NRS 293C.304 – “Sufficient written notice” defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

As used in NRS 293C.304 to 293C.340, inclusive, “sufficient written notice” means a: 1. Written request for an absent ballot that is signed by the registered voter and returned to the city clerk in person or by approved electronic transmission; 2. Form prescribed by the Secretary of State that is completed and signed by the […]

NRS 293C.305 – Absent ballots: Preparation; reasonable accommodations for use by persons who are elderly or disabled; time for distribution; mootness of untimely legal actions which would prevent distribution. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. The city clerk shall prepare an absent ballot for the use of registered voters who have requested absent ballots. The city clerk shall make reasonable accommodations for the use of the absent ballot by a person who is elderly or disabled, including, without limitation, by providing, upon request, the absent ballot in 12-point type […]

NRS 293C.306 – Distribution of forms to request absent ballot. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. A person who, during the 6 months immediately preceding an election, distributes to more than a total of 500 registered voters a form to request an absent ballot for the election shall: (a) Distribute the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, which must, in 14-point type or larger at the top of the […]

NRS 293C.307 – Request and receipt of absent ballot allows voting only by absent ballot; exception; city clerk to notify election board if absent ballot issued. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.330 and chapter 293D of NRS, a registered voter who requests and receives an absent ballot may vote only by absent ballot at the election for which the absent ballot was issued. 2. If a registered voter has requested an absent ballot and the absent ballot has been […]

NRS 293C.310 – General procedure to request absent ballot; elections to which request applies; fraud or coercion in obtaining absent ballot prohibited; penalty. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.502, 293C.265, 293C.317 and 293C.318, a registered voter may request an absent ballot if, before 5 p.m. on the 14th calendar day preceding the election, the registered voter: (a) Provides sufficient written notice to the city clerk; and (b) Has identified himself or herself to the satisfaction of […]

NRS 293C.312 – Request for absent ballot available for public inspection; immunity of city clerk for allowing such inspection. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. Every request for an absent ballot must be made available for public inspection. 2. A city clerk who allows a person to copy information from an application for an absent ballot is immune from any civil or criminal liability for any damage caused by the distribution of that information, unless the city clerk knowingly […]

NRS 293C.317 – Specialized procedure to request absent ballot because of illness, disability or absence under certain circumstances; requirements for issuing, voting and returning such absent ballot. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. Any registered voter who is unable to go to the polls: (a) Because of an illness or disability resulting in confinement in a hospital, sanatorium, dwelling or nursing home; or (b) Because the registered voter is suddenly hospitalized, becomes seriously ill or is called away from home after the time has elapsed for requesting […]

NRS 293C.318 – Specialized procedure to request absent ballot for all elections at which registered voter is eligible to vote; requirements for issuing, voting and returning such absent ballot. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a registered voter who provides sufficient written notice to the city clerk may request that the registered voter receive an absent ballot for all elections at which the registered voter is eligible to vote. The written notice is effective for all elections that are conducted after the […]

NRS 293C.319 – Procedure for timely returning absent ballot; treatment of absent ballot when postmark cannot be determined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, subsection 2 of NRS 293C.322 and NRS 293D.200, absent ballots, including special absent ballots, must be: (a) Delivered by hand to the city clerk before the time set for closing of the polls pursuant to NRS 293C.267; or (b) Mailed to the city clerk and: (1) Postmarked […]

NRS 293C.320 – City clerk to determine if person requesting absent ballot is registered voter. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

The city clerk shall determine before issuing an absent ballot that the person who requested the absent ballot is a registered voter in the proper city. (Added to NRS by 1997, 3432; A 2009, 361; 2011, 1929; 2017, 1367; R 2021, 1266, effective January 1, 2022)

NRS 293C.322 – Delivery of absent ballot and voting supplies; return of absent ballot; recordation of certain information by city clerk; regulations. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and chapter 293D of NRS or for an affected election that is subject to the provisions of NRS 293.8801 to 293.8887, inclusive, if the request for an absent ballot is made by mail or approved electronic transmission, the city clerk shall, as soon as the absent ballot […]

NRS 293C.325 – Duties of city clerk upon return of absent ballots: Procedure for checking signature; safeguarding and delivery of absent ballots for counting; procedure for contacting voter to remedy certain defects in returned absent ballot. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293D.200, when an absent ballot is returned by or on behalf of an absent voter to the city clerk through the mail, by facsimile machine or other approved electronic transmission or in person, and a record of its return is made in the absent ballot record for the […]

NRS 293C.327 – Voting absent ballot in person in city clerk’s office. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. If: (a) A request for an absent ballot is made by a registered voter in person; and (b) The governing body of the city, pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 293C.110, has provided for voting by absent ballot in person, the city clerk shall issue an absent ballot to the registered […]

NRS 293C.328 – Electioneering prohibited near city clerk’s office during period office maintained for voting absent ballot in person; penalty. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. During the period specified in subsection 2 of NRS 293C.327 when the city clerk’s office is maintained with suitable equipment for voting an absent ballot in person: (a) A person may not electioneer for or against any candidate, measure or political party in or within 100 feet from the entrance to the city clerk’s […]

NRS 293C.329 – Unlawful to mark and sign absent ballot on behalf of voter or assist voter to mark and sign absent ballot; exceptions. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 293C.317, a person shall not mark and sign an absent ballot on behalf of an absent voter or assist an absent voter to mark and sign an absent ballot pursuant to NRS 293C.304 to 293C.340, inclusive. 2. At the direction of an absent voter who […]

NRS 293C.330 – Procedure for voting by absent ballot; procedure for voting in person after absent ballot requested; persons authorized to return absent ballot; unlawful acts relating to return of absent ballot; penalty. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, subsection 2 of NRS 293C.322, NRS 293C.329 and chapter 293D of NRS, in order to vote an absent ballot, the absent voter must, in accordance with the instructions: (a) Mark and fold the absent ballot; (b) Deposit the absent ballot in the return envelope and seal the […]

NRS 293C.332 – Procedure for depositing absent ballots in ballot box; period for counting of absent ballots. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293D.200, on the day of an election, the election boards receiving the absent ballots from the city clerk shall, in the presence of a majority of the election board officers, remove the absent ballots from the ballot box and the containers in which the absent ballots were transported […]

NRS 293C.335 – Empty envelopes and rejected absent ballots to be returned to city clerk. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

When all absent ballots delivered to the election boards have been voted or rejected, except as otherwise provided in NRS 293D.200, the empty envelopes and the envelopes and approved electronic transmissions containing rejected ballots must be returned to the city clerk. On all envelopes and approved electronic transmissions containing the rejected ballots the cause of […]

NRS 293C.340 – Duty of city clerk to provide ballot box for each ballot listing if absent ballot central counting board appointed; deposit of voted ballots. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]

1. In cities in which an absent ballot central counting board is appointed, the city clerk shall provide a ballot box in the city clerk’s office for each different ballot listing in the city. 2. On each box there must appear a statement indicating the precincts and district for which the box has been designated. […]