1. The primary election must be held on the second Tuesday in June of each even-numbered year. 2. Candidates for partisan office of a major political party and candidates for nonpartisan office must be nominated at the primary election. 3. Candidates for partisan office of a minor political party must be nominated in the manner […]
1. In addition to any other requirement provided by law, no person may be a candidate for any office unless, for at least the 30 days immediately preceding the date of the close of filing of declarations of candidacy for the office which the person seeks, the person has, in accordance with NRS 281.050, actually, […]
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, no person may be a candidate of a major political party for partisan office in any election if the person has changed: (a) The designation of his or her political party affiliation; or (b) His or her designation of political party from nonpartisan to a designation of […]
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.165 and 293.166, a name may not be printed on a ballot to be used at a primary election unless the person named has filed a declaration of candidacy with the appropriate filing officer and paid the filing fee required by NRS 293.193 not earlier than: (a) For […]
1. A candidate for the office of State Senator, Assemblyman or Assemblywoman must execute and file, with his or her declaration of candidacy, a declaration of residency which must be in substantially the following form: I, the undersigned, do swear or affirm under penalty of perjury that I have been a citizen resident of this […]
1. After a person files a declaration of candidacy to be a candidate for an office, and not later than 5 days after the last day the person may withdraw his or her candidacy pursuant to NRS 293.202, an elector may file with the filing officer for the office a written challenge of the person […]
1. In addition to any other remedy or penalty provided by law, if a person knowingly and willfully files a declaration of candidacy which contains a false statement: (a) The name of the person must not appear on any ballot for the election for which the person filed the declaration of candidacy, except that if […]
A declaration of candidacy must be filed with the appropriate filing officer, during regular office hours, as follows: 1. For United States Senator, Representative in Congress, statewide offices, State Senators, Assemblymen and Assemblywomen to be elected from districts comprising more than one county, and all other offices whose districts comprise more than one county, with […]
The Secretary of State and each county clerk, or the registrar of voters of the county if one was appointed pursuant to NRS 244.164, or city clerk who receives from a candidate for public office a declaration of candidacy shall give to the candidate: 1. If the candidate is a candidate for judicial office, the […]
1. Not later than 5 working days after the last day on which a candidate for nonjudicial office may withdraw his or her candidacy pursuant to NRS 293.202: (a) The Secretary of State shall forward to each county clerk a certified list containing the name and mailing address of each person for whom candidacy papers […]
Not later than 15 days after the primary election at which candidates are nominated for any public office: 1. The Secretary of State shall certify to each county clerk the name of each person nominated and the title of the office for which he or she is nominated for all candidates required to file declarations, […]
1. Fees as listed in this section for filing declarations of candidacy must be paid to the filing officer by cash, cashier’s check or certified check. United States Senator……………………………………………………………………………… $500 Representative in Congress……………………………………………………………………….. 300 Governor…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 300 Justice of the Supreme Court…………………………………………………………………….. 300 Any state office, other than Governor or justice of the Supreme Court……. 200 […]
The filing fee of an independent candidate who files a petition pursuant to NRS 293.200 or 298.109, of a candidate of a minor political party or of a candidate of a new major political party, must be returned to the candidate by the filing officer to whom the fee was paid within 10 days after […]
1. Judicial offices, school offices, the office of county sheriff, the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada, city and town officers, the office of constable, the State Board of Education and members of boards of hospital trustees of public hospitals are hereby designated nonpartisan offices. 2. No words designating the party affiliation of […]
For purposes of elections only, the Secretary of State shall establish designations which separately identify each office of justice of the Supreme Court. Before any person is allowed to file a declaration of candidacy for the office of justice of the Supreme Court, the person shall designate the particular office for which he or she […]
For the purposes of elections only, the Secretary of State shall establish designations which separately identify each office of judge of the Court of Appeals. Before any person is allowed to file a declaration of candidacy for the office of judge of the Court of Appeals, the person shall designate the particular office for which […]
1. In any judicial district that has more than one district judge, each department is a separate office for the purposes of nominating and electing the district judge of that department. 2. In any judicial district that includes a county whose population is 100,000 or more: (a) The departments of the family division of the […]
In any township which has more than one justice of the peace, each department is a separate office for the purposes of nominating and electing the justice of the peace of that department. (Added to NRS by 1979, 262)
1. An independent candidate for partisan office must file with the appropriate filing officer as set forth in NRS 293.185: (a) A copy of the petition of candidacy that he or she intends to subsequently circulate for signatures. The copy must be filed not earlier than the January 2 preceding the date of the election […]
1. A withdrawal of candidacy for office must be in writing and must be presented by the candidate in person, within 7 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after the last day for filing, to the officer whose duty it is to receive filings for candidacy for that office. If the withdrawal of candidacy is […]
