3-8 holidays, after the submission of a petition containing signatures which are

3-9 required to be verified pursuant to NRS 293.128, 293.165, 293.172,

3-10 293.200, 295.056, 298.109 [or 306.035,] , 306.035 or 306.110, the county

3-11 clerk shall determine the total number of signatures affixed to the

3-12 documents and forward that information to the secretary of state.

3-13 2. If the secretary of state finds that the total number of signatures filed

3-14 with all the county clerks is less than 100 percent of the required number of

3-15 registered voters, he shall so notify the person who submitted the petition

3-16 and the county clerks and no further action may be taken in regard to the

3-17 petition. If the petition is a petition to recall a county, district or municipal

3-18 officer, the secretary of state shall also notify the officer with whom the

3-19 petition is to be filed.

3-20 3. After the petition is submitted to the county clerk it must not be

3-21 handled by any other person except by an employee of the county clerk’s

3-25 signatures submitted to all the county clerks is 100 percent or more of the

3-26 number of registered voters needed to declare the petition sufficient, he

3-27 shall immediately so notify the county clerks. Within 9 days excluding

3-28 Saturdays, Sundays and holidays after notification, each of the county

3-29 clerks shall determine the number of registered voters who have signed the

3-30 documents submitted in his county.

3-31 2. If more than 500 names have been signed on the documents

3-32 submitted to him, a county clerk shall examine the signatures by sampling

3-33 them at random for verification. The random sample of signatures to be

3-34 verified must be drawn in such a manner that every signature which has

3-35 been submitted to the county clerk is given an equal opportunity to be

3-36 included in the sample. The sample must include an examination of at least

3-37 500 or 5 percent of the signatures, whichever is greater.

3-38 3. In determining from the records of registration the number of

3-39 registered voters who signed the documents, the county clerk may use the

3-40 signatures contained in the file of applications to register to vote. If the

3-41 county clerk uses that file, he shall ensure that every application in the file

3-42 is examined, including any application in his possession which may not yet

4-23 signatures filed is 90 percent or more but less than 100 percent of the

4-24 number of signatures of registered voters needed to declare the petition

4-25 sufficient, the secretary of state shall order the county clerks to examine the

4-26 signatures for verification. The county clerks [must] shall examine the

4-27 signatures for verification until they determine that 100 percent of the

4-28 number of signatures of registered voters needed to declare the petition

4-29 sufficient are valid.

4-30 2. If the statistical sampling shows that the number of valid signatures

4-31 filed in any county is 90 percent or more but less than 100 percent of the

4-32 number of signatures of registered voters needed to constitute 10 percent of

4-33 the number of voters who voted at the last preceding general election in that

4-34 county, the secretary of state may order the county clerk in that county to

4-35 examine every signature for verification.

4-36 3. Within 12 days excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays after

4-37 receipt of such an order, the clerk shall determine from the records of

4-38 registration what number of registered voters have signed the petition. If

4-39 necessary, the board of county commissioners shall allow the county clerk

4-40 additional assistants for examining the signatures and provide for their

4-41 compensation. In determining from the records of registration what number

4-42 of registered voters have signed the petition, the clerk may use any file or

5-26 occurring in a major or minor political party nomination for office may be

5-27 filled by a candidate designated by the party central committee of the

5-28 county or state, as the case may be, subject to the provisions of subsections

5-29 4 and 5.

5-30 2. A vacancy occurring in a nonpartisan nomination after the close of

5-31 filing and on or before the [first] second Tuesday in [September] August

5-32 must be filled by filing a nominating petition that is signed by [at least]

5-33 registered voters of the state, county, district or municipality who may

5-34 vote for the office in question. The number of registered voters who sign

5-35 the petition must not be less than 1 percent of the number of persons [who

5-36 are registered to vote and] who voted for the office in question in the state,

5-37 county, district or municipality at the last preceding general election. The

5-38 petition must be filed not earlier than the first Tuesday in June and not later

5-39 than the [third] fourth Tuesday in [September.] August. The petition may

5-40 consist of more than one document. Each document must bear the name

5-41 of one county and must not be signed by a person who is not a registered

5-42 voter of that county. Each document of the petition must be submitted for

6-23 of state senator or assemblyman from a legislative district comprising more

6-24 than one county may be filled as follows, subject to the provisions of

6-25 subsections 2 and 3. The county commissioners of each county , all or part

6-26 of which is included within the legislative district, shall meet to appoint a

6-27 person who is of the same political party as the former nominee and who

6-28 actually, as opposed to constructively, resides in the district to fill the

6-29 vacancy, under the chairmanship of the chairman of the board of county

6-30 commissioners of the county whose population residing within the district

6-31 is the greatest. Each board of county commissioners shall first meet

6-32 separately and determine the single candidate it will nominate to fill the

6-33 vacancy. Then , the boards shall meet jointly and the chairmen on behalf of

6-34 the boards shall cast a proportionate number of votes according to the

6-35 percent, rounded to the nearest whole percent, which the population of its

6-36 county is of the population of the entire district. Populations must be

6-37 determined by the last decennial census or special census conducted by the

6-38 Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce. The

6-39 person who receives a plurality of these votes is appointed to fill the

6-40 vacancy. If no person receives a plurality of the votes, the boards of county

6-41 commissioners of the respective counties shall each as a group select one

6-42 candidate, and the nominee must be chosen by drawing lots among the

7-28 may not be printed on a ballot to be used at a primary election unless the

7-29 person named has filed a declaration of candidacy or an acceptance of

7-30 candidacy, and paid the fee required by NRS 293.193 not earlier than the

7-31 first Monday in May of the year in which the election is to be held nor later

7-32 than 5 p.m. on the third Monday in May.

7-33 2. A declaration of candidacy or an acceptance of candidacy required

7-34 to be filed by this section must be in substantially the following form:

7-35 (a) For partisan office:

7-36 Declaration of Candidacy of ........ for the

7-37 Office of ................

7-38 State of Nevada

7-39 County of

10-14 must execute and file with his declaration of candidacy or acceptance of

10-15 candidacy a declaration of residency which must be in substantially the

10-16 following form:

10-17 I, the undersigned , do swear or affirm under penalty of perjury that

10-18 I have been a citizen resident of this state as required by NRS

10-19 218.010 and have actually, as opposed to constructively, resided

10-20 [or intend to reside] at the following residence or residences [during

10-21 the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the general

10-22 election for the office for which I have filed.] since November 1 of

10-23 the preceding year:

10-24

10-25 Street Address Street Address

10-26

10-27 City or Town City or Town

10-28

10-29 State State

10-30 From To From To

10-31 Dates of Residency Dates of Residency

10-32

10-33 Street Address Street Address

10-34

10-35 City or Town City or Town

10-36

10-37 State State

10-38 From To From To

10-39 Dates of Residency Dates of Residency

11-11 with the proper filing officer:

11-12 (a) A copy of the petition of candidacy that he intends to circulate for

11-13 signatures. The copy must be filed before the petition may be circulated.

11-14 (b) [A] If the office is a statewide office, a petition of candidacy signed

11-15 by a number of registered voters equal to at least 1 percent of the total

11-16 number of ballots cast in the state [or in the county or district electing that

11-17 officer] for that office at the last preceding general election in which a

11-18 person was elected to that office.

11-19 (c) If the office is a county office, a petition of candidacy signed by a

11-20 number of registered voters equal to at least 1 percent of the total number

11-21 of ballots cast in the county for that office at the last preceding general

11-22 election in which a person was elected to that office.

11-23 (d) If the office is a district office, a petition of candidacy signed by a

11-24 number of registered voters equal to at least 1 percent of the total number

11-25 of ballots cast in the district for that office at the last preceding general

11-26 election in which a person was elected to that office.

11-27 2. The petition may consist of more than one document. Each

11-28 document must bear the name of the county in which it was circulated and

11-29 only registered voters of that county may sign the document. The person

11-30 who circulates the document must be a registered voter of that county. If

11-31 the office is a district office, only the registered voters of that district may

11-32 sign the document. The documents which are circulated for signature in a

11-33 county must be submitted to that county clerk for verification in the manner

11-34 prescribed in NRS 293.1276 to 293.1279, inclusive, not later than 40 days

11-35 before filing the petition of candidacy with the proper filing officer. Each

11-36 signer shall add to his signature the address of the place at which he

11-37 actually resides, the date that he signs the petition and the name of the

11-38 county where he is registered to vote for the purpose of determining

11-39 whether he is a registered voter. The person who circulates each document

11-40 of the petition shall sign an affidavit attesting that the signatures on the

11-41 document are genuine to the best of his knowledge and belief and were

11-42 signed in his presence by persons registered to vote in that county.

11-43 3. The petition of candidacy may state the principle, if any, which the

12-26 who registered to vote pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.5235, shall,

12-27 for the first election in which he votes at which that registration is valid,

12-28 vote in person unless he has previously voted in the county in which he is

12-29 registered to vote.

12-30 2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to a person who:

12-31 (a) Is entitled to vote in the manner prescribed in NRS 293.343 to

12-32 293.355, inclusive;

12-33 (b) Is entitled to vote an absent ballot pursuant to federal law or section

12-34 2 of this act or NRS 293.316;

12-35 (c) Submits or has previously submitted a written request for an absent

12-36 ballot that is signed by the registered voter before a notary public or other

12-37 person authorized to administer an oath; or

12-41 disability or an inability to read or write English is unable to mark a ballot

12-42 or use any voting device without assistance is entitled to assistance from a

13-20 ballot for the use of registered voters who have requested absent ballots.

13-21 The county clerk shall make reasonable accommodations for the use of

13-22 the absent ballot by an elderly or disabled person.

13-23 2. The ballot must be prepared and ready for distribution to a

13-24 registered voter who:

13-25 (a) Resides within the state, not later than 20 days before the election in

13-26 which it is to be used; or

13-27 (b) Resides outside the state, not later than 40 days before a primary or

13-28 general election, if possible.

13-29 3. Any legal action which would prevent the ballot from being issued

15-7 and fold it, if it is a paper ballot, or punch it, if the ballot is voted by

15-8 punching a card, in accordance with the instructions, deposit it in the return

15-9 envelope, seal the envelope, affix his signature on the back of the envelope

15-10 in the space provided therefor and mail the return envelope.

15-11 2. If the absent voter who has received a ballot by mail applies to vote

15-12 the ballot in person at:

15-13 (a) The county clerk’s office, he must mark or punch the ballot, seal it in

15-14 the return envelope and affix his signature in the same manner as provided

15-15 in subsection 1, and deliver the envelope to the clerk.

15-16 (b) A polling place, he must surrender the absent ballot and provide

15-17 satisfactory identification before being issued a ballot to vote at the polling

15-18 place. A person who receives a surrendered absent ballot shall mark it

15-19 "Canceled."

15-20 3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.316, it is unlawful for any

15-21 person to return an absent ballot other than the voter who requested [an]

15-22 the absent ballot [to return it.] or, at the request of the voter, a member of

15-23 his family. A person who returns an absent ballot and who is a member

15-24 of the family of the voter who requested the absent ballot shall, under

15-25 penalty of perjury, indicate on a form prescribed by the county clerk that

15-26 he is a member of the family of the voter who requested the absent ballot

15-27 and that the voter requested that he return the absent ballot. A person

15-28 who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a category E

15-32 which are paper ballots or ballots which are voted by punching a card are

15-33 deposited must have two [locks, each with a different key] numbered seals,

15-34 and must be designed and constructed so that the box can be sealed to

15-35 detect any unauthorized opening of the box and that the ballot slot can be

15-36 sealed to prevent any unauthorized deposit in the box. The seals for the

15-37 boxes must be serially numbered for each election.

15-38 [2. During the period for early voting by personal appearance, the

15-39 county clerk shall keep the key to one of the locks to the ballot box for

15-40 early voting and a designated custodian, not under the authority of the

15-41 county clerk, shall keep the key to the second lock.

15-42 3. Each custodian shall retain possession of the key entrusted to him

16-3 card are used during the period for early voting by personal appearance:

16-4 1. The ballots voted at the permanent or temporary polling place must

16-5 be delivered by an election board officer to the county clerk’s office at the

16-6 close of each voting day. The seal on the ballot box must indicate the

16-7 number of voted ballots contained in that box for that day.

16-8 2. When the ballot box is delivered pursuant to subsection 1, the

16-9 county clerk shall provide a new ballot box [locked] sealed in the manner

16-10 prescribed in NRS 293.359.

16-11 3. At the close of the fourth voting day before the last day to vote early

16-12 and at the close of each of the 3 days thereafter, the county clerk shall

16-13 deliver all ballots voted to the ballot board for early voting. At the close of

16-14 the last voting day, the county clerk shall deliver to the ballot board for

16-15 early voting:

16-16 (a) Each remaining ballot box containing the ballots voted early by

16-17 personal appearance ; [and his key to each box;]

16-18 (b) A voting roster of all persons who voted early by personal

16-19 appearance; and

16-20 (c) Any list of registered voters used in conducting early voting.

16-21 4. [Upon the call of the chairmen of the board, the custodian of the key

16-22 to the second lock on the ballot boxes shall deliver his key for each box to

16-23 the presiding officer.

16-24 5.] Upon the receipt of ballots, the board shall:

16-25 (a) Remove all ballots from the ballot boxes and sort the ballots by

16-26 precinct or voting district;

16-27 (b) Count the number of ballots by precinct or voting district;

16-28 (c) Account for all ballots on an official statement of ballots; and

16-29 (d) Place all official ballots in the container provided to transport those

16-30 items to a central counting place and seal the container with a numbered

16-31 seal. The official statement of ballots must accompany the voted ballots to

16-32 the central counting place.

16-33 [6.] 5. The county clerk shall allow members of the general public to

16-34 observe the handling of the ballots pursuant to subsection [5] 4 if those

16-38 [unused ballots,] tally lists, pollbooks, challenge lists, voting receipts,

16-39 records printed on paper of voted ballots collected pursuant to NRS

16-40 293B.400 and stubs of the ballots used, enclosed and sealed, must, after

16-41 canvass of the votes by the board of county commissioners, be deposited in

16-42 the vaults of the county clerk, and preserved for at least 22 months. All

17-22 of NRS 293.403, the:

17-23 (a) County clerk of each county affected by the recount shall employ a

17-24 recount board to conduct the recount in the county, and shall act as

17-25 chairman of the recount board unless the recount is for the office of county

17-26 clerk, in which case the chairman of the board of county commissioners

17-27 shall act as chairman of the recount board. At least one member of the

17-28 board of county commissioners must be present at the recount.

17-29 (b) City clerk shall employ a recount board to conduct the recount in the

17-30 city, and shall act as chairman of the recount board unless the recount is for

17-31 the office of city clerk, in which case the mayor of the city shall act as

17-32 chairman of the recount board. At least one member of the city council

17-33 must be present at the recount.

17-34 Each candidate for the office affected by the recount and the voter who

17-35 demanded the recount, if any, may be present in person or by an authorized

17-36 representative, but may not be a member of the recount board.

17-37 2. Except in counties or cities using a mechanical voting system, the

17-38 recount must include a count and inspection of all ballots, including

17-39 rejected ballots, and must determine whether those ballots are marked as

17-40 required by law.

17-41 3. If a recount is demanded in a county or city using a mechanical

17-42 voting system, the person who demanded the recount shall select the ballots

18-22 his residence after the last preceding general election and who fails to

18-23 return or never receives a postcard mailed pursuant to NRS 293.5235,

18-24 293.530 [,] or 293.535 who moved:

18-25 (a) From one precinct to another or from one congressional district to

18-26 another within the same county must be allowed to vote in the precinct

18-27 where he previously resided after he provides an oral or written affirmation

18-28 before an election board officer attesting to his new address.

18-29 (b) Within the same precinct must be allowed to vote after he provides

18-30 an oral or written affirmation before an election board officer attesting to

18-31 his new address.

18-32 2. If an elector alleges that the records in the registrar of voters’

18-33 register or the election board register incorrectly indicate that he has

18-34 changed his residence, he must be permitted to vote after he provides an

18-35 oral or written affirmation before an election board officer attesting that he

18-36 continues to reside at the same address.

18-37 3. If an elector refuses to provide an oral or written affirmation

18-38 attesting to his address as required by this section, he may only vote at the

18-39 special polling place in the county in the manner set forth in NRS 293.304.

18-40 4. The county clerk shall use any information regarding the current

18-41 address of an elector obtained pursuant to this section to correct

18-42 information in the registrar of voters’ register and the election board

19-3 before any election, a written challenge may be filed with the county clerk.

19-4 2. A registered voter may file a written challenge if:

19-5 (a) He is registered to vote in the same precinct or district as the person

19-6 whose right to vote is challenged; or

19-7 (b) The challenge is based on the personal knowledge of the registered

19-8 voter.

19-9 3. The challenge must be signed and verified by the registered voter

19-10 and name the person whose right to vote is challenged and the ground of

19-11 the challenge.

19-12 4. A challenge filed pursuant to this section must not contain the name

19-13 of more than one person whose right to vote is challenged. The county

19-14 clerk shall not accept for filing any challenge which contains more than one

19-15 such name.

19-16 5. The county clerk shall file the challenge in the registrar of voters’

19-17 register and:

19-18 (a) In counties where records of registration are not kept by computer,

19-19 he shall attach a copy of the challenge to the challenged registration in the

19-20 election board register.

19-21 (b) In counties where records of registration are kept by computer, he

19-22 shall have the challenge printed on the computer entry for the challenged

19-23 registration and add a copy of it to the election board register.

19-24 6. The county clerk shall, within 5 days after a challenge is filed, mail a

19-25 notice to the person whose right to vote has been challenged pursuant to

19-26 this section informing him of the challenge. A copy of the challenge must

21-5 may not be printed on a ballot to be used at a primary city election, unless

21-6 the person named has filed a declaration of candidacy or an acceptance of

21-7 candidacy and paid the fee established by the governing body of the city

21-8 not earlier than 70 days before the primary city election and not later than 5

21-9 p.m. on the 60th day before the primary city election.

21-10 2. A declaration of candidacy required to be filed by this section must

21-11 be in substantially the following form:

21-12 Declaration of Candidacy of ........ for the

21-13 Office of ................

21-14 State of Nevada

21-15

21-16 City of

21-17 For the purpose of having my name placed on the official ballot as a

21-18 candidate for the office of ................, I, the undersigned ................, do

21-19 swear or affirm under penalty of perjury that I actually, as opposed to

21-20 constructively, reside at ......................, in the City or Town of ................,

21-21 County of .................., State of Nevada; that my actual , as opposed to

21-22 constructive, residence in the city, township or other area prescribed by law

21-23 to which the office pertains began on a date at least 30 days [or more

21-24 before] immediately preceding the date of the close of filing of

21-25 declarations of candidacy for this office; that if nominated as a candidate at

21-26 the ensuing election I will accept the nomination and not withdraw; that I

21-27 will not knowingly violate any election law or any law defining and

21-28 prohibiting corrupt and fraudulent practices in campaigns and elections in

21-29 this state; that I will qualify for the office if elected thereto, including, but

21-30 not limited to, complying with any limitation prescribed by the constitution

21-31 and laws of this state concerning the number of years or terms for which a

21-32 person may hold the office; and my name will appear on all ballots as

21-33 designated in this declaration.

21-34

21-35 (Designation of name)

21-36

21-37 (Signature of candidate for office)

22-25 no person may be a candidate for a city office unless, for at least the 30

22-26 days [before] immediately preceding the date of the close of filing of

22-27 declarations or acceptances of candidacy for the office that he seeks, he has

22-28 [been a legal resident of] in accordance with NRS 281.050, actually, as

22-29 opposed to constructively, resided in the city or other area prescribed by

22-30 law to which the office pertains and, if elected, over which he will have

22-31 jurisdiction or which he will represent.

22-32 2. Any person who knowingly and willfully files a declaration of

22-33 candidacy or an acceptance of candidacy that contains a false statement in

22-34 this respect is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

22-35 3. Any person convicted pursuant to the provisions of this section is

22-36 disqualified from entering upon the duties of the office for which he was a

22-40 who registered to vote pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.5235, shall,

23-14 disability or an inability to read or write English, is unable to mark a ballot

23-15 or use any voting device without assistance is entitled to assistance from a

23-16 consenting person of his own choice, except:

23-17 (a) The voter’s employer or his agent; or

23-18 (b) An officer or agent of the voter’s labor organization.

23-19 2. A person providing assistance pursuant to this section to a

23-20 [disabled] voter in casting his vote shall not disclose any information with

23-21 respect to the casting of that ballot.

23-22 3. The right to assistance in casting a ballot may not be denied or

23-23 impaired when the need for assistance is apparent or is known to the

23-24 election board or any member thereof, but the election board may require a

23-25 registered voter to sign a statement that he requires assistance in casting his

23-26 vote because of a physical disability or an inability to read or write English

23-27 when the need for assistance is not apparent or no member of the election

23-28 board has knowledge thereof. The statement must be executed under

23-29 penalty of perjury.

23-30 4. In addition to complying with the requirements of this section, the

23-31 city clerk and election board officer shall, upon the request of a

23-32 registered voter with a physical disability, make reasonable

23-36 of registered voters who have requested absent ballots. The city clerk shall

23-37 make reasonable accommodations for the use of the absent ballot by an

23-38 elderly or disabled person.

23-39 2. The ballot must be prepared and ready for distribution to a

23-40 registered voter who resides within or outside this state, not later than 20

23-41 days before the election in which it will be used.

23-42 3. Any legal action that would prevent the ballot from being issued

24-3 [because] :

24-4 (a) Because of an illness or disability resulting in his confinement in a

24-5 hospital, sanatorium, dwelling or nursing home [may request in a written

24-6 statement, signed by him, that the city clerk send him an absent ballot. The

24-7 city clerk shall deliver the ballot, at the office of the city clerk, to any

24-8 authorized representative of the voter possessing a written statement signed

24-9 by the voter stating that he is confined to a dwelling or is a patient in a

24-10 hospital, sanatorium or nursing home and that he will be confined therein

24-11 on election day. If any registered voter is] ; or

24-12 (b) Because he is suddenly hospitalized , [or] becomes seriously ill or is

24-13 called away from home after the time has elapsed for requesting an absent

24-14 ballot as provided in NRS 293C.312 [and is unable to vote at the polling

24-15 place, he may apply] ,

24-16 may submit a written request to the city clerk for an absent ballot . The

24-17 request may be submitted at any time before 5 p.m. on the day of the

24-18 election. [The]

24-19 2. If the city clerk determines that a request submitted pursuant to

24-20 subsection 1 includes the information required pursuant to subsection 3,

24-21 the city clerk shall [issue] , at the office of the city clerk, deliver an absent

24-22 ballot [upon satisfactory proof of the emergency.

24-23 2. After] to the person designated in the request to obtain the ballot

24-24 for the registered voter.

24-25 3. A written request submitted pursuant to subsection 1 must include:

24-26 (a) The name, address and signature of the registered voter requesting

24-27 the absent ballot;

24-28 (b) The name, address and signature of the person designated by the

24-29 registered voter to obtain, deliver and return the ballot for the registered

24-30 voter;

24-31 (c) A brief statement of the illness or disability of the registered voter

24-32 or of facts sufficient to establish that the registered voter was called away

24-33 from home after the time had elapsed for requesting an absent ballot;

24-34 (d) If the voter is confined in a hospital, sanatorium, dwelling or

24-35 nursing home, a statement that he will be confined therein on the day of

24-36 the election; and

24-37 (e) Unless the person designated pursuant to paragraph (b) will mark

24-38 and sign an absent ballot on behalf of the registered voter pursuant to

24-39 subsection 5, a statement signed under penalty of perjury that only the

24-40 registered voter will mark and sign the ballot.

24-41 4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, after marking his

24-42 ballot the voter must [place] :

25-17 and fold it, if it is a paper ballot, or punch it, if the ballot is voted by

25-18 punching a card, in accordance with the instructions, deposit it in the return

25-19 envelope, seal the envelope, affix his signature on the back of the envelope

25-20 in the space provided therefor and mail the return envelope.

25-21 2. If the absent voter who has received a ballot by mail applies to vote

25-22 the ballot in person at:

25-23 (a) The city clerk’s office, he must mark or punch the ballot, seal it in

25-24 the return envelope and affix his signature in the same manner as provided

25-25 in subsection 1, and deliver the envelope to the city clerk.

25-26 (b) A polling place, he must surrender the absent ballot and provide

25-27 satisfactory identification before being issued a ballot to vote at the polling

25-28 place. A person who receives a surrendered absent ballot shall mark it

25-29 "Canceled."

25-30 3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.317, it is unlawful for

25-31 any person to return an absent ballot other than the voter who requested

25-32 [an] the absent ballot [to return it.] or, at the request of the voter, a

25-33 member of his family. A person who returns an absent ballot and who is

25-34 a member of the family of the voter who requested the absent ballot shall,

25-35 under penalty of perjury, indicate on a form prescribed by the city clerk

25-36 that he is a member of the family of the voter who requested the absent

25-37 ballot and that the voter requested that he return the absent ballot. A

25-38 person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a category

25-42 which are paper ballots or ballots which are voted by punching a card are

26-13 card are used during the period for early voting by personal appearance:

26-14 1. The ballots voted at the permanent or temporary polling place must

26-15 be delivered by an election board officer to the city clerk’s office at the

26-16 close of each voting day. The seal on the ballot box must indicate the

26-17 number of voted ballots contained in that box for that day.

26-18 2. When the ballot box is delivered pursuant to subsection 1, the city

26-19 clerk shall provide a new ballot box [locked] sealed in the manner

26-20 prescribed in NRS 293C.359.

26-21 3. At the close of the fourth voting day before the last day to vote early

26-22 and at the close of each of the 3 days thereafter, the city clerk shall deliver

26-23 all ballots voted to the ballot board for early voting. At the close of the last

26-24 voting day, the city clerk shall deliver to the ballot board for early voting:

26-25 (a) Each remaining ballot box containing the ballots voted early by

26-26 personal appearance ; [and his key to each box;]

26-27 (b) A voting roster of all persons who voted early by personal

26-28 appearance; and

26-29 (c) Any list of registered voters used in conducting early voting.

26-30 4. [Upon the call of the chairmen of the board, the custodian of the key

26-31 to the second lock on the ballot boxes shall deliver his key for each box to

26-32 the presiding officer.

26-33 5.] Upon the receipt of ballots, the board shall:

26-34 (a) Remove all ballots from the ballot boxes and sort the ballots by

26-35 precinct or voting district;

26-36 (b) Count the number of ballots by precinct or voting district;

26-37 (c) Account for all ballots on an official statement of ballots; and

26-38 (d) Place all official ballots in the container provided to transport those

26-39 items to a central counting place and seal the container with a numbered

26-40 seal. The official statement of ballots must accompany the voted ballots to

27-6 [unused ballots,] tally lists, pollbooks, challenge lists, voting receipts,

27-7 records printed on paper of voted ballots collected pursuant to NRS

27-8 293B.400 and stubs of the ballots used, enclosed and sealed must, after

27-9 canvass of the votes by the governing body of the city, be deposited in the

27-10 vaults of the city clerk and preserved for at least 22 months. All such

27-11 sealed materials must be destroyed immediately after that period. A notice

27-12 of the destruction must be published by the city clerk in at least one

27-13 newspaper of general circulation in the city, or if no newspaper is of

27-14 general circulation in that city, in a newspaper of general circulation in the

27-15 nearest city, not less than 2 weeks before the destruction of the materials.

27-16 Unused ballots, enclosed and sealed, must, after canvass of the votes by

27-17 the governing body of the city, be deposited in the vaults of the city clerk

27-18 and preserved for at least the period during which the election may be

27-19 contested and adjudicated, after which the unused ballots may be

27-20 destroyed.

27-21 2. The pollbooks containing the signatures of those persons who voted

27-22 in the election and the tally lists deposited with the governing body of the

27-23 city are subject to the inspection of any elector who may wish to examine

27-24 them at any time after their deposit with the city clerk.

27-25 3. A contestant of an election may inspect all of the material relating to

27-26 that election which is preserved pursuant to subsection 1, except the voted

27-27 ballots.

27-28 4. The voted ballots deposited with the city clerk are not subject to the

27-29 inspection of any person, except in a contested election, and only by the

27-30 judge, body or board before whom the election is being contested, or by the

27-31 parties to the contest, jointly, pursuant to an order of the judge, body or

27-34 new section to read as follows:

27-35 If a public officer who is subject to a recall petition resigns his office:

27-36 1. Before the call for a special election is issued:

27-37 (a) The official with whom the petition to recall is filed shall cease any

27-38 further proceedings regarding the petition;

27-39 (b) A vacancy occurs in that office; and

27-40 (c) The vacancy thereby created must be filled in the manner provided

27-41 by law.

27-42 2. After the call for a special election is issued, the special election