Amendment No. 224

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 444 (BDR 24-975)

Proposed by: Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

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Amend sec. 13, page 4, line 24, by deleting "25," and inserting "26,".

Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 26 and 27 as sections 28 and 29 and adding new sections designated sections 26 and 27, following sec. 25, to read as follows:

"Sec. 26. The provisions of NRS 293C.356 to 293C.361, inclusive, apply to a city only if the governing body of the city has provided for early voting by personal appearance pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 293C.110.

Sec. 27. NRS 293C.110 is hereby amended to read as follows:

293C.110 1. [The] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, conduct of any city election is under the control of the governing body of the city, and it shall, by ordinance, provide for the holding of the election, appoint the necessary election officers and election boards, and do all other things required to carry the election into effect.

2. The governing body of the city shall provide for:

(a) Absent ballots to be voted in a city election pursuant to NRS 293C.305 to 293C.325, inclusive, and 293C.330 to 293C.340, inclusive; and

(b) The conduct of:

(1) Early voting by personal appearance in a city election [may be conducted] pursuant to [the provisions of] NRS 293C.356 to 293C.361, inclusive [.] , and section 26 of this act;

(2) Voting by absent ballot in person in a city election pursuant to NRS 293C.327; or

(3) Both early voting by personal appearance as described in subparagraph (1) and voting by absent ballot in person as described in subparagraph (2).".

Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 28 and renumbering sec. 29 as sec. 30.

Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 30.

Amend sec. 33, page 12, by deleting lines 18 and 19 and inserting:

"293C.327 1. If [a] :

(a) A request for an absent ballot is made by a registered voter in person [,] ; and

(b) The governing body of the city, pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 293C.110, has provided for voting by absent ballot in person,

the city clerk shall issue an absent ballot to the registered".

Amend sec. 33, page 12, line 23, by deleting:

"At least [25]" and inserting:

"[At least 25] If the governing body of the city has provided for voting by absent ballot in person pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 293C.110, at least".

Amend sec. 34, page 12, line 34, by deleting "two [co-chairmen" and inserting "[two co-chairmen".

Amend sec. 34, page 12, line 37, after the closed bracket by inserting "three".