2-3 holidays, after the submission of a petition containing signatures which are

2-4 required to be verified pursuant to NRS 293.128, 293.165, 293.172,

2-5 293.200, 295.056, 298.109 or 306.035, the county clerk shall determine

2-6 the total number of signatures affixed to the documents and forward that

2-7 information to the secretary of state.

2-8 2. If the secretary of state finds that the total number of signatures filed

2-9 with all the county clerks is less than 100 percent of the required number

2-10 of registered voters, he shall so notify the person who submitted the

2-11 petition and the county clerks and no further action may be taken in regard

2-12 to the petition. If the petition is a petition to recall a county, district or

2-13 municipal officer, the secretary of state shall also notify the officer with

2-14 whom the petition is to be filed.

2-15 3. After the petition is submitted to the county clerk it must not be

2-16 handled by any other person except by an employee of the county clerk’s

2-20 signatures submitted to all the county clerks is 100 percent or more of the

2-21 number of registered voters needed to declare the petition sufficient, he

2-22 shall immediately so notify the county clerks. Within 9 days , excluding

2-23 Saturdays, Sundays and holidays , after notification, each of the county

2-24 clerks shall determine the number of registered voters who have signed the

2-25 documents submitted in his county.

2-26 2. If more than 500 names have been signed on the documents

2-27 submitted to him, a county clerk shall examine the signatures by sampling

2-28 them at random for verification. The random sample of signatures to be

2-29 verified must be drawn in such a manner that every signature which has

2-30 been submitted to the county clerk is given an equal opportunity to be

2-31 included in the sample. The sample must include an examination of at least

2-32 500 or 5 percent of the signatures, whichever is greater.

2-33 3. In determining from the records of registration the number of

2-34 registered voters who signed the documents, the county clerk may use the

2-35 signatures contained in the file of applications to register to vote. If the

2-36 county clerk uses that file, he shall ensure that every application in the file

2-37 is examined, including any application in his possession which may not yet

2-38 be entered into his records. The county clerk shall rely only on the

2-39 appearance of the signature and the address and date included with each

2-40 signature in making his determination.

2-41 4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, upon completing the

3-19 signatures filed is 90 percent or more but less than 100 percent of the

3-20 number of signatures of registered voters needed to declare the petition

3-21 sufficient, the secretary of state shall order the county clerks to examine

3-22 the signatures for verification. The county clerks [must] shall examine the

3-23 signatures for verification until they determine that 100 percent of the

3-24 number of signatures of registered voters needed to declare the petition

3-25 sufficient are valid.

3-26 2. If the statistical sampling shows that the number of valid signatures

3-27 filed in any county is 90 percent or more but less than 100 percent of the

3-28 number of signatures of registered voters needed to constitute 10 percent

3-29 of the number of voters who voted at the last preceding general election in

3-30 that county, the secretary of state may order the county clerk in that county

3-31 to examine every signature for verification.

3-32 3. Within 12 days , excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays , after

3-33 receipt of such an order, the clerk shall determine from the records of

3-34 registration what number of registered voters have signed the petition. If

3-35 necessary, the board of county commissioners shall allow the county clerk

3-36 additional assistants for examining the signatures and provide for their

3-37 compensation. In determining from the records of registration what

3-38 number of registered voters have signed the petition, the clerk may use any

3-39 file or list of registered voters maintained by his office or facsimiles of

3-40 voters’ signatures. The county clerk may rely on the appearance of the

3-41 signature and the address and date included with each signature in

4-23 number of signatures that the county clerks have certified pursuant to NRS

4-24 293.1277 or 293.1279 is less than 100 percent of the number of registered

4-25 voters needed to make the petition sufficient, the person who submitted the

4-26 petition may contest the verification of the [votes] signatures by filing an

4-27 appeal with the secretary of state. The appeal must:

4-28 (a) Be filed within 5 working days after receipt of notification of the

4-29 determination of the secretary of state;

4-30 (b) Include each reason for the appeal; and

4-31 (c) Include a statement of the number of signatures, if any, that the

4-32 county clerk determined were invalid.

4-33 2. The secretary of state shall [consider] :

4-34 (a) If the petition was circulated pursuant to chapter 306 of NRS,

4-35 immediately notify the public officer who is the subject of the petition of

4-36 the appeal by the person who submitted the petition; and

4-40 must, under a common name:

4-41 (a) On January 1 preceding any primary election, have been designated

4-42 as a political party on the applications to register to vote of at least 10

5-30 occurring in a major or minor political party nomination for a partisan

5-31 office may be filled by a candidate designated by the party central

5-32 committee of the county or state, as the case may be, subject to the

5-33 provisions of subsections 4 and 5.

5-34 2. A vacancy occurring in a nonpartisan nomination after the close of

5-35 filing and before the first Tuesday in September must be filled by filing a

5-36 nominating petition that is signed by at least 1 percent of the number of

5-37 persons [who are registered to vote and] who actually voted [for the office

5-38 in question in the] in this state, or the county, district or municipality in

5-39 question, at the last preceding general election. The petition must be filed

5-40 not earlier than the first Tuesday in June and not later than the third

5-41 Tuesday in September. The petition may consist of more than one

5-42 document. Each document must bear the name of the county in which it

6-34 file with the secretary of state a certificate of existence which includes the:

6-35 (a) Name of the political party;

6-36 (b) Names of its officers;

6-37 (c) Names of the members of its executive committee; and

6-38 (d) Name of the person authorized to file the list of its candidates for

6-39 partisan office with the secretary of state.

6-40 2. A copy of the constitution or bylaws of the party must be affixed to

7-16 minor political party must not appear on the ballot for a primary election.

7-17 2. The names of the candidates for partisan office of a minor political

7-18 party must be placed on the ballot for the general election if the party has

7-19 filed a certificate of existence and a list of its candidates for partisan office

7-20 pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.1725 with the secretary of state and:

7-21 (a) At the last preceding general election, the minor political party

7-22 polled for any of its candidates for partisan office a number of votes equal

7-23 to or more than 1 percent of the total number of votes cast for the offices of

7-24 Representative in Congress;

7-25 (b) On January 1 preceding a primary election, the minor political party

7-26 has been designated as the political party on the applications to register to

7-27 vote of at least 1 percent of the total number of registered voters in [the]

7-28 this state; or

7-29 (c) Not later than the second Friday in August preceding the general

7-30 election, files a petition with the secretary of state which is signed by a

7-31 number of registered voters equal to at least 1 percent of the total number

7-32 of votes cast at the last preceding general election for the offices of

7-33 Representative in Congress.

7-34 3. The name of only one candidate of each minor political party for

7-35 each partisan office may appear on the ballot for a general election.

7-36 4. A minor political party must file a copy of the petition required by

7-37 paragraph (c) of subsection 2 with the secretary of state before the petition

7-41 of NRS 293.1715 may consist of more than one document. Each document

7-42 of the petition must:

8-21 political party which wishes to place its candidates for partisan office on

8-22 the ballot for a general election and:

8-23 (a) Is entitled to do so pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 2

8-24 of NRS 293.1715; or

8-25 (b) Files a petition pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS

8-26 293.1715,

8-27 must file with the secretary of state a list of its candidates for partisan

8-28 office not earlier than the first Monday in May preceding the election nor

8-29 later than the last Friday in June. The list must be signed by the person so

8-30 authorized in the certificate of existence of the minor political party before

8-31 a notary public or other person authorized to take acknowledgments. The

8-32 list must not be amended after it is filed.

8-33 2. The secretary of state shall immediately forward a certified copy of

8-34 the list of candidates for partisan office of each minor political party to the

8-35 filing officer with whom each candidate must file his declaration of

8-36 candidacy.

8-37 3. Each candidate on the list must file his declaration of candidacy

8-38 with the [proper] appropriate filing officer and pay the fee required by

8-39 NRS 293.193 not earlier than the date on which the list of candidates for

8-40 partisan office of his minor political party is filed with the secretary of

8-41 state nor later than the first Wednesday in July.

8-42 4. A minor political party that wishes to place candidates for the

9-8 September in each even-numbered year.

9-9 2. Candidates for partisan office of a major political party and

9-10 candidates for nonpartisan [offices] office must be nominated at the

9-11 primary election.

9-12 3. Candidates for partisan office of a minor political party must be

9-13 nominated in the manner prescribed pursuant to NRS 293.171.

9-14 4. Independent candidates for partisan office must be nominated in the

9-15 manner provided in NRS 293.200.

9-16 5. The provisions of NRS 293.175 to 293.203, inclusive, do not apply

9-17 to:

9-18 (a) Special elections to fill vacancies.

9-19 (b) The nomination of the officers of incorporated cities.

9-20 (c) The nomination of district officers whose nomination is otherwise

9-24 may be a candidate for partisan office in any election if he has changed:

9-25 (a) The designation of his political party affiliation; or

9-26 (b) His designation of political party from nonpartisan to a designation

9-27 of a political party affiliation,

9-28 on an application to register to vote in the State of Nevada or in any other

9-29 state [since the] during the time beginning on September 1 [next]

9-30 preceding the closing filing date for [the] that election and ending on the

9-31 date of that election [,] whether or not his previous registration was still

9-32 effective at the time of the change in party designation.

9-33 2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to any person who is a

9-34 candidate of a political party that was not qualified pursuant to NRS

9-35 293.171 on the September 1 next preceding the closing filing date for the

9-39 secretary of state shall forward to each county clerk a certified list

9-40 containing the name and mailing address of each person for whom

9-41 candidacy papers have been filed in the office of the secretary of state, and

9-42 who is entitled to be voted for in the county at the next succeeding primary

10-9 judge, each department is a separate office for the purposes of nominating

10-10 and electing the district judge of that department.

10-11 2. In any judicial district that includes a county whose population is

10-12 100,000 or more:

10-13 (a) The departments of the family division of the district court must be

10-14 denoted as such on all ballots and sample ballots, using the words "district

10-15 court judge, family division, department . . . ." Each such department must

10-16 be separately designated . [with a letter, beginning with "A" and

10-17 continuing in sequence for each department.]

10-18 (b) The remaining departments of the district court must be denoted as

10-19 such on all ballots and sample ballots, using the words "district court

10-20 judge, department . . . ." Each such department must be designated with a

10-21 numeral, beginning with "1" and continuing in sequence for each

10-25 with the [proper] appropriate filing officer:

10-26 (a) A copy of the petition of candidacy that he intends to circulate for

10-27 signatures. The copy must be filed not earlier than the January 2

10-28 preceding the date of the election and not later than 25 days before the

10-29 last day to file the petition pursuant to subsection 4. The copy must also

10-30 be filed before the petition may be circulated.

10-31 (b) A petition of candidacy signed by a number of registered voters

10-32 equal to at least 1 percent of the total number of ballots cast in [the] this

10-33 state or in the county or district electing that officer at the last preceding

10-34 general election in which a person was elected to that office.

10-35 2. The petition may consist of more than one document. Each

10-36 document must bear the name of the county in which it was circulated and

10-37 only registered voters of that county may sign the document. [The person

10-38 who circulates the document must be a registered voter of that county.] If

10-39 the office is [a district] not a statewide office, only the registered voters of

10-40 [that] the county, district or municipality in question may sign the

10-41 document. The documents which are circulated for signature in a county

10-42 must be submitted to that county clerk for verification in the manner

12-38 count in public the returns for early voting.

12-39 2. The returns for early voting must not be reported until after the polls

12-40 have closed on election day.

12-41 3. The returns for early voting [may] must be reported separately from

12-42 the regular votes of the precinct, unless reporting the returns separately

13-8 in any county have been received by the board of county commissioners,

13-9 the board shall meet and canvass the returns. The canvass must be

13-10 completed on or before the fifth working day following the election.

13-11 2. In making its canvass, the board shall:

13-12 (a) Note separately any clerical errors discovered; and

13-13 (b) Take account of the changes resulting from the discovery, so that

13-14 the result declared represents the true vote cast.

13-15 3. The county clerk shall, as soon as the result is declared, enter upon

13-16 the records of the board an abstract of the result, which must contain the

13-17 number of votes cast for each candidate. The board, after making the

13-18 abstract, shall cause the county clerk to certify the abstract and, by an order

13-19 made and entered in the minutes of its proceedings, to make:

13-20 (a) A copy of the certified abstract; and

13-21 (b) A mechanized report of the abstract in compliance with regulations

13-22 adopted by the secretary of state,

13-23 and transmit them to the secretary of state [within 5] not more than 6

13-24 working days after [the day after] the election.

13-25 4. The secretary of state shall, immediately after any primary election,

13-26 compile the returns for all candidates voted for in more than one county.

13-27 He shall make out and file in his office an abstract thereof, and shall certify

13-28 to the county clerk of each county the name of each person nominated, and

13-32 (a) A standard form for applications to register to vote; and

13-33 (b) A special form for registration to be used in a county where

13-34 registrations are performed and records of registration are kept by

13-35 computer.

13-36 2. The county clerks shall provide forms for applications to register to

13-37 vote to field registrars in the form and number prescribed by the secretary

13-38 of state.

13-39 3. A form for an application to register to vote must include a

13-40 duplicate copy marked as the receipt to be retained by the applicant upon

13-41 completion of the form.

14-15 before any election, a written challenge may be filed with the county clerk.

14-16 2. A registered voter may file a written challenge if:

14-17 (a) He is registered to vote in the same precinct or district as the person

14-18 whose right to vote is challenged; or

14-19 (b) The challenge is based on the personal knowledge of the registered

14-20 voter.

14-21 3. The challenge must be signed and verified by the registered voter

14-22 and name the person whose right to vote is challenged and the ground of

14-23 the challenge.

14-24 4. A challenge filed pursuant to this section must not contain the name

14-25 of more than one person whose right to vote is challenged. The county

14-26 clerk shall not accept for filing any challenge which contains more than

14-27 one such name.

14-28 5. The county clerk shall file the challenge in the registrar of voters’

14-29 register and:

14-30 (a) In counties where records of registration are not kept by computer,

14-31 he shall attach a copy of the challenge to the challenged registration in the

14-32 election board register.

14-33 (b) In counties where records of registration are kept by computer, he

14-34 shall have the challenge printed on the computer entry for the challenged

14-35 registration and add a copy of it to the election board register.

14-36 6. The county clerk shall, within 5 days after a challenge is filed, mail

14-37 a notice to the person whose right to vote has been challenged pursuant to

14-38 this section informing him of the challenge. A copy of the challenge must

14-42 contribution for any organization the title of which incorporates the name,

15-26 must be conducted by processing a preaudited group of logic and accuracy

15-27 test ballots so punched, voted or marked as to record a predetermined

15-28 number of valid votes for each candidate and on each measure, and must

15-29 include for each office one or more ballots which have votes in excess of

15-30 the number allowed by law in order to test the ability of the mechanical

15-31 recording device or the automatic tabulating equipment and programs to

15-32 reject those votes.

15-33 2. If any error is detected, the cause therefor must be ascertained and

15-34 corrected and an errorless count must be made before the mechanical

15-35 recording device or the automatic tabulating equipment and programs are

15-36 approved.

15-37 3. When satisfied with the accuracy of the mechanical recording

15-38 device or automatic tabulating equipment and computer program, the

15-39 accuracy certification board and the county or city clerk shall date and sign

15-40 all reports, and seal the program, if any, and the reports [,] and all test

15-41 material in an appropriate container. The container must be kept sealed by

16-11 programs used, if any, and the logic and accuracy test ballots and the

16-12 official ballots shall be sealed, retained and disposed of in the manner

16-15 new section to read as follows:

16-16 1. A city may conduct a special election by mail. To the extent

16-17 applicable, the provisions of this chapter governing voting by mail and

16-18 absent ballot apply to a special election conducted by mail pursuant to

16-19 this section.

16-20 2. The secretary of state shall adopt regulations to carry out the

16-23 new section to read as follows:

16-24 1. A report required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of this

16-25 chapter may be amended by filing an amended report with the officer

16-26 with whom the initial report was filed not later than 10 days after the last

16-27 date to file the initial report. The amended report must be signed in the

16-28 same manner as the initial report and have the word "Amended" at the

16-29 top of the first page in type that is more prominent than the text of the

16-30 amended report. The date of the initial report shall be deemed the date of

16-31 the report.

16-32 2. The officer shall file both the initial report and the amended

16-36 in NRS 294A.120, 294A.200 and 294A.360, a candidate who receives

16-37 contributions in any year before the year in which the general election or

16-38 general city election in which the candidate intends to seek election to

16-39 public office is held, shall, [not later than December 31 of:] for:

16-40 (a) The year in which he receives contributions in excess of $10,000,

16-41 report the total contributions received [.] and expenditures made in that

17-31 township office who is not elected to that office shall, not later than the

17-32 15th day of the second month after his defeat, file a report with the

17-33 secretary of state stating the amount of contributions which he received for

17-34 that campaign but did not spend and the disposition of those unspent

17-35 contributions.

17-36 2. Each public officer who is elected to a state, district, county, city or

17-37 township office shall file a report : [with the secretary of state:]

17-38 (a) Not later than the 15th day of the second month after his election,

17-39 stating the amount of campaign contributions which he received but did

17-40 not spend and the amount, if any, of those unspent contributions disposed

17-41 of pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 294A.160;

17-42 (b) Not later than January 15th of each year of his term beginning the

18-21 township office shall file the reports of campaign contributions and

18-22 expenses required by NRS 294A.120, 294A.200 and 294A.360, even

18-23 though he:

18-24 (a) Withdraws his candidacy;

18-25 (b) Receives no campaign contributions; [or]

18-26 (c) Has no campaign expenses [.] ;

18-27 (d) Is removed from the ballot by court order; or

18-28 (e) Is the subject of a petition to recall and the special election is not

18-29 held.

18-30 2. A candidate who withdraws his candidacy pursuant to NRS 293.202

18-31 may file simultaneously all the reports of campaign contributions and

18-32 expenses required by NRS 294A.120, 294A.200 and 294A.360, so long as

18-33 each report is filed on or before the last day for filing the respective report

18-36 new section to read as follows:

18-37 The legal sufficiency of a petition filed pursuant to NRS 295.015 to

18-38 295.056, inclusive, and this section, may be challenged by filing a

18-39 complaint in district court not later than 5 days, Saturdays, Sundays and

18-40 holidays excluded, after the petition is filed with the secretary of state. All

18-41 affidavits and documents in support of the challenge must be filed with

19-6 the secretary of state, the petitioners must submit to each county clerk for

19-7 verification pursuant to NRS 293.1276 to 293.1279, inclusive, the

19-8 document or documents which were circulated for signature within his

19-9 county. The clerks shall give the person submitting a document or

19-10 documents a receipt stating the number of documents and pages and the

19-11 person’s statement of the number of signatures contained therein.

19-12 2. If a petition for initiative proposes a statute or an amendment to a

19-13 statute, the document or documents must be submitted not later than the

19-14 second Tuesday in November of an even-numbered year.

19-15 3. If a petition for initiative proposes an amendment to the

19-16 constitution, the document or documents must be submitted not later than

19-17 the third Tuesday in June of an even-numbered year.

19-18 4. If the petition is for referendum, the document or documents must

19-19 be submitted not later than the third Tuesday in May of an even-numbered

19-20 year.

19-21 5. All documents which are submitted to a county clerk for verification

19-25 to place upon the general election ballot candidates for the office of

19-26 President and Vice President of the United States in the year when they are

19-27 to be elected, shall, at the state convention of the major political party held

19-28 in that year, choose from the qualified electors, who are legally registered

19-29 members of that political party, the number of presidential electors

19-30 required by law and no more, who must be nominated by the delegates at

19-31 the state convention. Upon the nomination thereof, the chairman and the

19-32 secretary of the convention shall certify the names and addresses of the

19-33 nominees to the secretary of state, who shall record the names in his office

19-34 as the nominees of that political party for presidential elector.

19-35 2. Each minor political party in this state, qualified by law to place

19-36 upon the general election ballot candidates for the office of President and

19-37 Vice President of the United States in the year when they are to be elected,

19-38 shall choose from the qualified electors, the number of presidential electors

19-39 required by law. The person who is authorized to file the list of candidates

19-40 for partisan office of the minor political party with the secretary of state

19-41 pursuant to NRS 293.1725 shall certify the names and addresses of the

19-42 nominees to the secretary of state, who shall record the names in his office

20-3 the office of President of the United States must, not later than 5 p.m. on

20-4 the second Friday in August in each year in which a presidential election is

20-5 to be held, pay a filing fee of $250 and file with the secretary of state a

20-6 declaration of candidacy and a petition of candidacy, in which he must also

20-7 designate his nominee for Vice President. The petition must be signed by a

20-8 number of registered voters equal to not less than 1 percent of the total

20-9 number of votes cast at the last preceding general election for candidates

20-10 for the offices of Representative in Congress and must request that the

20-11 names of the proposed candidates be placed on the ballot at the general

20-12 election that year. The candidate shall file a copy of the petition he intends

20-13 to circulate for signatures with the secretary of state.

20-14 2. The petition may consist of more than one document. Each

20-15 document must bear the name of a county and only registered voters of

20-16 that county may sign the document. The documents which are circulated

20-17 for signature in a county must be submitted to that county clerk for

20-18 verification in the manner prescribed in NRS 293.1276 to 293.1279,

20-19 inclusive, not later than [40] 25 days before [filing] the last day to file the

20-20 petition of candidacy with the secretary of state [.] pursuant to subsection

20-21 1. Each person signing shall add to his signature the address of the place at

20-22 which he resides, the date that he signs and the name of the county wherein

20-23 he is registered to vote. Each document of the petition must also contain

20-24 the affidavit of the person who circulated the document that all signatures

20-25 thereon are genuine to the best of his knowledge and belief and were

20-26 signed in his presence by persons registered to vote in that county.

20-27 3. Each independent candidate so nominated for the office of President

20-28 shall at the time of filing his petition as provided in subsection 1, or within

20-29 10 days thereafter, file with the secretary of state his written designation of

20-30 the names of the number of presidential electors then authorized by law,

20-31 whom the independent candidate desires to act as his electors, all of whom

20-32 must then be registered voters. Immediately following receipt of each

20-33 candidate’s written designation of his nominees for electors, the secretary

20-34 of state shall record them in his office as the nominees for presidential

20-35 electors of that independent candidate.

20-36 4. If the candidacy of any person who seeks to qualify pursuant to this

20-37 section is challenged, all affidavits and documents in support of the

20-38 challenge must be filed with the first judicial district court not later than 5

20-39 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday in August. Any judicial proceeding relating to

20-40 the challenge must be set for hearing not later than 5 days after the fourth

21-6 the persons proposing to circulate the petition must file a notice of intent

21-7 with the filing officer . [with whom the public officer to be recalled filed

21-8 his declaration of candidacy or acceptance of candidacy pursuant to NRS

21-9 293.185, 293C.145 or 293C.175.]

21-10 2. The notice of intent:

21-11 (a) Must be signed by three registered voters who actually voted in [the]

21-12 this state or in the county, district or municipality electing the officer at the

21-13 last preceding general election.

21-14 (b) Must be signed before a person authorized by law to administer

21-15 oaths that the statements and signatures contained in the notice are true.

21-16 (c) Is valid until the date on which the call for a special election is

21-17 issued, as set forth in NRS 306.040.

21-18 3. The petition may consist of more than one document. The persons

21-19 filing the notice of intent shall submit the petition that was circulated for

21-20 signatures to the [county clerk pursuant to NRS 306.035] filing officer

21-21 within 60 days after the date on which the notice of intent was filed. The

21-22 filing officer shall immediately submit the petition to the county clerk for

21-23 verification pursuant to NRS 306.035. Any person who fails to file the

21-24 petition as required by this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor. Copies

21-25 of the petition are not valid for any subsequent petition.

21-26 4. The county clerk shall, upon completing the verification of the

21-27 signatures on the petition, file the petition with the filing officer . [with

21-28 whom the public officer to be recalled filed his declaration of candidacy or

21-29 acceptance of candidacy.]

21-30 5. Any person who signs a petition to recall any public officer may

21-31 remove his name from the petition by submitting a request in writing to the

21-32 county clerk at any time before the petition is submitted for the verification

21-33 of the signatures thereon pursuant to NRS 306.035.

21-34 6. A person who signs a notice of intent pursuant to subsection 1 or a

21-35 petition to recall a public officer is immune from civil liability for conduct

21-36 related to the exercise of his right to participate in the recall of a public

21-37 officer.

21-38 7. As used in this section, "filing officer" means the officer with

21-39 whom the public officer to be recalled filed his declaration of candidacy

21-40 or acceptance of candidacy pursuant to NRS 293.185, 293C.145 or

22-3 statewide is filed with the secretary of state [, the petitioners must submit

22-4 to] pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 306.015, each county clerk [for

22-5 verification] must verify, pursuant to NRS 293.1276 to 293.1279,

22-6 inclusive, the document or documents which were circulated for signature

22-7 within his county.

22-8 2. Before a petition to recall a state senator, assemblyman, or a county,

22-9 district or municipal officer is filed [with the proper officer, the petitioners

22-10 must submit to] pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 306.015, the county

22-11 clerk [for verification limited to the relevant area in the manner prescribed

22-12 in] must verify, pursuant to NRS 293.1276 to 293.1279, inclusive, the

22-13 document or documents which were circulated for signatures within his

22-14 county.

22-15 3. If more than one document was circulated, all the documents must

22-19 petition to recall is sufficient pursuant to NRS 293.1276 to 293.1279,

22-20 inclusive, the secretary of state shall notify the county clerk, the officer

22-21 with whom the petition is to be filed pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS

22-22 306.015 and the public officer who is the subject of the petition.

22-23 2. [Any] After the verification of signatures is complete, but not later

22-24 than the date a complaint is filed pursuant to subsection 5 or the date the

22-25 call for a special election is issued, whichever is earlier, a person who

22-26 signs a petition to recall may request the secretary of state to strike his

22-27 name from the petition . [after the verification of signatures is complete

22-28 and before the date the call for a special election is issued.] If the person

22-29 demonstrates good cause therefor, the secretary of state shall strike his

22-30 name from the petition.

22-31 3. Not sooner than 10 days nor more than 20 days after the secretary of

22-32 state completes the notification required by subsection 1, if a complaint is

22-33 not filed pursuant to subsection 5, the officer with whom the petition is

22-34 filed shall issue a call for a special election in the jurisdiction in which the

22-35 public officer who is the subject of the petition was elected to determine

22-36 whether the people will recall him.

22-37 4. The call for a special election pursuant to subsection 3 or 6 must

22-38 include, without limitation:

22-39 (a) The last day on which a person may register to vote to qualify to

22-40 vote in the special election; and

22-41 (b) The last day on which a petition to nominate other candidates for the