in the upcoming election, the person must complete an 6
application to register to vote by computer using the system 7
established by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.67 1 or 8
in person pursuant to NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive. 9
5. The county clerk shall accept any application to: 10
(a) Preregister to vote at any time. 11
(b) Register to vote which is obtained from the Department of 12
Motor Vehicles pursuant to this sec tion and completed by the last 13
day to register to vote by mail pursuant to NRS 293.560 or 14
293C.527, as applicable, if the county clerk receives the application 15
not later than 5 days after that date. 16
6. Upon receipt of an application, the county clerk or field 17
registrar of voters shall determine whether the application is 18
complete. If the county clerk or field registrar of voters determines 19
that the application is complete, he or she shall notify the applicant 20
and the applicant shall be deemed to be prere gistered or registered 21
as of the date of the submission of the application. If the county 22
clerk or field registrar of voters determines that the application is not 23
complete, he or she shall notify the applicant of the additional 24
information required. The a pplicant shall be deemed to be 25
preregistered or registered as of the date of the initial submission of 26
the application if the additional information is provided within 15 27
days after the notice for the additional information is mailed. If the 28
applicant has not provided the additional information within 15 days 29
after the notice for the additional information is mailed, the 30
incomplete application is void. Any notification required by this 31
subsection must be given by mail at the mailing address on the 32
application not more than 7 working days after the determination is 33
made concerning whether the application is complete. 34
7. The county clerk shall use any form submitted to the 35
Department to correct information on a driver’s license or 36
identification card to corr ect information on a previous application 37
to preregister or register unless the person indicates on the form that 38
the correction is not to be used for the purposes of preregistration or 39
voter registration. The Department shall forward each such form to 40
the county clerk or, if applicable, to the registrar of voters of the 41
county in which the person resides in the same manner provided by 42
subsection 3 for applications to preregister or register to vote. 43
8. Upon receipt of a form to correct information, the c ounty 44
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created by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.675. The 1
county clerk shall correct the information to reflect any changes 2
indicated on the form. After making any changes, th e county clerk 3
shall notify the person by mail that the records have been corrected. 4
9. The Secretary of State shall, with the approval of the 5
Director, adopt regulations to: 6
(a) Establish any procedure necessary to provide a person who 7
applies to preregister to vote or an elector who applies to register to 8
vote pursuant to this section the opportunity to do so; 9
(b) Prescribe the contents of any forms or applications which the 10
Department is required to distribute pursuant to this section; and 11
(c) Provide for the transfer of the completed applications of 12
preregistration or registration from the Department to the 13
appropriate county clerk. 14
Sec. 23. NRS 293.57688 is hereby amended to read as 15
follows: 16
293.57688 1. An automatic voter registration agency is 17
required to electronically transmit the following information of a 18
person to the database created by the Secretary of State pursuant to 19
NRS 293.675 using the system established pursuant to 20
NRS 293.57686: 21
(a) An electronic facsimile of the signature of the person, if the 22
automatic voter registration agency is capable of recording, storing 23
and transmitting to the county clerk an electronic facsimile of the 24
signature of the person; 25
(b) The first or given name and the surname of the person; 26
(c) The address at which the person actually resides as set forth 27
in NRS 293.486 and, if different, the address at which the person 28
may receive mail, including, without limitation, a post office box or 29
general delivery; 30
(d) The date of birth of the person; 31
(e) At least one of the following: 32
(1) The number indicated on the person’s current and valid 33
driver’s license or identification card issued by the Department of 34
Motor Vehicles; or 35
(2) The last four digits of the person’s social security 36
number; and 37
(f) A description of the documentation presented to the 38
automatic voter registration agency that indicates the person is a 39
citizen of the United States. 40
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.5768, the 41
automatic voter r egistration agency shall electronically transmit to 42
the database created by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 43
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), not later than 1
5 working days after collecting the information; and 2
(b) During the 2 weeks immediately preceding the fifth Sunday 3
preceding an election, not later than 1 working day after collecting 4
the information. 5
3. An automatic voter registration agency shall provide notice 6
to a person who submits an application to register to vote after the 7
last day to register to vote by mail for an election pursuant to NRS 8
293.560 or 293C.527 that to vote in the upcoming election, the 9
person must complete an application to register to vote by 10
computer using the system established by the Secretary of State 11
pursuant to NRS 293.671 or in person pursuant to NRS 293.5772 12
to 293.5887, inclusive. 13
Sec. 23.5. NRS 293.57693 is hereby amended to read as 14
follows: 15
293.57693 1. Upon transmission of the information to the 16
database created by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.675 17
by an automatic voter registration agency, the county clerk shall 18
collate the information into an individual electronic document, 19
which shall be deemed an application to register to vote. The county 20
clerk shall review the voter registration information transmitted by 21
the automatic voter registration agency to determine whether the 22
person is eligible to register to vote in this State. 23
2. If the county clerk determines that a person is eligible to 24
vote, the person shall be deemed a registered voter. The person’s 25
name must appear on the statewide voter registration list and the 26
appropriate roster and the person must be provided all sample 27
ballots and other voter information provided to registered voters. 28
3. In addition to the requirements of subsection 2, the county 29
clerk shall immediately mail a notice to the current [residence] 30
mailing address of the person. The notice must be in the form 31
prescribed by the Secretary of State and include, without limitation: 32
(a) A space for the person to indicate a political party affiliation; 33
(b) A space for the person to affirmatively decline to apply to 34
register to vote or have his or her voter registration u pdated, as 35
applicable; 36
(c) A preaddressed return envelope with postage prepaid; 37
(d) A statement setting forth the qualifications to vote in this 38
State as provided by NRS 293.485 and that if the person does not 39
meet the qualifications to vote in this State, the person should return 40
the notice and affirmatively decline in writing to register to vote; 41
(e) A statement explaining that unless the person affirmatively 42
declines in writing to apply to register to vote or have his or her 43
voter registration inf ormation updated, as applicable, the person is 44
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database created by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.675 1
by the automatic voter registration agency for the purpose of 2
registering t he person to vote or updating the voter registration 3
information on the statewide voter registration list; 4
(f) A statement explaining that if the person affirmatively 5
declines in writing to apply to register to vote or to have his or her 6
voter registrati on information updated, as applicable, the county 7
clerk will remove the person from the statewide voter registration 8
list or revert the person’s information on the statewide voter 9
registration list to the information that was on the statewide voter 10
registration list before the automatic voter registration agency 11
transmitted the information, and the person shall be deemed to not 12
have registered to vote or updated his or her voter registration 13
information, as applicable; 14
(g) A statement setting forth the pen alties for submitting a false 15
application to register to vote; and 16
(h) A statement that: 17
(1) Indicates a political party affiliation or indicates that the 18
person is not affiliated with a political party is voluntary; 19
(2) The person may indicate a poli tical party affiliation on 20
the form provided by the county clerk in the notice; and 21
(3) The person will not be able to vote at a primary election, 22
presidential preference primary election or primary city election for 23
candidates for partisan offices of a major political party unless the 24
person updates his or her voter registration information to indicate a 25
major political party affiliation. 26
4. The county clerk may send the notice required pursuant to 27
subsection 3 by electronic mail if the person confirms the validity of 28
the electronic mail address to which the notice will be sent by 29
responding a confirmation inquiry sent to that electronic mail 30
address. 31
5. The failure or refusal of the person to acknowledge that he 32
or she has received the notice requir ed by subsection 3 is not a 33
declination by the person to apply to register to vote or have his or 34
her voter registration information updated. 35
6. If the county clerk determines that a person is not eligible to 36
register to vote or if the voter affirmativel y declines in writing to be 37
registered to vote or have his or her automatic voter registration 38
updated: 39
(a) It shall be deemed that the transmittal from the automatic 40
voter registration agency is not a completed voter registration 41
application; 42
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(c) It shall be deemed that the transmission of the person’s 1
information by the automatic voter registration system was an 2
official authorized act; 3
(d) It shall be deemed that the person did not falsely claim 4
citizenship in order to register to vote unless the person 5
affirmatively claimed to be a citizen to the automatic voter 6
registration agency; and 7
(e) The county clerk must remove the person’s registration from 8
the database created by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 9
293.675 or revert the person’s information on the database to the 10
information that was on the database before the automatic voter 11
registration agency transmitted the information to the county clerk, 12
as applicable. 13
Sec. 24. NRS 293.5832 is hereby amended to read as follows: 14
293.5832 1. After the close of registration for an election 15
pursuant to NRS 293.560 or 293C.527, a registered voter may 16
update his or her voter registration information, including, without 17
limitation, his or her name, address and party affiliation. 18
2. The county or city clerk shall authorize at least one of the 19
following methods for a registered voter to update his or her voter 20
registration information pursuant to this section: 21
(a) A paper application; or 22
(b) The system established by the Secretary of State pursuant to 23
NRS 293.671. 24
 If the county or city clerk authorizes the use of both methods, the 25
county or city clerk may limit the use of one method to 26
circumstances when the other method is not reasonably available. 27
3. In addition to the methods described in subsection 2, the 28
county or city clerk may authorize another method for a registered 29
voter to update his or her voter registration information at a 30
polling place during the period for early voting by personal 31
appearance and on election day. 32
4. If a registered voter updates his or her voter registration 33
information [pursuant to this section and applies to vote in the 34
election,] 14 or more days before the election, the county or city 35
clerk [may require the voter to cast a provisional ballot in the 36
election if any circumstances exist that give the county or city clerk 37
reasonable cause to believe that the use of a provisional ballot is 38
necessary to provide sufficient time to verify and determine whether 39
the voter is eligible to cast the ballot in the election based on his or 40
her updated voter registration information. 41
4.] shall send a mail ballot to the voter. 42
5. If a registered voter [casts a provisional ballot in ] updates 43
his or her voter registration information less than 14 days before 44
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to final verification in accordance with the procedures that apply t o 1
other provisional ballots cast in the election pursuant to NRS 2
293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive. ] , the registered voter may vote 3
only in person: 4
(a) During the period for early voting, at any polling place for 5
early voting by personal appearance in the county or city, as 6
applicable, in which the elector is eligible to vote; or 7
(b) On the day of the election, at: 8
(1) A polling place established pursuant to NRS 293.3072 9
or 293C.3032 in the county or city, as applicable, in which the 10
elector is eligible to vote; or 11
(2) The polling place for his or her election precinct. 12
6. If a registered voter updates his or her voter registration 13
pursuant to this section and votes in person or by mail in the 14
election, all other provisions of this title apply to iden tifying the 15
voter and verifying the signature of the voter, including, without 16
limitation, NRS 293.269927, 293.2725, 293.277, 293.283, 293.285, 17
293.3075, 293C.26314, 293C.26327, 293C.270, 293C.272, 18
293C.275, 293C.3035 or 293C.3585, as applicable. 19
Sec. 24.3. (Deleted by amendment.) 20
Sec. 24.7. NRS 293.780 is hereby amended to read as follows: 21
293.780 1. A person who is entitled to vote shall not vote or 22
attempt to vote more than once at the same election. A person votes 23
more than once at the same election if he or she votes more than 24
once in the same primary election, presidential preference primary 25
election, general election, special election to recall a public officer 26
or special election in this State or if he or she votes in the same 27
primary election or general election in this State and at least one 28
other state. Any person who votes or attempts to vote twice at the 29
same election is guilty of a category D felony and sh all be punished 30
as provided in NRS 193.130. 31
2. Notice of the provisions of subsection 1 must be given by 32
the county or city clerk as follows: 33
(a) Stated on all sample ballots distributed by mail or electronic 34
means; 35
(b) Posted in boldface type at each polling place; and 36
(c) Posted in boldface type at the office of the county or city 37
clerk. 38
Sec. 25. (Deleted by amendment.) 39
Sec. 26. NRS 293.875 is hereby amended to read as follows: 40
293.875 1. At least once each year, each county or city clerk 41
and all members of their staff whose duties include administering an 42
election must complete a training class on cybersecurity that is 43
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2. The Secretary of State shall adopt by regulation a cyber -1
incident response plan for elections. Each county and city clerk 2
and other local election official is required to comply with the 3
requirements of the cyber -incident response plan. If any county or 4
city clerk or other local election official identifies or is informed of 5
a confirmed [attack] cyber-incident or attempted [attack] cyber-6
incident on the security of an information system used by the 7
county or city clerk or other local election official, the county or city 8
clerk or other local election official shall [immediately] notify the 9
Secretary of State , the Governor and the Legislative Commission 10
regarding [such attack ] the cyber-incident or attempted [attack.] 11
cyber-incident in accordance with the cyber -incident resp onse 12
plan adopted by the Secretary of State pursuant to this subsection. 13
Sec. 27. NRS 293.908 is hereby amended to read as follows: 14
293.908 1. The following persons may request that personal 15
information contained in the records of the Secretary of State or a 16
county or city clerk be kept confidential: 17
(a) Any justice or judge in this State. 18
(b) Any senior justice or senior judge in this State. 19
(c) Any court-appointed master in this State. 20
(d) Any clerk of a court, cour t administrator or court executive 21
officer in this State. 22
(e) Any county or city clerk or registrar of voters charged with 23
the powers and duties relating to elections and any deputy appointed 24
by such county or city clerk or registrar of voters in the elec tions 25
division of the county or city. 26
(f) Any peace officer or retired peace officer. 27
(g) Any prosecutor. 28
(h) Any state or county public defender. 29
(i) Any person employed by the Office of the Attorney General 30
who prosecutes or defends actions on behalf of the State of Nevada 31
or any agency in the Executive Department of the State 32
Government. 33
(j) Any person, including , without limitation, a social worker, 34
employed by this State or a political subdivision of this State who as 35
part of his or her normal job responsibilities: 36
(1) Interacts with the public; and 37
(2) Performs tasks related to child welfare services or child 38
protective services or tasks that expose the person to comparable 39
dangers. 40
(k) Any county manager in this State. 41
(l) Any inspector, officer or investigator employed by this State 42
or a political subdivision of this State designated by his or her 43
employer: 44
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(2) Who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities, 1
interacts with the public; and 2
(3) Whose primary duties are the performance of tasks 3
related to code enforcement. 4
(m) The spouse, domestic partner , elderly parent or minor child 5
of a person described in paragraphs (a) to (l), inclusive. 6
(n) The surviving spouse, d omestic partner or minor child of a 7
person described in paragraphs (a) to (l), inclusive, who was killed 8
in the performance of his or her duties. 9
2. As used in this section: 10
(a) “Child protective services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 11
NRS 432B.042. 12
(b) “Child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 13
NRS 432B.044. 14
(c) “Code enforcement” means the enforcement of laws, 15
ordinances or codes regulating public nuisances or the public health, 16
safety and welfare. 17
(d) “Elderly parent” means a na tural parent, adoptive parent 18
or stepparent who is 60 years of age or older. 19
(e) “Peace officer” means: 20
(1) Any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a 21
peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, 22
inclusive; and 23
(2) Any person: 24
(I) Who resides in this State; 25
(II) Whose primary duties are to enforce the law; and 26
(III) Who is employed by a law enforcement agency of 27
the Federal Government, including, without limitation, a ranger for 28
the National Park Service and an age nt employed by the Federal 29
Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, United States Department 30
of Homeland Security or United States Department of the Treasury. 31
[(e)] (f) “Prosecutor” has the meaning ascribed to it in 32
NRS 241A.030. 33
[(f)] (g) “Social worke r” means any person licensed under 34
chapter 641B of NRS. 35
Sec. 27.5. NRS 293B.165 is hereby amended to read as 36
follows: 37
293B.165 1. A test conducted in the manner prescribed in 38
subsections 1 and 2 of NRS 293B.155 must be conducted 39
immediately before the start of the official count of the ballots and 40
again within 24 hours after the official count of the ballots [.] is 41
completed, including the counting of the final ballot. 42
2. Such tests must be certified by the accuracy certification 43
board. 44
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Sec. 28.3. Chapter 293C of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
thereto a new section to read as follows: 2
1. If an active registered voter who is eligible to receive a mail 3
ballot pursuant to NRS 293C.263, including, without limitation, 4
an active registered voter who has elected not to receive a mail 5
ballot pursuant to NRS 293C.263, is unable to access his or her 6
mail ballot or appear in person at the polls due to an emergency, 7
the voter may submit a request to the city clerk, not earlier 8
than the 46th day before an election and not later than the day 9
before the election, to receive a mail ballot. 10
2. Upon receiving a request pursuant to subsection 1, the city 11
clerk shall, after verifying the voter is eligible to receive a mail 12
ballot pursuant to NRS 293C.263 and has not already voted in the 13
election, distribute the mail ballot to the voter. 14
3. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all provisions 15
of this title relating to mail ballots apply to a mail ballot requested 16
and distributed pursuant to this section. 17
4. The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations to carry out 18
the provisions of this section. 19
5. For the purposes of this section , “emergency” means an 20
unforeseen circumstance which significantly impairs the ability of 21
an active registered voter to access his or her mail ballot or appear 22
in person at the polls, including, without limitation: 23
(a) An illness or disability resulting in confinement in a 24
hospital, sanatorium, dwelling or nursing home; 25
(b) A sudden hospitalization, serious illness or call away from 26
home; or 27
(c) Any other circumstance the Secretary of State determines 28
by regulation to constitute an emergency for the purposes of this 29
section. 30
Sec. 28.7. NRS 293C.110 is hereby amended to read as 31
follows: 32
293C.110 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.5817 33
and 293C.263 to 293C.26337, inclusive, and section 28.3 of this 34
act, the conduct of any city election is under the control of the 35
governing body of the city, and it shall, by ordinance, provide for 36
the holding o f the election, appoint the necessary election officers 37
and election boards and do all other things required to carry the 38
election into effect. 39
2. The governing body of the city may provide for the conduct 40
of early voting by personal appearance in a city election pursuant to 41
NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, and 293C.355 to 293C.361, 42
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Sec. 29. NRS 293C.175 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
293C.175 1. A primary city election must be held in each city 2
of population category one, and in each city of population category 3
two that has so provided by ordinance, on the second Tuesday in 4
June of each even -numbered year, at which time there must be 5
nominated candidates for offices to be voted for at the next gene ral 6
city election. 7
2. A candidate for an office to be voted for at the primary or 8
general city election must file a declaration of candidacy with the 9
city clerk not earlier than: 10
(a) For the office of judge of a municipal court, the first Monday 11
in January of the year in which the applicable election is to be held 12
and not later than 5 p.m. on the second Friday after the first Monday 13
in January. 14
(b) For any other office, the first Monday in March of the year 15
in which the applicable election is to be held and not later than 5 16
p.m. on the second Friday after the first Monday in March. 17
3. At the time that a candidate files a declaration of candidacy, 18
the city clerk shall charge and collect from the candidate, and the 19
candidate must pay to the city clerk, a filing fee in an amount fixed 20
by the governing body of the city by ordinance or resolution. The 21
filing fees collected by the city clerk must be deposited to the credit 22
of the general fund of the city. 23
4. All candidates, except as otherwise provided in N RS 24
266.220, must be voted upon by the electors of the city at large. 25
5. If, in a primary city election held in a city of population 26
category one or two, one candidate receives a majority of votes cast 27
in that election for the office for which he or she is a candidate, the 28
candidate must be declared elected to the office and the candidate’s 29
name must not be placed on the ballot for the general city election. 30
If, in the primary city election, no candidate receives a majority of 31
votes cast in that election for the office for which he or she is a 32
candidate, the names of the two candidates receiving the highest 33
number of votes must be placed on the ballot for the general city 34
election. For the purposes of determining whether a candidate 35
received a majority of the votes cast in the primary city election for 36
an office upon which voters were authorized to select more than 37
one candidate, each ballot upon which a voter marked a valid 38
choice for one or more candidates for that office shall be deemed 39
to be one vote cast in the primary city election for that office. 40
Sec. 30. NRS 293C.195 is hereby amended to read as follows: 41
293C.195 A withdrawal of candidacy for a city office must be 42
in writing and presented to the city clerk by the c andidate in person 43
within [2] 7 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after 44
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of candidacy is submitted in a timely manner pursuant to the 1
provisions of this section, the withdrawal shall be deemed effective 2
after the seventh day, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, 3
after the last day for filing. 4
Sec. 31. NRS 293C.222 is hereby amended to read as follows: 5
293C.222 1. The city clerk may a ppoint a pupil as a trainee 6
for the position of election board officer. To qualify for such an 7
appointment, the pupil must be: 8
(a) A United States citizen, a resident of Nevada and a resident 9
of the city in which the pupil serves; 10
(b) Enrolled in high school; and 11
(c) At the time of service, at least 16 years of age. 12
2. The city clerk may only appoint a pupil as a trainee if: 13
(a) The pupil is appointed without political party affiliation; 14
(b) The city clerk sends the pupil a certificate stating the date 15
and hours that the pupil will act as a trainee; 16
(c) At least 20 days before the election in which the pupil will 17
act as a trainee, the principal of the high school or the assigned 18
school counselor of the pupil receives the city clerk’s certificate an d 19
a written request signed by the pupil’s parent or guardian to be 20
excused from school for the time specified in the certificate; 21
(d) The principal of the high school or the assigned school 22
counselor of the pupil approves the pupil’s request; and 23
(e) The pupil attends the training class required by 24
NRS 293B.260. 25
3. A pupil may be appointed as a trainee pursuant to this 26
section regardless of his or her affiliation with a political party 27
including, without limitation, any designation of party affiliation 28
on his or her application to preregister or register to vote. 29
4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the city 30
clerk may assign a trainee such duties as the city clerk deems 31
appropriate. The city clerk shall not require the trainee to perfor m 32
those duties later than 10 p.m., or any applicable curfew, whichever 33
is earlier. 34
[4.] 5. The city clerk may compensate a trainee for service at 35
the same rate fixed for election board officers generally. 36
Sec. 32. (Deleted by amendment.) 37
Sec. 32.3. NRS 293C.263 is hereby amended to read as 38
follows: 39
293C.263 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 40
city clerk shall prepare and distribute to each active registered vote r 41
in the city and each person who registers to vote or updates his or 42
her voter registration information not later than the 14 days before 43
the election a mail ballot for every election. The city clerk shall 44
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person who is elderly or disabled, including, without limitation, by 1
providing, upon request, the mail ballot in 12 -point type to a person 2
who is elderly or disabled. 3
2. The city clerk shall allow a voter to elect not to receive a 4
mail ballot pursuant to this section by submitting to the city clerk a 5
written notice in the form prescribed by the city clerk which must be 6
received by the city clerk not later than 60 days before the day of the 7
election. 8
3. The city clerk shall not distri bute a mail ballot to any person 9
who: 10
(a) Registers to vote for the election pursuant to the provisions 11
of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive; or 12
(b) [Elects] Except as otherwise provided in section 28.3 of this 13
act, elects not to receive a mail ballot pursuant to subsection 2. 14
4. The mail ballot must include all offices, candidates and 15
measures upon which the voter is entitled to vote at the election. 16
5. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the 17
mail ballot must be distributed to: 18
(a) Each active registered voter who: 19
(1) Resides within the State, not later than 20 days before the 20
election; and 21
(2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), resides 22
outside the State, not later than 40 days before the election. 23
(b) Each active registered voter who registers to vote after the 24
dates set for distributing mail ballots pursuant to paragraph (a) but 25
who is eligible to receive a mail ballot pursuant to subsection 1, not 26
later than 13 days before the election. 27
(c) Each covered voter who is entitled to have a military -28
overseas ballot transmitted pursuant to the provisions of chapter 29
293D of NRS or the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 30
Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. §§ 20301 et seq., not later than the time 31
required by those provisions. 32
6. In the case of a special election where no candidate for 33
federal office will appear on the ballot, the mail ballot must be 34
distributed to each active registered voter not later than 15 days 35
before the special election. 36
7. Any untimely legal action w hich would prevent the mail 37
ballot from being distributed to any voter pursuant to this section is 38
moot and of no effect. 39
Sec. 32.7. NRS 293C.26318 is hereby amended to read as 40
follows: 41
293C.26318 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 42
a person shall not mark and sign a mail ballot on behalf of a voter or 43
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provisions of NRS 293C.263 to 293C.26337, inclusive [.] and 1
section 28.3 of this act. 2
2. At the direction of a voter who has a physical disability, is at 3
least 65 years of age or is unable to read or write, a person may 4
mark and sign a mail ballot on behalf of the voter or assist the voter 5
to mark and sign a mail ballot pursuant to this section. 6
3. If a person marks and signs a mail ballot on behalf of a voter 7
pursuant to this section, the person must indicate next to his or her 8
signature that the mail ballot has been marked and signed on behalf 9
of the voter. 10
4. If a person assists a v oter to mark and sign a mail ballot 11
pursuant to this section, the person must include on the return 12
envelope his or her name, address and signature. 13
Sec. 33. NRS 293C.362 is hereby amended to read as follows: 14
293C.362 1. [When] Mail ballots must be counted by the 15
mail ballot central counting board pursuant to NRS 293C.26331. 16
2. Ballots cast using a mechanical voting system must not be 17
counted before 7 a.m. on the day of the election. No results or copy 18
of the results may be posted pursuant to NRS 293C.380 until the 19
polls are closed . [, the counting board shall prepare to count the 20
ballots voted.] The counting procedure must be public and , to the 21
extent practicable, continue without adjournment until completed. 22
[2. If the ballots are paper ballots, the counting board shall 23
prepare in the following manner: 24
(a) The container that holds the ballots or the ballot box must be 25
opened and the ballots contained therein counted by the counting 26
board and opened far enough to determine whether each ballot is 27
single. If two or more ballots are found folded together to present 28
the appearance of a single ballot, they must be laid aside until the 29
count of the ballots is completed. If a majority of the inspectors are 30
of the opinion that the ballots folded together were voted by one 31
person, the ballots must be rejected and placed in an envelope, upon 32
which must be written the reason for their rejection. The envelope 33
must be signed by the counting board officers and place d in the 34
container or ballot box after the count is completed. 35
(b) If the ballots in the container or box are found to exceed the 36
number of names as are indicated on the roster as having voted, the 37
ballots must be replaced in the container or box and a co unting 38
board officer shall, with his or her back turned to the container or 39
box, draw out a number of ballots equal to the excess. The excess 40
ballots must be marked on the back thereof with the words “Excess 41
ballots not counted.” The ballots when so marked must be 42
immediately sealed in an envelope and returned to the city clerk 43
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(c) When it has been determined that the number of ballots 1
agrees with the number of names of registered voters shown to have 2
voted, t he board shall proceed to count. If there is a discrepancy 3
between the number of ballots and the number of voters, a record of 4
the discrepancy must be made.] 5
Sec. 34. NRS 293C.369 is hereby amended to read as follows: 6
293C.369 1. When counting a vote in an election, if more 7
choices than permitted by the instructions for a ballot are marked for 8
any office or question, the vote for that office or question may not 9
be counted. 10
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, in an election 11
in which a mechanical voting system is used whereby a vote is cast 12
by darkening a designated space on the ballot: 13
(a) A vote must be counted if a portion of the designated space 14
is darkened [or] by the voter, such a marking cannot be 15
conclusively determined to be made in error and there is [a writing 16
in] some indication of the [designated space, including, without 17
limitation, a cross or check; ] intent of the voter on the face of the 18
ballot; and 19
(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a), a writing or 20
other mark on the ballot, including, without limitation, a cross, 21
check, tear or scratch may not be counted as a vote. 22
3. The Secretary of State: 23
(a) May adopt regulations establishing addi tional uniform, 24
statewide standards, not inconsistent with this section, for counting 25
a vote cast by a method of voting described in subsection 2; and 26
(b) Shall adopt regulations establishing uniform, statewide 27
standards for counting a vote cast by each m ethod of voting used in 28
this State that is not described in subsection 2, including, without 29
limitation, a vote cast on a mechanical recording device which 30
directly records the votes electronically. 31
Sec. 35. (Deleted by amendment.) 32
Sec. 36. NRS 294A.100 is hereby amended to read as follows: 33
294A.100 1. A person shall not make or commit to make a 34
contribution or contributions to a candidate for any office, except a 35
federal office, in an amount which exceeds $5,000 for the primary 36
election, regardless of the number of candidates for the office, and 37
$5,000 for the general election, regardless of the number of 38
candidates for the office, during the period: 39
(a) Beginning January 1 of the year immediately following the 40
last general election for the office and ending December 31 41
immediately following the next general election for the office, if that 42
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(b) Beginning from 30 days after the last election for the office 1
and ending 30 days after the next general city election for the office, 2
if that office is a city office. 3
2. A candidate shall not accept a contribution or commitment 4
to make a contribution made in violation of subsection 1. 5
3. No contribution made, committed to be made or accepted 6
pursuant to this section to a candidate for a primary election , [or] 7
general election or special election other than a special election to 8
recall a public officer affects the limitations on the am ount of 9
contributions that may be committed, contributed or accepted 10
pursuant to NRS 294A.115 for a special election to recall a public 11
officer. 12
4. A person who willfully violates any provision of this section 13
is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in 14
NRS 193.130. 15
Sec. 37. NRS 298.055 is hereby amended to read as follows: 16
298.055 The Secretary of State shall submit the certificate of 17
ascertainment [submitted] to the Archivist of the United States 18
pursuant to 3 U.S.C. § [6] 5. The certificate of ascertainment must 19
include a statement that: 20
1. Each nominee for presidential elector shall serve as a 21
presidential elector unless a vacancy occurs in the position of 22
presidential elector held by that nominee for presidential elector 23
before the conclusion of the meeting of presidential electors held 24
pursuant to 3 U.S.C. § 7; and 25
2. If a person is appointed pursuant to NRS 298.065 to fill a 26
vacancy in a position of pr esidential elector, the Secretary of State 27
will submit an amended certificate of ascertainment to the Archivist. 28
Sec. 38. NRS 298.660 is hereby amended to read as follows: 29
298.660 1. If a person who is a qualified candid ate to be a 30
major political party’s nominee for President of the United States 31
wants to appear on the ballot for a presidential preference primary 32
election that is held for the party, the person must, not earlier than 33
October 1 and not later than 5 p.m. on October 15 of the year 34
immediately preceding the presidential preference primary election, 35
file with the Secretary of State a declaration of candidacy . [in the 36
form prescribed by the Secretary of State.] 37
2. A declaration of candidacy required to be fil ed pursuant to 38
this section must be in substantially the following form: 39
40
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY OF........ FOR NOMINEE FOR 41
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 42
43
State of Nevada 44

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County of ......................... 1
2
For the purpose of having my name placed on the official 3
ballot as a candidate for the................ Party nomination for 4
the office of President of the United States, I, the 5
undersigned........, do swear or affirm under penalty of 6
perjury that my telephone number is ............, and the 7
address at which I receive mail, if different than my 8
residence, is .........; that I am registered as a member of 9
the................ Party; that I generally believe in and intend to 10
support the concepts found in the principles and policies of 11
that political party in the coming election; that I meet the 12
qualifications for this office set forth in Clause 5 of Section 13
1 of Article II of the Constitution of the United States; that 14
if nominated as a candidate of the ................ Party at the 15
ensuing election, I will accept that nomination a nd not 16
withdraw; that I will not knowingly violate any election law 17
or any law defining and prohibiting corrupt and fraudulent 18
practices in campaigns and elections in this State; that I will 19
qualify for the office if elected thereto, including, but not 20
limited to, complying with any limitation prescribed by the 21
Constitution and laws of the United States concerning 22
the number of years or terms for which a person may hold 23
the office; that I understand that knowingly and willfully 24
filing a declaration of cand idacy which contains a false 25
statement is a crime punishable as a gross misdemeanor; 26
and that I understand that my name will appear on all 27
ballots as designated in this declaration. 28
29
............................................................. 30
(Designation of name) 31
32
............................................................. 33
(Signature of candidate for office) 34
35
Subscribed and sworn to before me 36
this...... day of the month of...... of the year...... 37
38
............................................................ 39
Notary Public or other person 40
authorized to administer an oath 41
42
3. Any person who knowingly and willfully files a declaration 43
of candidacy which contains a fa lse statement in violation of this 44
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Sec. 39. NRS 298.670 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
298.670 1. The Secretary of State shall forward to each 2
county clerk the name, party affiliation and mailing address of each 3
qualified candidate whose name must appear on the ballot for the 4
presidential preference primary election. 5
2. Immediately upon receipt by the county clerk of the list of 6
qualified candidates, the county clerk shall publish a notice of the 7
presidential preference primary election in a newspaper of general 8
circulation in the county once a week for 2 successive weeks. If no 9
such newspaper is published in the county, the publication may be 10
made in a newspaper of general circulation published in the nearest 11
Nevada county. The notice must contain: 12
(a) The date of the presidential preference primary election; 13
(b) The major political pa rties that have qualified candidates 14
who will be on the ballot at the presidential preference primary 15
election; 16
(c) The names of the qualified candidates who will be on the 17
ballot at the presidential preference primary election and the 18
major political party which each candidate is affiliated with; 19
(d) The location of the polling places in the county, including, 20
without limitation, polling places for early voting by personal 21
appearance; and 22
[(d)] (e) The hours during which the polling places in the 23
county will be open for voting during the period for early voting and 24
the day of the presidential preference primary election. 25
Sec. 40. NRS 247.540 is hereby amended to read as follows: 26
247.540 1. The following persons may req uest that the 27
personal information described in subsection 1, 2 or 3 of 28
NRS 247.520 that is contained in the records of a county recorder be 29
kept confidential: 30
(a) Any justice or judge in this State. 31
(b) Any senior justice or senior judge in this State. 32
(c) Any court-appointed master in this State. 33
(d) Any clerk of a court, court administrator or court executive 34
officer in this State. 35
(e) Any county or city clerk or registrar of voters charged with 36
the powers and duties relating to elections and any deputy appointed 37
by such county or city clerk or registrar of voters in the elections 38
division of the county or city. 39
(f) Any peace officer or retired peace officer. 40
(g) Any prosecutor. 41
(h) Any state or county public defender. 42
(i) Any person employed by the Office of the Attorney General 43
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or any agency in the Executive Department of the State 1
Government. 2
(j) Any person, including , without limitation, a social worker, 3
employed by this State or a political subdivision of this State who as 4
part of his or her normal job responsibilities: 5
(1) Interacts with the public; and 6
(2) Performs tasks related to child welfare services or child 7
protective services or tasks that expose the person to co mparable 8
dangers. 9
(k) Any county manager in this State. 10
(l) Any inspector, officer or investigator employed by this State 11
or a political subdivision of this State designated by his or her 12
employer: 13
(1) Who possesses specialized training in code enforcement; 14
(2) Who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities, 15
interacts with the public; and 16
(3) Whose primary duties are the performance of tasks 17
related to code enforcement. 18
(m) The spouse, domestic partner , elderly parent or minor child 19
of a person described in paragraphs (a) to (l), inclusive. 20
(n) The surviving spouse, domestic partner or minor child of a 21
person described in paragraphs (a) to (l), inclusive, who was killed 22
in the performance of his or her duties. 23
(o) Any person for whom a fictitious address has been issued 24
pursuant to NRS 217.462 to 217.471, inclusive. 25
2. Any nonprofit entity in this State that maintains a 26
confidential location for the purpose of providing shelter to victims 27
of domestic violence may request that the perso nal information 28
described in subsection 4 of NRS 247.520 that is contained in the 29
records of a county recorder be kept confidential. 30
3. As used in this section: 31
(a) “Child protective services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 32
NRS 432B.042. 33
(b) “Child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 34
NRS 432B.044. 35
(c) “Code enforcement” means the enforcement of laws, 36
ordinances or codes regulating public nuisances or the public health, 37
safety and welfare. 38
(d) “Elderly parent” means a natural parent, adoptive parent 39
or stepparent who is 60 years of age or older. 40
(e) “Peace officer” means: 41
(1) Any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a 42
peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, 43
inclusive; and 44
(2) Any person: 45

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(I) Who resides in this State; 1
(II) Whose primary duties are to enforce the law; and 2
(III) Who is employed by a law enforcement agency of 3
the Federal Government, including, without limitation, a ranger for 4
the National Park Service and an agent employed by the Federal 5
Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, United States Department 6
of Homeland Security or United States Department of the Treasury. 7
[(e)] (f) “Prosecutor” has the meaning ascribed to it in 8
NRS 241A.030. 9
[(f)] (g) “Social worker” means any person licensed under 10
chapter 641B of NRS. 11
Sec. 41. NRS 250.140 is hereby amended to read as follows: 12
250.140 1. The following persons may request that personal 13
information described in subsection 1, 2 or 3 of NRS 250.120 that is 14
contained in the records of a county assessor be kept confidential: 15
(a) Any justice or judge in this State. 16
(b) Any senior justice or senior judge in this State. 17
(c) Any court-appointed master in this State. 18
(d) Any clerk of a court, court a dministrator or court executive 19
officer in this State. 20
(e) Any county or city clerk or registrar of voters charged with 21
the powers and duties relating to elections and any deputy appointed 22
by such county or city clerk or registrar of voters in the electio ns 23
division of the county or city. 24
(f) Any peace officer or retired peace officer. 25
(g) Any prosecutor. 26
(h) Any state or county public defender. 27
(i) Any person employed by the Office of the Attorney General 28
who prosecutes or defends actions on behalf of the State of Nevada 29
or any agency in the Executive Department of the State 30
Government. 31
(j) Any person, including , without limitation, a social worker, 32
employed by this State or a political subdivision of this State who as 33
part of his or her normal job responsibilities: 34
(1) Interacts with the public; and 35
(2) Performs tasks related to child welfare services or child 36
protective services or tasks that expose the person to comparable 37
dangers. 38
(k) Any county manager in this State. 39
(l) Any inspector, officer or investigator employed by this State 40
or a political subdivision of this State designated by his or her 41
employer: 42
(1) Who possesses specialized training in code enforcement; 43
(2) Who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities, 44
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(3) Whose primary duties are the performance of tasks 1
related to code enforcement. 2
(m) The spouse, domestic partner , elderly parent or minor child 3
of a person described in paragraphs (a) to (l), inclusive. 4
(n) The surviving spous e, domestic partner or minor child of a 5
person described in paragraphs (a) to (l), inclusive, who was killed 6
in the performance of his or her duties. 7
(o) Any person for whom a fictitious address has been issued 8
pursuant to NRS 217.462 to 217.471, inclusive. 9
2. Any nonprofit entity in this State that maintains a 10
confidential location for the purpose of providing shelter to victims 11
of domestic violence may request that the personal information 12
described in subsection 4 of NRS 250.120 that is contained in t he 13
records of a county assessor be kept confidential. 14
3. As used in this section: 15
(a) “Child protective services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 16
NRS 432B.042. 17
(b) “Child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 18
NRS 432B.044. 19
(c) “Code enforcement” means the enforcement of laws, 20
ordinances or codes regulating public nuisances or the public health, 21
safety and welfare. 22
(d) “Elderly parent” means a natural parent, adoptive parent 23
or stepparent who is 60 years of age or older. 24
(e) “Peace officer” means: 25
(1) Any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a 26
peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, 27
inclusive; and 28
(2) Any person: 29
(I) Who resides in this State; 30
(II) Whose primary duties are to enforce the law; and 31
(III) Who is employed by a law enforcement agency of 32
the Federal Government, including, without limitation, a ranger for 33
the National Park Service and an agent employed by the Federal 34
Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, United States Departmen t 35
of Homeland Security or United States Department of the Treasury. 36
[(e)] (f) “Prosecutor” has the meaning ascribed to it in 37
NRS 241A.030. 38
[(f)] (g) “Social worker” means any person licensed under 39
chapter 641B of NRS. 40
Sec. 42. Section 5.010 of the Charter of Carson City, being 41
chapter 213, Statutes of Nevada 1969, as last amended by chapter 42
295, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 1481, is hereby amended to 43
read as follows: 44
Sec. 5.010 Primary election. 45

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1. A primary ele ction must be held on the date fixed by 1
the election laws of this state for statewide elections, at which 2
time there must be nominated candidates for offices to be 3
voted for at the next general election. 4
2. A candidate for any office to be voted for at a ny 5
primary election must file a declaration of candidacy as 6
provided by the election laws of this state. 7
3. All candidates for the office of Mayor and Supervisor, 8
and candidates for the office of Municipal Judge if a third 9
department of the Municipal Court has been established, must 10
be voted upon by the registered voters of Carson City at large. 11
4. If only tw o persons file for a particular office, their 12
names must not appear on the primary ballot but their names 13
must be placed on the ballot for the general election. 14
5. If in the primary election one candidate receives a 15
majority of votes cast in that electio n for the office for which 16
he or she is a candidate, the candidate must be declared 17
elected to the office and his or her name must not be placed 18
on the ballot for the general election. If in the primary 19
election no candidate receives a majority of votes ca st in that 20
election for the office for which he or she is a candidate, the 21
names of the two candidates receiving the highest numbers of 22
votes must be placed on the ballot for the general election. 23
For the purposes of determining whether a candidate 24
received a majority of the votes cast in the primary election 25
for an office for which voters were authorized to select more 26
than one candidate, each ballot upon which a voter marked 27
a valid choice for one or more candidates for that office 28
shall be deemed to be o ne vote cast in the primary election 29
for that office. 30
Sec. 43. Section 5.010 of the Charter of the City of Henderson, 31
being chapter 266, Statutes of Nevada 1971, as last amended by 32
chapters 350 and 558, Statutes of Nevada 2 019, at pages 2179 and 33
3553, respectively, is hereby amended to read as follows: 34
Sec. 5.010 Primary municipal election. 35
1. A primary municipal election must be held: 36
(a) On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April 37
2019; and 38
(b) Beginning in 2022, on the second Tuesday in June of 39
each even-numbered year, 40
 at which time there must be nominated candidates for 41
offices to be voted for at the next general municipal election. 42
2. A candidate for any office to be voted for at any 43
primary municipal election must file a declaration of 44
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3. All candidates for elective office, other than 1
candidates for the office of Council Member, must be voted 2
upon by the registered voters of the City at large. 3
4. A candidate for the office of Council Member must be 4
voted upon only by the registered voters of the ward that he 5
or she seeks to represent. 6
5. If in the primary municipal election no candidate 7
receives a majority of votes cast in that election for the office 8
for which he or she is a candidate, the names of the two 9
candidates receiving the highest number of votes must be 10
placed on the ballot for the general municipal election. If in 11
the primary municipal election, regardless of the number of 12
candidates for an office, one candidate receives a majority of 13
votes cast in that election for the office for which he or she is 14
a candidate, he or she must be declared elected and no general 15
municipal election need be held for that office. Such 16
candidate shall enter upon his or her respective duties at: 17
(a) If the primary municipal election was held in 2019, 18
the second regular meeting of the City Council held in June 19
2019. 20
(b) If the primary municipal election was held on the 21
second Tuesday of June of an even -numbered year, the first 22
regular meeting of the City Council held in January of the 23
year following the primary municipal election. 24
6. For the purposes of determining whether a 25
candidate received a majority of the votes cast in the 26
primary municipal electi on for an office for which voters 27
were authorized to select more than one candidate, each 28
ballot upon which a voter marked a valid choice for one or 29
more candidates for that office shall be deemed to be one 30
vote cast in the primary municipal election for that office. 31
Sec. 44. Section 5.010 of the Charter of the City of Las Vegas, 32
being chapter 517, Statutes of Nevada 1983, as last amended by 33
chapter 558, Statutes of Nevada 2019, at page 3558, is hereby 34
amended to read as follows: 35
Sec. 5.010 Primary municipal elections. 36
1. A primary municipal election must be held in the 37
City: 38
(a) On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April 39
2019; and 40
(b) Beginning in 2022, on the second Tuesday in June of 41
each even-numbered year. 42
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(a) The candidates for Council Member who are to be 1
nominated must be nominated and voted for separately 2
according to the respective wards. 3
(b) If the City Council has established an additional 4
department or departments of the Municipal Court pursuant to 5
section 4.010 and, as a result, more than one office of 6
Municipal Judge is to be filled at any election, the candidates 7
for those offices must be nominated and voted upon 8
separately according to the respective departments. 9
3. Each candidate for municipal office must file a 10
declaration of candidacy with the City Clerk. All filing fees 11
collected by the City Clerk must be paid into the City 12
Treasury. 13
4. If, in the primary municipal election, regardless of the 14
number of candidates for an office, one candidate receives a 15
majority of votes which are cast in that election for the office 16
for which he or she is a candidate, he or she must be declared 17
elected for the term which commences on the day of the first 18
regular meeting of the City Council next succeeding the 19
meeting at which the canvass of the returns is made, and no 20
general municipal election need be held for that office. If, in 21
the primary municipal election, no candidate receives a 22
majority of votes which ar e cast in that election for the office 23
for which he or she is a candidate, the names of the two 24
candidates who receive the highest number of votes must be 25
placed on the ballot for the general municipal election. 26
5. For the purposes of determining whether a 27
candidate received a majority of the votes cast in the 28
primary municipal election for an office for which voters 29
were authorized to select more than one candidate, each 30
ballot upon which a voter marked a valid choice for one or 31
more candidates for that office shall be deemed to be one 32
vote cast in the primary municipal election for that office. 33
Sec. 45. Section 5.020 of the Charter of the City of North Las 34
Vegas, being chapter 573, Statutes of Nevada 1971, as last amended 35
by chapter 558, Statutes of Nevada 2019, at page 3562, is hereby 36
amended to read as follows: 37
Sec. 5.020 Primary municipal elections; declaration of 38
candidacy. 39
1. The City Council shall provide by ordinance for 40
candidates for elective office to declare their candidacy and 41
file the necessary documents. The seats for City Council 42
Members must be designated by the numbers one through 43
four, which numbers must correspond with the wards the 44
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A candidate for the office of City Council Member shall 1
include in his or her declaration of candidacy the number of 2
the ward which he or she seeks to represent. Each candidate 3
for City Council must be designated as a candidate for the 4
City Council seat that corresponds with the ward that he or 5
she seeks to represent. 6
2. A primary municipal election must be held: 7
(a) On the Tuesday following the first Monday in April 8
2019; and 9
(b) Beginning in 2022, on the second Tuesday in June of 10
each even-numbered year. 11
3. In the primary municipal election: 12
(a) A candidate for the office of City Council Member 13
must be voted upon only by the registered voters of the ward 14
that he or she seeks to represent. 15
(b) Candidates for all other elective offices must be voted 16
upon by the registered voters of the City at large. 17
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, after 18
the primary municipal election, the names of the two 19
candidates who receive the highest number of votes must be 20
placed on the ballot for the general municipal election. 21
5. If, regardless of the number of candidates for an 22
office, one candidate receives a majority of the total votes 23
cast for that office in the primary municipal election, he or 24
she must be declared elected to that office and no gener al 25
municipal election need be held for that office. For the 26
purposes of determining whether a candidate received a 27
majority of the votes cast in the primary municipal election 28
for an office for which voters were authorized to select more 29
than one candidate, each ballot upon which a voter marked 30
a valid choice for one or more candidates for that office 31
shall be deemed to be one vote cast in the primary municipal 32
election for that office. 33
Sec. 46. Section 5.020 of the Charter of the City of Sparks, 34
being chapter 470, Statutes of Nevada 1975, as last amended by 35
chapter 158, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 716, is hereby 36
amended to read as follows: 37
Sec. 5.020 Primary elections. 38
1. At the primary election: 39
(a) Candidates for the offices of Mayor, City Attorney 40
and Municipal Judge must be voted upon by the registered 41
voters of the City at large. 42
(b) Candidates to represent a ward as a member of the 43
City Council must be voted upon by the registered voters of 44
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2. If at 5 p.m. on the last day for filing a declaration of 1
candidacy: 2
(a) There is only one candidate who has filed for 3
nomination for an office, that candidate must be declared 4
elected to the office and no election may be held for that 5
office. 6
(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a), not 7
more than twice the number of candidates to be elected have 8
filed for nomination for an office, the names of those 9
candidates must be omitted from all ballots for a primary 10
election and placed on all ballots for a general election. 11
(c) More than twice the number of candidates to be 12
elected have filed for nomination for an office, the names of 13
the candidates must be placed on the ballot for the primary 14
election. 15
3. If at the primary election: 16
(a) One candidate receives the majority of votes cast in 17
the election for the office for which he or she is a candidate, 18
he or she must be declared elected to the office and no 19
general election need be held for that office. 20
(b) No candidate receives the majority of votes cast in the 21
election for the office for which he or she is a candidate, the 22
names of the two candidates who receive the highest number 23
of votes must be placed on the ballot for the general election. 24
 For the purposes of determin ing whether a candidate 25
received a majority of the votes cast in the primary election 26
for an office for which voters were authorized to select more 27
than one candidate, each ballot upon which a voter marked 28
a valid choice for one or more candidates for that office 29
shall be deemed to be one vote cast in the primary election 30
for that office. 31
Sec. 46.5. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State 32
General Fund to the Contingency Account created by NRS 353.266 33
the sum of $20 0,000 for allocation by the Interim Finance 34
Committee to the Secretary of State to: 35
(a) Provide the training course required pursuant to NRS 36
293.2504, as amended by section 8.5 of this act, including, without 37
limitation, any costs for printing or shipping materials related to the 38
training; and 39
(b) Provide to or reimburse any deputy or employee of the 40
Secretary of State who attends the training course required by NRS 41
293.2504, as amended by section 8.5 of this act: 42
(1) The cost of the per diem allowance or the cost of meals 43
which are contracted for with a vendor that was procured through a 44
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(2) Incidentals; and 1
(3) Travel expenses. 2
2. Money appropriated by subsection 1 may only be allocated 3
by the Interim Finance Commit tee upon submittal by the Secretary 4
of State of documentation of the costs. 5
3. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by 6
subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 7
2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity 8
to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise 9
transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated 10
money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after 11
September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money wa s 12
appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently 13
granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General 14
Fund on or before September 17, 2027. 15
Sec. 47. The provisions of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any 16
additional expenses of a local government that are related to the 17
provisions of this act. 18
Sec. 48. NRS 293.365, 293.423, 293.490, 293.567 , 293.810 19
and 293C.365 are hereby repealed. 20
Sec. 49. 1. This section and sections 47 and 48 of this act 21
become effective upon passage and approval. 22
2. Sections 1 to 46, inclusive, of this act become effective: 23
(a) Upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting any 24
regulations and performing a ny other preparatory administrative 25
tasks that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; and 26
(b) On January 1, 2026, for all other purposes. 27
3. Section 46.5 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 28

LEADLINES OF REPEALED SECTIONS

293.365 Accounting for all paper ballots before counting of
votes begins.
293.423 Recount of ballots at hearing of contest.
293.490 Residence not lost upon removal from county or
precinct.
293.567 Number of registered voters in county to be
transmitted by county clerk to Secretary of State before certain
elections.
293.810 Preregistration or registration in more than one
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293C.365 Accounting for all paper ballots before counting
of votes begins.

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