1-8 number of signatures that the county clerks have certified pursuant to NRS

1-9 293.1277 or 293.1279 is less than 100 percent of the number of registered

1-10 voters needed to make the petition sufficient, the person who submitted the

1-11 petition may contest the verification of the [votes] signatures by filing an

2-13 must, under a common name:

2-14 (a) On January 1 preceding any primary election, have been designated

2-15 as a political party on the applications to register to vote of at least 10

2-16 percent of the total number of registered voters in [the] this state; or

2-17 (b) File a petition with the secretary of state not later than the last Friday

2-18 in April before any primary election signed by a number of registered

2-19 voters equal to or more than 10 percent of the total number of votes cast at

2-20 the last preceding general election for the offices of Representative in

2-21 Congress.

2-22 2. If a petition is filed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the

2-23 names of the voters need not all be on one document, but each document of

2-24 the petition must be verified by at least one of its signers to the effect that

2-25 the signers are registered voters of [the] this state according to his best

2-26 information and belief and that the signatures are genuine and were signed

2-27 in his presence. Each document of the petition must bear the name of a

2-28 county and only registered voters of that county may sign the document.

2-29 The documents which are circulated for signature must then be submitted

2-30 for verification pursuant to NRS 293.1276 to 293.1279, inclusive, not later

2-31 than [65] 25 days before the last Friday in April preceding a primary

2-32 election.

2-33 3. In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection 1, each

2-34 organization which wishes to qualify as a political party must file with the

2-35 secretary of state a certificate of existence which includes the:

2-36 (a) Name of the political party;

2-37 (b) Names and addresses of its officers;

2-38 (c) Names of the members of its executive committee; and

2-39 (d) Name of the person who is authorized by the party to act as resident

2-40 agent in this state.

2-41 4. A political party shall file with the secretary of state an amended

2-42 certificate of existence within 5 days after any change in the information

3-3 occurring in a major or minor political party nomination for a partisan

3-4 office may be filled by a candidate designated by the party central

3-5 committee of the county or state, as the case may be, subject to the

3-6 provisions of subsections 4 and 5.

3-7 2. A vacancy occurring in a nonpartisan nomination after the close of

3-8 filing and before the first Tuesday in September must be filled by filing a

3-9 nominating petition that is signed by at least 1 percent of the persons who

3-10 are registered to vote and who voted for the office in question in the state,

3-11 county, district or municipality at the last preceding general election. The

3-12 petition must be filed not earlier than the first Tuesday in June and not later

3-13 than the third Tuesday in September. A candidate nominated pursuant to

3-14 the provisions of this subsection may be elected only at a general election

3-15 and his name must not appear on the ballot for a primary election.

3-16 3. A vacancy occurring in a nonpartisan nomination after a primary

3-17 election and before the second Tuesday in September must be filled by the

3-18 person who received the next highest vote for the nomination in the

3-19 primary.

3-20 4. Except to place a candidate nominated pursuant to subsection 2 on

3-21 the ballot, no change may be made on the ballot after the second Tuesday

3-22 in September of the year in which the general election is held. If a nominee

3-23 dies after that date, his name must remain on the ballot and, if elected, a

3-24 vacancy exists.

3-25 5. All designations provided for in this section must be filed before 5

3-26 p.m. on the second Tuesday in September. In each case, the statutory filing

3-27 fee must be paid and an acceptance of the designation must be filed before

3-31 file with the secretary of state a certificate of existence which includes the:

3-32 (a) Name of the political party;

3-33 (b) Names of its officers;

3-34 (c) Names of the members of its executive committee; and

3-35 (d) Name of the person authorized to file the list of its candidates for

3-36 partisan office with the secretary of state.

3-37 2. A copy of the constitution or bylaws of the party must be affixed to

3-38 the certificate.

3-39 3. A minor political party shall file with the secretary of state an

3-40 amended certificate of existence within 5 days after any change in the

4-13 minor political party must not appear on the ballot for a primary election.

4-14 2. The names of the candidates for partisan office of a minor political

4-15 party must be placed on the ballot for the general election if the party has

4-16 filed a certificate of existence and a list of its candidates for partisan office

4-17 pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.1725 with the secretary of state and:

4-18 (a) At the last preceding general election, the minor political party

4-19 polled for any of its candidates for partisan office a number of votes equal

4-20 to or more than 1 percent of the total number of votes cast for the offices of

4-21 Representative in Congress;

4-22 (b) On January 1 preceding a primary election, the minor political party

4-23 has been designated as the political party on the applications to register to

4-24 vote of at least 1 percent of the total number of registered voters in [the]

4-25 this state; or

4-26 (c) Not later than the second Friday in August preceding the general

4-27 election, files a petition with the secretary of state which is signed by a

4-28 number of registered voters equal to at least 1 percent of the total number

4-29 of votes cast at the last preceding general election for the offices of

4-30 Representative in Congress.

4-31 3. The name of only one candidate of each minor political party for

4-32 each partisan office may appear on the ballot for a general election.

4-33 4. A minor political party must file a copy of the petition required by

4-34 paragraph (c) of subsection 2 with the secretary of state before the petition

4-38 of NRS 293.1715 may consist of more than one document. Each document

4-39 of the petition must:

4-40 (a) Bear the name of the county in which it was circulated;

4-41 (b) Include the affidavit of the person who circulated the document

5-19 political party which wishes to place its candidates for partisan office on

5-20 the ballot for a general election and:

5-21 (a) Is entitled to do so pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 2 of

5-22 NRS 293.1715; or

5-23 (b) Files a petition pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS

5-24 293.1715,

5-25 must file with the secretary of state a list of its candidates for partisan

5-26 office not earlier than the first Monday in May preceding the election nor

5-27 later than the last Friday in June. The list must be signed by the person so

5-28 authorized in the certificate of existence of the minor political party before

5-29 a notary public or other person authorized to take acknowledgments. The

5-30 list must not be amended after it is filed.

5-31 2. The secretary of state shall immediately forward a certified copy of

5-32 the list of candidates for partisan office of each minor political party to the

5-33 filing officer with whom each candidate must file his declaration of

5-34 candidacy.

5-35 3. Each candidate on the list must file his declaration of candidacy with

5-36 the [proper] appropriate filing officer and pay the fee required by NRS

5-37 293.193 not earlier than the date on which the list of candidates for

5-38 partisan office of his minor political party is filed with the secretary of

5-39 state nor later than the first Wednesday in July.

5-40 4. A minor political party that wishes to place candidates for the offices

5-41 of President and Vice President of the United States on the ballot and has

5-42 otherwise qualified to place the names of its candidates for partisan office

6-5 September in each even-numbered year.

6-6 2. Candidates for partisan office of a major political party and

6-7 candidates for nonpartisan [offices] office must be nominated at the

6-8 primary election.

6-9 3. Candidates for partisan office of a minor political party must be

6-10 nominated in the manner prescribed pursuant to NRS 293.171.

6-11 4. Independent candidates for partisan office must be nominated in the

6-12 manner provided in NRS 293.200.

6-13 5. The provisions of NRS 293.175 to 293.203, inclusive, do not apply

6-14 to:

6-15 (a) Special elections to fill vacancies.

6-16 (b) The nomination of the officers of incorporated cities.

6-17 (c) The nomination of district officers whose nomination is otherwise

6-21 may be a candidate for partisan office in any election if he has changed:

6-22 (a) The designation of his political party affiliation; or

6-23 (b) His designation of political party from nonpartisan to a designation

6-24 of a political party affiliation,

6-25 on an application to register to vote in the State of Nevada or in any other

6-26 state [since the] during the time beginning on September 1 [next]

6-27 preceding the closing filing date for [the] that election and ending on the

6-28 date of that election [,] whether or not his previous registration was still

6-29 effective at the time of the change in party designation.

6-30 2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to any person who is a

6-31 candidate of a political party that was not qualified pursuant to NRS

6-32 293.171 on the September 1 next preceding the closing filing date for the

6-36 secretary of state shall forward to each county clerk a certified list

6-37 containing the name and mailing address of each person for whom

6-38 candidacy papers have been filed in the office of the secretary of state, and

6-39 who is entitled to be voted for in the county at the next succeeding primary

6-40 election, together with the title of the office for which the person is a

6-41 candidate and the party or principles he represents. The secretary of state

7-7 judge, each department is a separate office for the purposes of nominating

7-8 and electing the district judge of that department.

7-9 2. In any judicial district that includes a county whose population is

7-10 100,000 or more:

7-11 (a) The departments of the family division of the district court must be

7-12 denoted as such on all ballots and sample ballots, using the words "district

7-13 court judge, family division, department . . . ." Each such department must

7-14 be separately designated . [with a letter, beginning with "A" and continuing

7-15 in sequence for each department.]

7-16 (b) The remaining departments of the district court must be denoted as

7-17 such on all ballots and sample ballots, using the words "district court judge,

7-18 department . . . ." Each such department must be designated with a numeral,

7-22 with the [proper] appropriate filing officer:

7-23 (a) A copy of the petition of candidacy that he intends to circulate for

7-24 signatures. The copy must be filed not earlier than the January 2

7-25 preceding the date of the election and not later than 25 days before the

7-26 last day to file the petition pursuant to subsection 4. The copy must also

7-27 be filed before the petition may be circulated.

7-28 (b) A petition of candidacy signed by a number of registered voters

7-29 equal to at least 1 percent of the total number of ballots cast in [the] this

7-30 state or in the county or district electing that officer at the last preceding

7-31 general election in which a person was elected to that office.

7-32 2. The petition may consist of more than one document. Each

7-33 document must bear the name of the county in which it was circulated and

7-34 only registered voters of that county may sign the document. [The person

7-35 who circulates the document must be a registered voter of that county.] If

7-36 the office is [a district] not a statewide office, only the registered voters of

7-37 [that] the county, district or municipality in question may sign the

7-38 document. The documents which are circulated for signature in a county

7-39 must be submitted to that county clerk for verification in the manner

7-40 prescribed in NRS 293.1276 to 293.1279, inclusive, not later than [40] 25

7-41 days before [filing] the last day to file the petition of candidacy with the

7-42 [proper] appropriate filing officer [. Each signer] pursuant to subsection

8-36 must be presented by the candidate in person, within 7 days , excluding

8-37 Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after the last day for filing, to the officer

8-41 count in public the returns for early voting.

8-42 2. The returns for early voting must not be reported until after the polls

9-11 in any county have been received by the board of county commissioners,

9-12 the board shall meet and canvass the returns. The canvass must be

9-13 completed on or before the fifth working day following the election.

9-14 2. In making its canvass, the board shall:

9-15 (a) Note separately any clerical errors discovered; and

9-16 (b) Take account of the changes resulting from the discovery, so that the

9-17 result declared represents the true vote cast.

9-18 3. The county clerk shall, as soon as the result is declared, enter upon

9-19 the records of the board an abstract of the result, which must contain the

9-20 number of votes cast for each candidate. The board, after making the

9-21 abstract, shall cause the county clerk to certify the abstract and, by an order

9-22 made and entered in the minutes of its proceedings, to make:

9-23 (a) A copy of the certified abstract; and

9-24 (b) A mechanized report of the abstract in compliance with regulations

9-25 adopted by the secretary of state,

9-26 and transmit them to the secretary of state [within 5] not more than 6

9-27 working days after [the day after] the election.

9-28 4. The secretary of state shall, immediately after any primary election,

9-29 compile the returns for all candidates voted for in more than one county. He

9-30 shall make out and file in his office an abstract thereof, and shall certify to

9-31 the county clerk of each county the name of each person nominated, and the

9-35 contribution for any organization the title of which incorporates the name,

9-36 or any form of the name, of any political party in this state without first

9-37 having obtained written approval therefor, or a charter for that

9-38 organization, from the central or executive committee of that political party

9-39 the name of which is being used or incorporated in the title of that

9-40 organization for the county in which the money is being solicited.

9-41 2. This section does not require any person or organization to obtain a

10-20 must be conducted by processing a preaudited group of logic and accuracy

10-21 test ballots so punched, voted or marked as to record a predetermined

10-22 number of valid votes for each candidate and on each measure, and must

10-23 include for each office one or more ballots which have votes in excess of

10-24 the number allowed by law in order to test the ability of the mechanical

10-25 recording device or the automatic tabulating equipment and programs to

10-26 reject those votes.

10-27 2. If any error is detected, the cause therefor must be ascertained and

10-28 corrected and an errorless count must be made before the mechanical

10-29 recording device or the automatic tabulating equipment and programs are

10-30 approved.

10-31 3. When satisfied with the accuracy of the mechanical recording

10-32 device or automatic tabulating equipment and computer program, the

10-33 accuracy certification board and the county or city clerk shall date and sign

10-34 all reports, and seal the program, if any, and the reports [,] and all test

10-35 material in an appropriate container. The container must be kept sealed by

10-36 the clerk.

10-37 4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the contents of such

10-38 a sealed container are not subject to the inspection of anyone except in the

10-39 case of a contested election, and then only by the judge, body or board

10-40 before whom the election is being contested, or by the parties to the

10-41 contest, jointly, pursuant to an order of that judge, body or board. For the

11-5 programs used, if any, and the logic and accuracy test ballots and the

11-6 official ballots shall be sealed, retained and disposed of in the manner

11-10 first class, and in each city of the second class that has so provided by

11-11 ordinance, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in [May] April of

11-12 every year in which a general city election is to be held, at which time there

11-13 must be nominated candidates for offices to be voted for at the next general

11-14 city election.

11-15 2. A candidate for any office to be voted for at the primary city

11-16 election must file a declaration of candidacy with the city clerk not less

11-17 than 60 days nor more than 70 days before the date of the primary city

11-18 election. The city clerk shall charge and collect from the candidate and the

11-19 candidate must pay to the city clerk, at the time of filing the declaration of

11-20 candidacy, a filing fee in an amount fixed by the governing body of the city

11-21 by ordinance or resolution. The filing fees collected by the city clerk must

11-22 be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the city.

11-23 3. All candidates, except as otherwise provided in NRS 266.220, must

11-24 be voted upon by the electors of the city at large.

11-25 4. If, in a primary city election held in a city of the first or second class,

11-26 one candidate receives more than a majority of votes cast in that election

11-27 for the office for which he is a candidate, his name alone must be placed on

11-28 the ballot for the general city election. If, in the primary city election, no

11-29 candidate receives a majority of votes cast in that election for the office for

11-30 which he is a candidate, the names of the two candidates receiving the

11-31 highest number of votes must be placed on the ballot for the general city

11-35 after the close of filing and before the first Tuesday after the first Monday

11-36 in [May] April in a year in which a general city election is held must be

11-37 filled by filing a nominating petition that is signed by at least 1 percent of

11-38 the persons who are registered to vote and who voted for that office at the

11-39 last preceding general city election. The petition must be filed not earlier

11-40 than 30 days before the date of the primary city election and not later than

11-41 the third Tuesday after the third Monday in [May.] April. A candidate

12-19 writing and presented to the city clerk by the candidate in person within 2

12-20 days , excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after the last day for

12-24 mailing precinct and in each absent ballot mailing precinct, before 5 p.m.

12-25 on the third Thursday in [April] March and before 5 p.m. on the fourth

12-26 Tuesday in May of any year in which a general city election is held, an

12-30 ballot at a general city election dies after 5 p.m. of the third Tuesday after

12-31 the third Monday in [May] April and before the time of the closing of the

12-32 polls on the day of the election, the votes cast for the deceased candidate

12-33 must be counted in determining the results of the election for the office for

12-34 which the decedent was a candidate.

12-35 2. If the deceased candidate receives the majority of the votes cast for

12-36 the office, he shall be deemed elected and the office to which he was

12-37 elected shall be deemed vacant at the beginning of the term for which he

12-38 was elected. The vacancy created must be filled in the same manner as if

14-8 in NRS 294A.120, 294A.200 and 294A.360, a candidate who receives

14-9 contributions in any year before the year in which the general election or

14-10 general city election in which the candidate intends to seek election to

14-11 public office is held, shall, [not later than December 31 of:] for:

14-12 (a) The year in which he receives contributions in excess of $10,000,

14-13 report the total contributions received [.] and expenditures made in that

14-14 year.

14-15 (b) Each year after the year in which he received contributions in excess

14-16 of $10,000, until the year of the general election or general city election in

14-17 which the candidate intends to seek election to public office is held, report

14-18 the contributions received and the expenditures made in that year.

14-19 2. The reports required by subsection 1 must be submitted on a form

14-20 designed and provided by the secretary of state and signed by the candidate

14-21 under penalty of perjury.

14-22 3. Each contribution in excess of $100 and contributions that a

14-23 contributor has made cumulatively in excess of that amount must be

14-24 separately identified with the name and address of the contributor and the

14-25 date of the contribution, tabulated and reported on the form provided by the

14-26 secretary of state. Each expenditure in excess of $100 and expenditures that

14-27 the candidate made cumulatively in excess of that amount must be

14-28 separately identified with the date of the expenditure, tabulated and

14-29 reported on the form provided by the secretary of state.

14-30 4. The report must be filed [with the secretary of state.] :

14-31 (a) With the officer with whom the candidate will file the declaration

14-32 of candidacy or acceptance of candidacy for the public office the

14-33 candidate intends to seek. A candidate may mail the report to that officer

14-34 by certified mail. If certified mail is used, the date of mailing shall be

14-35 deemed the date of filing.

14-36 (b) On or before January 15 of the year immediately after the year for

14-37 which the report is made.

14-38 5. A county clerk who receives from a candidate for legislative or

14-39 judicial office, except the office of justice of the peace or municipal

14-40 judge, a report of contributions and expenditures pursuant to subsection

14-41 4 shall file a copy of the report with the secretary of state within 10

15-3 township office who is not elected to that office shall, not later than the

15-4 15th day of the second month after his defeat, file a report with the

15-5 secretary of state stating the amount of contributions which he received for

15-6 that campaign but did not spend and the disposition of those unspent

15-7 contributions.

15-8 2. Each public officer who is elected to a state, district, county, city or

15-9 township office shall file a report : [with the secretary of state:]

15-10 (a) Not later than the 15th day of the second month after his election,

15-11 stating the amount of campaign contributions which he received but did not

15-12 spend and the amount, if any, of those unspent contributions disposed of

15-13 pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 294A.160 [;] as of the last day of the first

15-14 month after his election;

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

15-16 year after he filed the report required by paragraph (a), stating the amount,

15-17 if any, of those unspent contributions disposed of pursuant to NRS

15-18 294A.160 during the period [since] from the last date covered by his last

15-19 report through December 31 of the immediately preceding year and the

15-20 manner in which they were disposed of; and

15-21 (c) Not later than the 15th day of the second month after he no longer

15-22 holds that office, stating the amount and disposition of any remaining

15-23 unspent contributions.

15-24 3. The reports required by subsections 1 and 2 must be submitted on a

15-25 form designed and provided by the secretary of state and signed by the

15-26 candidate or public officer under penalty of perjury.

15-27 4. A public officer filing a report pursuant to subsection 2:

15-28 (a) Shall file the report with the officer with whom he filed his

15-29 declaration of candidacy or acceptance of candidacy.

15-30 (b) May file the report by certified mail. If certified mail is used, the

15-31 date of mailing shall be deemed the date of filing.

15-32 5. A county clerk who receives from a legislative or judicial officer,

15-33 other than a justice of the peace or municipal judge, a report pursuant to

15-34 subsection 4 shall file a copy of the report with the secretary of state

15-38 office at a primary or general election shall, not later than:

15-39 (a) Seven days before the primary election, for the period from 30 days

15-40 before the regular session of the legislature after the last election for that

16-41 township office shall file the reports of campaign contributions and

16-42 expenses required by NRS 294A.120, 294A.200 and 294A.360, even

17-13 new section to read as follows:

17-14 The legal sufficiency of a petition filed pursuant to NRS 295.015 to

17-15 295.056, inclusive, and this section, may be challenged by filing a

17-16 complaint in district court not later than 5 days, Saturdays, Sundays and

17-17 holidays excluded, after the petition is filed with the secretary of state. All

17-18 affidavits and documents in support of the challenge must be filed with

17-19 the complaint. The court shall set the matter for hearing not later than

17-20 30 days after the complaint is filed and shall give priority to such a

17-21 complaint over all other matters pending with the court, except for

17-25 the secretary of state, the petitioners must submit to each county clerk for

17-26 verification pursuant to NRS 293.1276 to 293.1279, inclusive, the

17-27 document or documents which were circulated for signature within his

17-28 county. The clerks shall give the person submitting a document or

17-29 documents a receipt stating the number of documents and pages and the

17-30 person’s statement of the number of signatures contained therein.

17-31 2. If a petition for initiative proposes a statute or an amendment to a

17-32 statute, the document or documents must be submitted not later than the

17-33 second Tuesday in November of an even-numbered year.

17-34 3. If a petition for initiative proposes an amendment to the constitution,

17-35 the document or documents must be submitted not later than the third

17-36 Tuesday in June of an even-numbered year.

17-37 4. If the petition is for referendum, the document or documents must be

17-38 submitted not later than the third Tuesday in May of an even-numbered

17-39 year.

17-40 5. All documents which are submitted to a county clerk for verification

18-3 to place upon the general election ballot candidates for the office of

18-4 President and Vice President of the United States in the year when they are

18-5 to be elected, shall, at the state convention of the major political party held

18-6 in that year, choose from the qualified electors, who are legally registered

18-7 members of that political party, the number of presidential electors required

18-8 by law and no more, who must be nominated by the delegates at the state

18-9 convention. Upon the nomination thereof, the chairman and the secretary of

18-10 the convention shall certify the names and addresses of the nominees to the

18-11 secretary of state, who shall record the names in his office as the nominees

18-12 of that political party for presidential elector.

18-13 2. Each minor political party in this state, qualified by law to place

18-14 upon the general election ballot candidates for the office of President and

18-15 Vice President of the United States in the year when they are to be elected,

18-16 shall choose from the qualified electors, the number of presidential electors

18-17 required by law. The person who is authorized to file the list of candidates

18-18 for partisan office of the minor political party with the secretary of state

18-19 pursuant to NRS 293.1725 shall certify the names and addresses of the

18-20 nominees to the secretary of state, who shall record the names in his office

18-24 the office of President of the United States must, not later than 5 p.m. on

18-25 the second Friday in August in each year in which a presidential election is

18-26 to be held, pay a filing fee of $250 and file with the secretary of state a

18-27 declaration of candidacy and a petition of candidacy, in which he must also

18-28 designate his nominee for Vice President. The petition must be signed by a

18-29 number of registered voters equal to not less than 1 percent of the total

18-30 number of votes cast at the last preceding general election for candidates

18-31 for the offices of Representative in Congress and must request that the

18-32 names of the proposed candidates be placed on the ballot at the general

18-33 election that year. The candidate shall file a copy of the petition he intends

18-34 to circulate for signatures with the secretary of state.

18-35 2. The petition may consist of more than one document. Each

18-36 document must bear the name of a county and only registered voters of that

18-37 county may sign the document. The documents which are circulated for

18-38 signature in a county must be submitted to that county clerk for verification

18-39 in the manner prescribed in NRS 293.1276 to 293.1279, inclusive, not later

18-40 than [40] 25 days before [filing] the last day to file the petition of

18-41 candidacy with the secretary of state [.] pursuant to subsection 1. Each

18-42 person signing shall add to his signature the address of the place at which

19-25 the persons proposing to circulate the petition must file a notice of intent

19-26 with the filing officer . [with whom the public officer to be recalled filed his

19-27 declaration of candidacy or acceptance of candidacy pursuant to NRS

19-28 293.185, 293C.145 or 293C.175.]

19-29 2. The notice of intent:

19-30 (a) Must be signed by three registered voters who actually voted in [the]

19-31 this state or in the county, district or municipality electing the officer at the

19-32 last preceding general election.

19-33 (b) Must be signed before a person authorized by law to administer

19-34 oaths that the statements and signatures contained in the notice are true.

19-35 (c) Is valid until the date on which the call for a special election is

19-36 issued, as set forth in NRS 306.040.

19-37 3. The petition may consist of more than one document. The persons

19-38 filing the notice of intent shall submit the petition that was circulated for

19-39 signatures to the [county clerk pursuant to NRS 306.035] filing officer

19-40 within 60 days after the date on which the notice of intent was filed. The

19-41 filing officer shall immediately submit the petition to the county clerk for

20-21 statewide is filed with the secretary of state [, the petitioners must submit

20-22 to] pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 306.015, each county clerk [for

20-23 verification] must verify, pursuant to NRS 293.1276 to 293.1279,

20-24 inclusive, the document or documents which were circulated for signature

20-25 within his county.

20-26 2. Before a petition to recall a state senator, assemblyman, or a county,

20-27 district or municipal officer is filed [with the proper officer, the petitioners

20-28 must submit to] pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 306.015, the county clerk

20-29 [for verification limited to the relevant area in the manner prescribed in]

20-30 must verify, pursuant to NRS 293.1276 to 293.1279, inclusive, the

20-31 document or documents which were circulated for signatures within his

20-32 county.

20-33 3. If more than one document was circulated, all the documents must

20-37 petition to recall is sufficient pursuant to NRS 293.1276 to 293.1279,

20-38 inclusive, the secretary of state shall notify the county clerk, the officer with

20-39 whom the petition is to be filed pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 306.015

20-40 and the public officer who is the subject of the petition.

20-41 2. [Any] After the verification of signatures is complete, but not later

20-42 than the date a complaint is filed pursuant to subsection 5 or the date the

21-35 to read as follows:

21-36 Section 96. Conduct of city elections.

21-37 1. All City elections [shall] must be nonpartisan in character

21-38 and [shall] must be conducted in accordance with the provisions of

21-39 the general election laws of the State of Nevada and any ordinance

21-40 regulations as adopted by the City Council which are consistent

21-41 with law and this Charter. (1959 Charter)

21-42 2. All full terms of office in the City Council [shall be] are four

22-35 chapter 266, Statutes of Nevada 1971, as last amended by Assembly Bill

22-36 No. 444 of this session, is hereby amended to read as follows:

22-37 Sec. 5.010 Primary election.

22-38 1. A primary election must be held on the Tuesday after the

22-39 first Monday in [May] April of each odd-numbered year, at which

22-40 time there must be nominated candidates for offices to be voted for

23-16 chapter 517, Statutes of Nevada 1983, as last amended by Senate Bill No.

23-17 274 of this session, is hereby amended to read as follows:

23-18 Sec. 5.010 Primary municipal elections.

23-19 1. On the Tuesday after the first Monday in [May] April 2001,

23-20 and at each successive interval of 4 years, a primary municipal

23-21 election must be held in the city at which time candidates for half of

23-22 the offices of councilman and for municipal judge, department 2,

23-23 must be nominated.

23-24 2. On the Tuesday after the first Monday in [May] April 2003,

23-25 and at each successive interval of 4 years, a primary municipal

23-26 election must be held in the city at which time candidates for mayor,

23-27 for the other half of the offices of councilman and for municipal

23-28 judge, department 1, must be nominated.

23-29 3. The candidates for councilman who are to be nominated as

23-30 provided in subsections 1 and 2 must be nominated and voted for

23-31 separately according to the respective wards. The candidates from

23-32 each even-numbered ward must be nominated as provided in

23-33 subsection 1, and the candidates from each odd-numbered ward

23-34 must be nominated as provided in subsection 2.

23-35 4. If the city council has established an additional department

23-36 or departments of the municipal court pursuant to section 4.010 of

23-37 this charter, and, as a result, more than one office of municipal

23-38 judge is to be filled at any election, the candidates for those offices

23-39 must be nominated and voted upon separately according to the

23-40 respective departments.

23-41 5. Each candidate for the municipal offices which are provided

24-16 being chapter 573, Statutes of Nevada 1971, as last amended by chapter

24-17 215, Statutes of Nevada 1997, at page 748, is hereby amended to read as

24-18 follows:

24-19 Sec. 5.020 Primary municipal elections; declaration of

24-20 candidacy.

24-21 1. The city council shall provide by ordinance for candidates

24-22 for elective office to declare their candidacy and file the necessary

24-23 documents.

24-24 2. If for any general municipal election there are three or more

24-25 candidates for the offices of mayor or municipal judge, or five or

24-26 more candidates for the office of councilman, a primary election for

24-27 any such office must be held on the Tuesday following the first

24-28 Monday in [May] April preceding the general election.

24-29 3. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 5, after

24-30 the primary election, the names of the two candidates for mayor and

24-31 municipal judge and the names of the four candidates for city

24-32 councilman who receive the highest number of votes must be placed

24-33 on the ballot for the general election.

24-34 4. If one of the candidates for mayor or municipal judge

24-35 receives a majority of the total votes cast for that office in the

24-36 primary election, he shall be declared elected to office and his name

24-37 must not appear on the ballot for the general election.

24-38 5. If a candidate for city council receives votes equal to a

24-39 majority of voters casting ballots in the primary election:

24-40 (a) He shall be declared elected to one of the open seats on the

24-41 city council and his name must not appear on the ballot for the