GENERAL PROVISIONS

NRS 293.010. Definitions.

NRS 293.013. “Absent ballot” defined.

NRS 293.015. “Absent voter” defined.

NRS 293.016. “Abstract of votes” defined.

NRS 293.017. “Active registration” defined.

NRS 293.019. “Approved electronic transmission” defined.

NRS 293.025. “Ballot” defined.

NRS 293.026. “Ballot box” defined.

NRS 293.030. “Ballot listing” defined.

NRS 293.032. “Canvass” defined.

NRS 293.033. “Central committee” defined.

NRS 293.0335. “Central counting place” defined.

NRS 293.034. “Certificate of election” defined.

NRS 293.035. “Challenge list” defined.

NRS 293.038. “City of population category one” defined.

NRS 293.0382. “City of population category two” defined.

NRS 293.0384. “City of population category three” defined.

NRS 293.040. “Clerk” defined.

NRS 293.042. “Contest” defined.

NRS 293.044. “County clerk” defined; synonymous with “registrar of voters” in certain counties.

NRS 293.046. “Deputy clerk” defined.

NRS 293.050. “Election board officer” defined.

NRS 293.053. “Election board register” defined.

NRS 293.055. “Elector” defined.

NRS 293.056. “Facsimile machine” defined.

NRS 293.057. “Filing officer” defined.

NRS 293.059. “General city election” defined.

NRS 293.060. “General election” defined.

NRS 293.063. “Independent candidate” defined.

NRS 293.064. “Judicial office” defined.

NRS 293.0643. “Judicial officer” defined. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 293.0643. “Judicial officer” defined. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 293.065. “Mail” defined.

NRS 293.0655. “Major political party” defined.

NRS 293.0657. “Mechanical recording device” defined.

NRS 293.0659. “Mechanical voting system” defined.

NRS 293.066. “Minor political party” defined.

NRS 293.0675. “Nonpartisan office” defined.

NRS 293.068. “Oath” defined.

NRS 293.069. “Petition district” defined.

NRS 293.070. “Physical disability” defined.

NRS 293.073. “Political party” defined.

NRS 293.077. “Precinct” defined.

NRS 293.079. “Primary city election” defined.

NRS 293.080. “Primary election” defined.

NRS 293.082. “Provisional ballot” defined.

NRS 293.090. “Registered voter” defined.

NRS 293.0925. “Registrar of voters’ register” defined.

NRS 293.093. “Regular votes” defined.

NRS 293.094. “Rejected ballot” defined.

NRS 293.095. “Roster” defined.

NRS 293.097. “Sample ballot” defined.

NRS 293.100. “School office” defined.

NRS 293.103. “School officers” defined.

NRS 293.105. “Service of the United States” defined.

NRS 293.107. “Spoiled ballot” defined.

NRS 293.109. “State officer” defined. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 293.109. “State officer” defined. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 293.111. “Statewide voter registration list” defined.

NRS 293.113. “Tally list” defined.

NRS 293.115. “Township office” defined.

NRS 293.117. “Township officer” defined.

NRS 293.119. “Undervote” defined.

NRS 293.121. “Voting district” defined.

NRS 293.124. Secretary of State to serve as Chief Officer of Elections; regulations.

NRS 293.126. Applicability of chapter to city elections.

NRS 293.127. Liberal construction of title and determination of real will of electors.

NRS 293.1273. Facsimile of signature created by computer to verify or compare signature.

NRS 293.1275. Counting of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays in computing certain periods of time; exceptions.

GENERAL ELECTIONS

NRS 293.12755. Date.

CIRCULATION AND SUFFICIENCY OF CERTAIN PETITIONS

NRS 293.127563. Secretary of State to determine number of signatures required for certain petitions.

NRS 293.127565. Use of public buildings to gather signatures on petitions; remedy for violation; regulations.

NRS 293.12757. Qualification to sign petition.

NRS 293.12758. Receipt issued by county clerk; requirements for petition.

NRS 293.1276. County clerk to forward number of signatures to Secretary of State; notice of failure to file required number of signatures; handling of petition; regulations.

NRS 293.1277. Verification of signatures by county clerks; regulations. [Effective through December 31, 2013.]

NRS 293.1277. Verification of signatures by county clerks; regulations. [Effective January 1, 2014.]

NRS 293.1278. Qualification or disqualification of petition upon receipt of certificates or amended certificates by Secretary of State.

NRS 293.1279. Qualification or disqualification of petition upon verification of signatures; regulations.

NRS 293.12793. Appeal with Secretary of State contesting verification of signatures; notification of public officer who is subject of petition to recall; consideration and investigation of allegations.

NRS 293.12795. Action by Secretary of State upon review of appeal; judicial review of decision of Secretary of State.

MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES

NRS 293.128. Procedure for qualification.

NRS 293.130. County conventions: Place; notice.

NRS 293.133. Number of delegates from voting precincts to county convention.

NRS 293.134. Use of room or space occupied by State or local government by state or county central committee.

NRS 293.135. Precinct meetings of registered voters before county convention: Time and place; notice.

NRS 293.137. Election of delegates to county convention; procedure if precinct fails to elect delegates; certificates given to elected delegates; state central committee to adopt written procedural rules.

NRS 293.140. County conventions: Manner of organization; authorized action of delegates.

NRS 293.143. County central committee: Number; change in membership.

NRS 293.145. Number of delegates to state convention.

NRS 293.150. State conventions: Place and actions; additional conventions.

NRS 293.153. Number of members of state central committee.

NRS 293.155. Rules of county and state conventions; delegate must be qualified elector; unit rule of voting prohibited.

NRS 293.157. State and county central committees: Terms of office; termination of membership; vacancies.

NRS 293.160. State and county central committees: Election of officers and executive committee; other powers.

NRS 293.161. Right of participation as delegate to county or state convention or member of county or state central committee.

NRS 293.163. Selection of delegates and alternates to national party convention and members of national committee by state convention in presidential election year.

NRS 293.165. Procedure for filling vacancy in major or minor political party nomination or nonpartisan nomination.

NRS 293.166. Procedure for filling vacancy in party nomination for office of State Legislator from multicounty legislative district.

NRS 293.167. Nomination of party candidates for United States Senator or Representative in Congress.

MINOR POLITICAL PARTIES

NRS 293.171. Procedure for organization.

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

NRS 293.172. Contents of petition required to place candidates’ names on ballot; limitation on who may sign petition; requirements for signing.

NRS 293.1725. Candidates: Submission of list to Secretary of State; filing of declaration of candidacy and certificate of nomination.

NRS 293.174. Challenge of qualification.

NOMINATIONS

NRS 293.175. Date of primary election; nomination of candidates; applicability of provisions governing nominations. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 293.175. Date of primary election; nomination of candidates; applicability of provisions governing nominations. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 293.1755. Residency requirements for candidates; penalty for knowingly and willfully making false statement concerning residency on declaration or acceptance of candidacy; exception.

NRS 293.176. When candidacy for major political party prohibited; exception.

NRS 293.177. Declaration or acceptance of candidacy: Filing required before name may be printed on ballot; forms; contents; address of candidate; retention of proof of identity and residency; appointment of agent for service of process; investigation and disqualification of candidate who has been convicted of felony and has not had civil rights restored.

NRS 293.180. Certificates of candidacy: Requirements; filing; acceptance of candidacy.

NRS 293.181. Declaration of residency required of candidate for office of State Legislator.

NRS 293.182. Written challenges concerning qualifications of candidates.

NRS 293.184. Penalty for willfully filing declaration or acceptance of candidacy with knowledge it contains false statement; posting of notice of disqualification at polling place required in certain circumstances.

NRS 293.185. Offices for filing declarations, certificates and acceptances of candidacies.

NRS 293.186. Candidates for public office to receive form or access to electronic form for making statement of financial disclosure and related instructions.

NRS 293.187. Certification of names of persons for whom candidacy papers have been filed.

NRS 293.190. Certification of names of persons nominated at primary election.

NRS 293.193. Filing fees.

NRS 293.194. Return of filing fee to certain candidates.

NRS 293.195. Nonpartisan offices.

NRS 293.196. Each office of justice of the Supreme Court constitutes separate office for nomination and election.

NRS 293.1965. Each office of judge of the Court of Appeals constitutes separate office for nomination and election. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 293.197. Each department of district court constitutes separate office for nomination and election; ballots used in certain counties.

NRS 293.198. Each department of Justice Court constitutes separate office for nomination and election.

NRS 293.200. Independent candidates: Qualification; petition of candidacy; time limit for challenge; declaration of candidacy.

NRS 293.202. Withdrawal of candidacy; rescission.

NRS 293.203. Contents and publication of notice of primary or general election.

NRS 293.204. Time for filing declaration or acceptance of candidacy for special election.

ELECTION PRECINCTS

NRS 293.205. Establishment, abolishment, alteration and consolidation; boundaries.

NRS 293.206. Submission of maps to Secretary of State and Legislative Counsel Bureau; determination of statutory compliance; revisions.

NRS 293.207. Establishment on basis of number of voters therein; maximum number of voters; consolidation of precincts.

NRS 293.208. Limitations on creation, division, abolition, consolidation and alteration during certain periods; exceptions.

NRS 293.209. Creation or change of election district during certain period in year of general or general city election prohibited; annexation not prohibited during year of election.

NRS 293.210. Establishment of new election precinct: Petition and conditions.

NRS 293.213. Mailing precincts; absent ballot mailing precincts.

ELECTION BOARDS

NRS 293.217. Appointment of officers by county clerk; appointment of deputy sheriffs for elections; appointment of trainees.

NRS 293.2175. Appointment of pupil as trainee: Qualifications; requirements; duties; compensation.

NRS 293.218. Recommendations by chair of election board of persons for service on election board.

NRS 293.220. Delivery of notice of appointment to officer or trainee.

NRS 293.223. Notice of unwillingness to serve as officer or trainee; appointment of replacement.

NRS 293.225. Continuing powers and duties of election boards; reserve officers of election board; procedure for filling vacancies.

NRS 293.227. Designation of chair; duties; restrictions upon participation of trainees; training; travel expenses for training.

NRS 293.230. Appointment of single central election board for mailing precincts.

NRS 293.235. Appointment and duties of absent ballot central counting board; no central election board if absent ballot central counting board appointed.

NRS 293.243. Number of officers on absent ballot central counting board; appointment of deputy sheriff; absent ballot central counting board under direction of county clerk.

REGULATION OF ELECTIONS

NRS 293.247. Regulations of Secretary of State for conduct of elections; interpretations; distribution of information to county and city clerks.

NRS 293.250. Secretary of State to prescribe procedure for and requirements of a system for registration of voters by computer and form of ballots, other documents and papers; printed matter on ballots; authority of county clerks to divide paper ballots and prescribe color for ballots and voting receipts.

STATEWIDE MEASURES: PREPARATION OF ARGUMENTS; PUBLICATION

NRS 293.252. Appointment of committees to prepare arguments advocating and opposing approval of constitutional amendments and statewide measures proposed by initiative or referendum; duties of committees; Secretary of State required to reject libelous or factually inaccurate statements; appeal.

NRS 293.253. Publication: Duties of Secretary of State and county clerk; costs.

VOTERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS

NRS 293.2543. Short title.

NRS 293.2546. Legislative declaration of voters’ rights.

NRS 293.2549. Duties of Secretary of State and of county and city clerks.

BALLOTS

NRS 293.256. Names of candidates on ballots not to include title, designation of profession or occupation.

NRS 293.2565. Use of given names, surnames and nicknames on ballot; use of additional criteria to distinguish between candidates having same given names and surnames.

NRS 293.257. Separate primary ballots; placement of candidates’ names; designation on application to register to vote of affiliation with major political party condition for registered voter to cast ballot for party at primary election.

NRS 293.260. Declaration of nominees: Omission and appearance of names on primary ballot; appearance of names on general ballot. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 293.260. Declaration of nominees: Omission and appearance of names on primary ballot; appearance of names on general ballot. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 293.262. Absent ballot or ballot voted in mailing precinct: Methods in which ballot is to be voted.

NRS 293.263. Primary ballot for major political party: Form; names of candidates to be grouped alphabetically; exception.

NRS 293.265. Nonpartisan primary ballot: Form; names of candidates to be grouped alphabetically; exception.

NRS 293.267. Ballot for general election: Form; names of candidates to be grouped alphabetically; exception; indication of party name, “independent” or “nonpartisan” or abbreviations thereof; order of appearance of certain statewide measures.

NRS 293.2673. Ballot to indicate date of election and at which election ballot will be used.

NRS 293.268. Order of listing offices, candidates and questions on ballots.

NRS 293.269. Ballots for statewide offices or President and Vice President must permit voter to register opposition to all candidates.

NRS 293.2693. Voter education program to be provided in county or city using paper ballots.

VOTING SYSTEMS GENERALLY

NRS 293.2696. General requirements for voting systems; duties of Secretary of State and of county and city clerks.

NRS 293.2699. Voting systems used by counties and cities: Voting materials to be provided in English and other languages in accordance with federal law.

VOTING AT POLLS

NRS 293.270. Voting by printed ballot or other approved or authorized system; write-in voting prohibited; exception.

NRS 293.272. Voting in person required at first election after valid registration for voter who registered to vote by mail or computer; exceptions.

NRS 293.2725. Voter who registered to vote by mail or computer and has not previously voted in election for federal office in Nevada: Prerequisites to voting at polling place and to voting by mail; applicability of section; exceptions.

NRS 293.273. Time for opening and closing polls; duties of officers of election board.

NRS 293.2735. Establishment of polling place for precinct in residential development exclusively for elderly persons.

NRS 293.2738. Polling place not to be established in any building named for candidate appearing on ballot.

NRS 293.274. Members of general public allowed to observe conduct of voting at polling place; photographing or otherwise recording conduct of voting by members of general public prohibited.

NRS 293.275. Possession of election board register by election board required for performance of board’s duties.

NRS 293.277. Conditions for entitlement of person to vote; forms of identification to identify registered voter.

NRS 293.283. Identification of registered voter who is unable to sign name.

NRS 293.285. Election board officer in charge of register required to take voter’s signature.

NRS 293.287. Announcement of name and political affiliation of registered voter; challenges; nonpartisan ballot at primary election.

NRS 293.2955. Accessibility of polling place, ballot and election materials to persons who are elderly and to persons with disabilities; provision of mechanical recording device to record votes electronically; alternative placement of specially equipped voting devices at central locations.

NRS 293.296. Assistance to voter who is physically disabled or unable to read or write English.

NRS 293.297. Change of vote on certain mechanical recording devices.

NRS 293.301. Posting of alphabetical listing of registered voters at polling place; tearing or defacing alphabetical listing prohibited; penalty.

NRS 293.302. Posting of notice of death of candidate at polling place.

NRS 293.3025. Posting of copies of certain other information and documents at polling place.

NRS 293.303. Challenges.

NRS 293.3035. Notice of result of challenge.

NRS 293.304. Voting by person successfully challenged on grounds of residency.

NRS 293.305. Closing of polls; admission of voters and other persons.

NRS 293.307. Duties of voting board before adjournment.

VOTING BY PROVISIONAL BALLOT

NRS 293.3081. Casting of provisional ballot: General conditions; declaration or application.

NRS 293.3082. Casting of provisional ballot: Specific prerequisites; completion of written affirmation; contents of affirmation; provision of receipt; notation on roster; provisional ballot limited to purpose of voting for candidates for federal offices.

NRS 293.3083. Casting of ballot by mail to vote for candidate for federal office; treatment as provisional ballot under certain circumstances.

NRS 293.3084. County and city clerks to establish certain procedures relating to provisional ballots.

NRS 293.3085. Canvass and counting of provisional ballots.

NRS 293.3086. Free access system to provide information to voter casting provisional ballot.

ABSENT BALLOT VOTING

NRS 293.309. Absent ballots: Preparation; reasonable accommodations for use by persons who are elderly or disabled; time for distribution; ineffectiveness of legal actions to prevent issuance.

NRS 293.3095. Distribution of forms to request absent ballots.

NRS 293.310. Request and receipt of absent ballot allows voting only by absent ballot; exception; county clerk to notify election board if absent ballot issued.

NRS 293.313. Persons entitled to absent ballot; fraud or coercion in obtaining ballot prohibited; penalty.

NRS 293.315. Limitation on time to apply for absent ballot; public inspection authorized; issuance of absent ballot; immunity of county clerk.

NRS 293.316. Application for absent ballot because of illness, disability or absence: Requirements; delivery of ballot; voting procedure.

NRS 293.3165. Application for absent ballot because of physical disability: Requirements; voting procedure.

NRS 293.317. Invalid absent ballots.

NRS 293.320. County clerk to determine if applicant for absent ballot is registered voter.

NRS 293.323. Delivery of absent ballot and voting supplies; return of absent ballot; recordation of certain information by county clerk; regulations.

NRS 293.325. Duties of county clerk upon receipt of absent ballot from voter: Deposit of voted ballot; delivery for counting. [Effective through December 31, 2013.]

NRS 293.325. Duties of county clerk upon receipt of absent ballot from voter: Deposit of voted ballot; delivery for counting. [Effective January 1, 2014.]

NRS 293.330. Procedure for voting after requesting absent ballot; unlawful return of ballot; penalty.

NRS 293.333. Procedure for depositing absent ballot in ballot box. [Effective through December 31, 2013.]

NRS 293.333. Procedure for depositing absent ballot in ballot box. [Effective January 1, 2014.]

NRS 293.335. Empty envelopes and rejected ballots to be returned to county clerk. [Effective through December 31, 2013.]

NRS 293.335. Empty envelopes and rejected ballots to be returned to county clerk. [Effective January 1, 2014.]

NRS 293.340. Duty of county clerk to provide ballot box for each ballot listing if absent ballot central counting board appointed; deposit of voted ballots. [Effective through December 31, 2013.]

NRS 293.340. Duty of county clerk to provide ballot box for each ballot listing if absent ballot central counting board appointed; deposit of voted ballots. [Effective January 1, 2014.]

VOTING IN MAILING PRECINCTS

NRS 293.343. Eligibility of certain voters to vote by mail; effect of county clerk designating precinct as mailing precinct; designation of polling place at which voters entitled to vote in mailing precincts may vote in person.

NRS 293.345. Duty of county clerk to mail official mailing ballots to registered voters; sample ballot for mailing precinct to include notice concerning polling place where voters may vote in person if applicable.

NRS 293.350. Enrollment of eligible voter’s name; procedure for mailing of ballot and voting supplies by county clerk.

NRS 293.353. Marking and return of mailing ballot by voter; voting in person after receipt of mailing ballot; penalty.

NRS 293.355. Duties of county clerk upon receipt of envelope which contains mailing ballot.

EARLY VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE

NRS 293.356. Issuance of ballot; location at which ballot must be voted.

NRS 293.3561. County clerk to establish criteria for selection of permanent and temporary polling places for early voting by personal appearance.

NRS 293.3564. Permanent polling places for early voting.

NRS 293.3568. Period for early voting; hours for permanent polling places.

NRS 293.3572. Temporary branch polling places: Authority of county clerk to establish; hours during which voting may be conducted; legal rights and remedies of property owners or lessors not affected by presence of polling places.

NRS 293.3576. Schedule of locations and times for early voting.

NRS 293.358. Appointment of deputy clerks.

NRS 293.3583. Mechanical recording devices: Preparation before polls open each day.

NRS 293.3585. Procedure for voting.

NRS 293.3594. Security precautions.

NRS 293.3604. Mechanical recording devices: Duties of election board at close of each voting day; duties of ballot board for early voting and county clerk at close of last voting day.

NRS 293.3606. Returns; secrecy of ballots; disseminating information about count of returns before polls close prohibited; penalty.

NRS 293.3608. County clerk to ensure that mechanical recording devices used for early voting provide record of number of votes; delivery of records and other items to central counting place.

NRS 293.361. Electioneering prohibited near polling place; penalty.

RETURNS AND CANVASS

NRS 293.3625. Record made by county clerk of receipt at central counting place of sealed container used to transport official ballots.

NRS 293.363. Preparation by counting board to count paper ballots.

NRS 293.365. Accounting of all ballots required before count begun.

NRS 293.367. Rejection of ballot; regulations for counting ballots.

NRS 293.3673. Errors in information on certain form not grounds for rejection of absent ballot.

NRS 293.3677. Standards for counting votes; regulations.

NRS 293.368. Counting of votes cast for deceased candidate.

NRS 293.370. Procedure for completion of tally lists.

NRS 293.373. Duties of officers of counting board after ballots counted if paper ballots used.

NRS 293.383. Posting of copies of result of votes cast.

NRS 293.384. Initial withdrawal of absent ballots from ballot boxes; verification of proper number of absent ballots; procedure for counting.

NRS 293.385. Withdrawal of absent ballots from ballot boxes after initial withdrawal; verification of proper number and counting of absent ballots; reporting results of count; disseminating information about count before polls close prohibited; penalty.

NRS 293.387. Canvass of returns; abstract of votes.

NRS 293.388. Abstract of votes: Transmission to public libraries or posting upon website.

NRS 293.389. Inclusion of inactive voters in reports of votes prohibited.

NRS 293.391. Disposition and inspection of ballots, lists, records and stubs of voted ballots after canvass by county commissioners.

NRS 293.393. Preparation of abstracts of votes cast at general election or other statewide election; certificates of election.

NRS 293.395. Transmission of copy of certified abstract of votes and mechanized report to Secretary of State; canvass of vote by justices of Supreme Court; Governor to grant certificates of election and issue proclamations.

NRS 293.397. Prohibitions against withholding certificate of election or commission.

TIES, RECOUNTS AND CONTESTS

NRS 293.400. Determination of winner if tie vote; recounts.

NRS 293.403. Recount of vote: Demand; advance deposit of costs.

NRS 293.404. Employment and duties of recount board; persons present; count of ballots; recounts affecting more than one county; regulations.

NRS 293.405. Costs of recount; commencement and completion of recount; limitation on additional recount.

NRS 293.407. Filing of written statement of contest with clerk of district court; verification. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 293.407. Filing of written statement of contest with clerk of district court; verification. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 293.410. Dismissal of statement of contest; grounds for contest.

NRS 293.413. Time for filing statement of contest; precedence of election contest; referral to special master.

NRS 293.415. Depositions in election contests; trial and submission of matter.

NRS 293.417. Judgment of court in election contest.

NRS 293.420. Court costs.

NRS 293.423. Recount of ballots at hearing of contest.

NRS 293.425. Contest of general election for office of State Legislator: Statement of contest and other documents and materials to be filed with Secretary of State; ability of contestant to amend statement of contest; list of witnesses; depositions, investigation and presentation of evidence.

NRS 293.427. Contest of general election for office of State Legislator: Seating of candidate with highest number of votes; withdrawal of statement of contest; hearing and deciding of contest by appropriate house of Legislature; certificates of election; remedy.

NRS 293.430. Contest of general election for office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor or justice of Supreme Court: Filing of documents and other evidence with Secretary of State; seating of candidate; duties of Secretary of State and Legislature; withdrawal of contest. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 293.430. Contest of general election for office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, justice of Supreme Court or judge of Court of Appeals: Filing of documents and other evidence with Secretary of State; seating of candidate; duties of Secretary of State and Legislature; withdrawal of contest. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 293.433. Decision of contest for office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor or justice of Supreme Court by Senate and Assembly in joint session.

NRS 293.435. Certificate of election delivered after decision.

ELECTION EXPENSES

NRS 293.437. Designation of polling places.

NRS 293.440. List of persons registered to vote in precinct, district or county: Distribution of copies; contents; limitation on printing costs; request for and use by committees of political parties; fees.

NRS 293.442. Election Account: Creation; deposit of money in Account; disposition of interest and income; authority of Secretary of State to disburse, expend and receive money; payment of claims.

NRS 293.443. Election expenses.

NRS 293.445. Expenses for assistants to county or city clerk.

NRS 293.446. Compensation of officer of election board for delivery of election returns to county or city clerk.

NRS 293.460. Compensation of officers of election board, deputy sheriffs and other employees.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

NRS 293.462. Construction of containers used to transport official ballots.

NRS 293.463. Employees may absent themselves from employment to vote: Procedure; penalty.

NRS 293.464. Court-ordered extension of deadline for voting.

NRS 293.465. Loss or destruction of ballots, or other cause preventing election in precinct or district; new election.

NRS 293.468. Secretary of State to provide election materials in usable format for persons who are elderly or disabled.

NRS 293.4685. Certain additional duties of Secretary of State; county and city clerks to provide information requested by Secretary of State.

NRS 293.4687. Website maintained by Secretary of State for public information relating to elections; requirements.

NRS 293.4689. Website maintained by county clerk for public information relating to elections; requirements.

NRS 293.469. County clerks encouraged to provide election information and materials in usable format for persons who are elderly or disabled.

NRS 293.4695. County clerks required to collect and report certain information concerning election processes; Secretary of State to solicit and collect voter comments regarding election processes; report to Legislature.

NRS 293.471. Address of business that receives or distributes mail to be provided to county clerk.

NRS 293.480. Limitation on inspection of ballots after return to county or city clerk.

NRS 293.481. Governing body of political subdivision, public or quasi-public corporation, or other local agency submitting question to voters required to submit certain documents and information to county and city clerks; fee to cover cost of placing question and associated information on ballot.

NRS 293.4815. Transmission of question to be presented to voters to Secretary of State.

NRS 293.482. Advisory questions: Submission to voters by certain governmental entities; prerequisites to placement on ballot; description of anticipated financial effect; appearance on sample ballot; preparation of sample questions.

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS; REGISTRARS

NRS 293.485. Qualification of voter: Citizenship, age and residence.

NRS 293.486. Determination of address at which voter actually resides.

NRS 293.487. When residence not gained or lost.

NRS 293.490. Residence not lost upon removal from county or precinct.

NRS 293.493. Loss of residence upon removal to another state, territory or foreign country.

NRS 293.495. Presumption of intention to abandon residence.

NRS 293.497. Residence of head of family.

NRS 293.500. Loss of residence upon removal from State with intention to remain elsewhere for indefinite time.

NRS 293.5002. Registration of person with fictitious address: Form of application; maintenance of application by Secretary of State and county clerk.

NRS 293.502. Registration of certain persons recently discharged from Armed Forces or separated from employment outside of the United States; registration of spouses and dependents of such persons.

NRS 293.503. County clerk is ex officio county registrar; custody of documents relating to registration; official records of office of county clerk; maintenance of records; time limitation on program to remove names of ineligible persons; availability of records for public inspection; confidential information.

NRS 293.5035. Designation by county clerk of building owned or leased by county as county facility at which electors may register to vote.

NRS 293.504. Voter registration agencies: Creation; duties; duty of Secretary of State to cooperate with Secretary of Defense to allow persons to register at military recruitment offices.

NRS 293.5045. Voter registration agencies: Prohibited acts; penalties.

NRS 293.505. Appointment, powers and duties of field registrars; prohibited acts of field registrars, clerks, employees of voter registration agencies or persons assisting voters; penalty.

NRS 293.5055. Registration of voter outside boundaries of county.

NRS 293.5057. Registration of nonresident to vote for office of President and Vice President.

NRS 293.506. County clerk authorized to establish system for registration of voters by computer; requirements.

NRS 293.507. Forms for application to register to vote and affidavit concerning lack of certain identification; requirements for forms; use of certain numbers to identify voter; regulations.

NRS 293.508. Forms for application to register to vote must include option to receive sample ballot in larger type.

NRS 293.509. County clerk authorized to provide form for application to register to vote upon request; requirements for request; records to be kept by county clerk in response to request.

NRS 293.510. Election board register; registrar of voters’ register.

NRS 293.511. Register kept by computer to include all information in original applications to register to vote.

NRS 293.513. Elector may register for other elections despite closing of registration for impending election.

NRS 293.517. Authorized methods of registration of elector; requirements for application; change of name; issuance of voter registration card; objection to application to register to vote by county clerk under certain circumstances.

NRS 293.518. Elector to indicate affiliation or nonaffiliation with political party at time of voting; duties of county clerk or field registrar of voters in listing elector’s affiliation or lack thereof; elector’s party to be listed as “nonpartisan” if elector makes no indication.

NRS 293.520. Registration or reregistration of elector who is unable to sign name.

NRS 293.523. Registration of naturalized citizen.

NRS 293.5235. Registration of voters by mail or computer; penalty; regulations.

NRS 293.5237. Registration of person at home by field registrar.

NRS 293.524. Registration at time of application for issuance or renewal of driver’s license or identification card; use of forms submitted to Department of Motor Vehicles to correct information in registrar of voters’ register; regulations.

NRS 293.525. Vote after residence changed but registration not transferred; affirmation by elector; use of information regarding current address to correct registrar of voters’ register.

NRS 293.527. Notice of cancellation of registration when elector moves to another county.

NRS 293.530. Correction of statewide voter registration list; authority of county clerk to make investigations; county clerk to cancel registration of voter under certain circumstances; maintenance of records regarding notices of cancellation; designation of voter as inactive; regulations.

NRS 293.5303. Data concerning change of address of registered voter: Agreement with United States Postal Service or other authorized person for use of data by county clerk.

NRS 293.5307. Data concerning change of address of registered voter: Identification of registered voter who has moved; notices to registered voter.

NRS 293.533. Action to compel registration.

NRS 293.535. Cancellation of registration: Affidavit of person stating elector is not citizen of United States or has abandoned residence in county; notice to registrant.

NRS 293.537. Applications to register to vote of electors who have cancelled registration: Preservation; microfilming; destruction; reinstatement if cancelled erroneously.

NRS 293.540. Circumstances in which county clerk is required to cancel registration of voter.

NRS 293.541. Additional circumstances in which county clerk is required to cancel registration of voter; notice to voter; exception to notice requirement if insufficient time exists before election; voting after execution of affidavit of cancellation; separation of ballots.

NRS 293.5415. Circumstances in which person adjudicated mentally incompetent declared ineligible to vote; certain judicial findings required.

NRS 293.542. Duty of court to provide notification of judicial finding that person lacks mental capacity to vote.

NRS 293.543. Reregistration after cancellation of registration.

NRS 293.547. Written challenges.

NRS 293.548. Withdrawal of written challenge or affidavit.

NRS 293.550. Registration of electors enlisted or inducted into Armed Forces of the United States: Appearance before county clerk or field registrar.

NRS 293.553. Registration of electors in service of United States or attending school.

NRS 293.555. Registration of spouse or dependent of elector who is in service of United States.

NRS 293.557. Publication of list of registered voters.

NRS 293.558. Disclosure of identification numbers to public; county clerk prohibited from disclosing social security number, driver’s license number or identification card number; registered voter may request that address and telephone number be withheld from public.

NRS 293.560. Close of registration; exception; office of county clerk to be open certain hours during last days before registration closes; publication of day and time registration closes; offices of county clerk, certain county facilities and ex officio registrars allowed to be open on last Friday of October in even-numbered years; elector required to register to vote in person or by computer during certain period; hours of operation for county facility for voter registration.

NRS 293.563. Election board register of precinct or district: Preparation; delivery.

NRS 293.565. Sample ballots: Contents; mailing; printing of text of constitutional amendments; notice of location of polling place; notice if location of polling place changed; cost of mailing responsibility of political subdivision.

NRS 293.567. Number of registered voters in county to be transmitted by county clerk to Secretary of State before primary and general elections.

STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION LIST

NRS 293.675. Establishment and maintenance of list; requirements pertaining to list; duties of county and city clerks; cooperative agreement with Department of Motor Vehicles; verification of information in conjunction with Social Security Administration; agreements with state agencies to obtain information necessary for list; information may be requested from or provided to chief election officers of other states.

UNLAWFUL ACTS AND PENALTIES

NRS 293.700. Bribery of elector.

NRS 293.710. Intimidation of voters.

NRS 293.720. Suppression of or failure to file nomination paper by public officer.

NRS 293.730. Interfering with conduct of election; unauthorized delivery, receipt, identification, display or removal of ballot.

NRS 293.740. Soliciting votes and electioneering inside polling place or within certain distance from polling place prohibited; penalty.

NRS 293.750. Removal or destruction of election supplies or equipment.

NRS 293.755. Tampering or interfering with certain election equipment or computer programs used to count ballots; report of violation to district attorney.

NRS 293.760. Alteration, defacement or removal of posted results of votes cast.

NRS 293.770. Refusal of person sworn by election board to answer questions.

NRS 293.775. Voting by person who knows he or she is not qualified elector; voting using name of another person.

NRS 293.780. Voting more than once at same election.

NRS 293.790. Offer to vote by person whose vote has been rejected.

NRS 293.800. Acts concerning registration of voters; violations of laws governing elections; crimes by public officers.

NRS 293.805. Compensation for registration of voters based upon number of voters or voters of a particular party registered.

NRS 293.810. Registration in more than one county at one time.

NRS 293.820. Solicitation of contribution for political organization without prior approval or charter.

NRS 293.830. Betting on election.

NRS 293.840. Civil penalty.

APPENDIX JUDICIALLY APPROVED PETITION DISTRICTS BASED ON 2010 CENSUS (Effective October 27, 2011, and until the Legislature takes further action regarding apportionment of the Congressional Districts that constitute the petition districts)