NAC293C.400. Procedures after voting.

     1. After all eligible voters have cast their votes, the election board shall, in the following manner, count the number of official ballots it received:

     (a) The board shall total the number of voters’ signatures recorded in the roster book and enter that number on the ballot statement provided by the city clerk.

     (b) The board shall then unlock or unseal the ballot box and count the number of official ballots, comparing this number with the number of signatures recorded on the ballot statement.

     (c) The numbers of signatures and ballots should be the same. If they are not, the board shall recount the number of signatures and the number of ballots. If a discrepancy still exists, the board shall make a notation to that effect on the ballot statement.

     2. Each member of the counting board must be present in the polling place where the member is to serve not later than the time set for the closing of the polling place. If any polling place is closed early because all of the voters registered in the precinct have voted, the election board shall immediately notify the members of the counting board of the closing.

     3. After the polls are closed, the election board shall compare the quantity of its supplies that were furnished by the city clerk with the city clerk’s inventory and make a notation upon the inventory of any materials that were lost, used or stolen.

     4. After voting is completed, the chair of the election board shall deliver the keys to the ballot boxes to the chair of the counting board.

     5. Each chair of a counting board shall assign duties to the members of his or her board in a manner that facilitates the counting of votes. If any person interferes in any way with the counting of the votes, the chair of the counting board shall request a law enforcement officer of the city to remove the person.

     6. The members of the counting board shall count and make the record of the votes in the manner prescribed by the city clerk.

     7. If the counting board rejects a ballot, it shall place that ballot in a separate envelope, seal the envelope and write upon the envelope the word “Rejected” and the reason for the rejection.

     8. Every member of the counting board or the computer program and processing accuracy board as created by the city clerk pursuant to NRS 293C.665 shall sign the copy of the election return that is required by NRS 293C.380 to be posted on the outside of the polling place.

     (Added to NAC by Sec’y of State by R217-97, eff. 5-26-98)