Assembly Bill No. 161–Assemblymen Parks, de Braga, Koivisto, Price, Bache, Anderson, Chowning, Collins, Giunchigliani, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, McClain, Neighbors, Nolan, Tiffany and Williams

 

February 15, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics

 

SUMMARY—Extends hours that polls at elections are open for voting. (BDR 24‑1002)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to elections; extending the hours that polls are open for voting; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. NRS 293.273 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    293.273  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS

1-3  293.305, at all elections held under the provisions of this Title, the polls

1-4  must open at 7 a.m. and close at [7] 8 p.m.

1-5    2.  Whenever at any election all the votes of the precinct or district, as

1-6  shown on the checklist and roster, have been cast, the election board

1-7  officers shall close the polls, and the counting of votes must begin and

1-8  continue without unnecessary delay until the count is completed.

1-9    3.  Upon opening the polls , one of the election board officers shall

1-10  cause a proclamation to be made that all present may be aware of the fact

1-11  that applications of registered voters to vote will be received.

1-12    4.  No person other than election board officers engaged in receiving,

1-13  preparing or depositing ballots may be permitted inside the guardrail

1-14  during the time the polls are open, except by authority of the election board

1-15  as necessary to keep order and carry out the provisions of this Title.

1-16    Sec. 2.  NRS 293C.267 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-17    293C.267  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS

1-18  293C.297, at all elections held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter,

1-19  the polls must open at 7 a.m. and close at [7] 8 p.m.

1-20    2.  Whenever at any election all the votes of the precinct or district, as

1-21  shown on the checklist and roster, have been cast, the election board

2-1  officers shall close the polls and the counting of votes must begin and

2-2  continue without unnecessary delay until the count is completed.

2-3    3.  Upon opening the polls, one of the election board officers shall

2-4  cause a proclamation to be made so that all present may be aware of the

2-5  fact that applications of registered voters to vote will be received.

2-6    4.  No person other than election board officers engaged in receiving,

2-7  preparing or depositing ballots may be permitted inside the guardrail

2-8  during the time the polls are open, except by authority of the election board

2-9  as necessary to keep order and carry out the provisions of this chapter.

 

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