Section 293C.500 - Duties of mail ballot central counting board; city clerk required to post public notice; general public authorized to observe handling of mail ballots1. The city clerk shall, not earlier than 15 days before the day of the election, deliver the mail ballots to the mail ballot central counting board. When the mail ballots are received, the mail ballot central counting board shall, in addition to the requirements of NRS 293C.26331, 293C.26333 and 293C.26335: (a) Sort the mail ballots by precinct or, for those precincts that have been consolidated into a single voting district, by voting district, unless the system for counting the mail ballots produces an accounting of the mail ballots by precinct or voting district;(b) Count the number of mail ballots by precinct or, for those precincts that have been consolidated into a single voting district, by voting district;(c) Account for all mail ballots on the record of mail ballots; and(d) Place all the mail ballots and the record of mail ballots into the container provided by the city clerk to transport those items to a central counting place and seal the container.2. Not later than 2 days before the date of delivery of the mail ballots to the mail ballot central counting board for counting, the city clerk must post a statement in his or her office that notifies the public that the mail ballot central counting board will begin performing the actions set forth in subsection 1, the time at which the mail ballot central counting board is expected to begin and the times during which the mail ballot central counting board is expected to temporarily recess during the counting procedure.3. Any mail ballots received by the city clerk after he or she delivers the mail ballots pursuant to subsection 1, and until the deadline for the receipt of mail ballots pursuant to NRS 293C.26331, must be delivered to the mail ballot central counting board for counting.4. The city clerk shall allow members of the general public to observe the handling of the mail ballots conducted pursuant to subsection 1 if those members do not interfere with the handling of the mail ballots.Nev. Admin. Code § 293C.500
Added to NAC by Sec'y of State by R090-21A, eff. 2/28/2022; A by R014-23A, eff. 9/18/2023