Section 293C.307 - Ballot duplicating board: Authorized creation; members; duties1. The city clerk may create a ballot duplicating board and appoint its members. If practicable, the members must be of different political parties. The same person may be appointed to more than one board or perform additional functions as an election board officer.2. If a ballot is damaged or defective such that it cannot be read by a mechanical device or other electronic means, the ballot duplicating board must duplicate the ballot and the duplicate ballot must be counted in place of the damaged ballot.3. The ballot duplicating board shall: (a) Ensure that the correct precinct and ballot style is used to create the duplicate ballot;(b) Mark the duplicate ballot so that the duplicate is identical to the original ballot;(c) After finishing marking the duplicate ballot, verify that the duplicate ballot is identical to the original ballot, including, without limitation, any overvotes or undervotes;(d) Log the duplicate ballot and the serial number of the duplicate ballot in the ballot duplication log; and(e) If any errors are made while marking the duplicate ballot, mark the duplicate ballot as "SPOILED" and repeat the procedures set forth in paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, to create a new duplicate ballot.4. Each city clerk shall establish a procedure for duplicating ballots that must be approved by the Secretary of State before being used in the city.5. As used in this section: (a) "Duplicate" means the process of preparing a new ballot to replace a damaged or defective ballot, including, without limitation, ballots that have been torn, bent or mutilated.(b) "Duplicate ballot" means the ballot prepared by a ballot duplicating board to replace a damaged ballot.Nev. Admin. Code § 293C.307
Added to NAC by Sec'y of State by R096-21, eff. 2/28/2022NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293C.640, 293C.655