NAC293.311. Procedures for handling absent voters’ ballots in county with absent ballot central counting board.

     1. In a county in which the county clerk has appointed an absent ballot central counting board and posted a statement pursuant to subsection 2, the county clerk may, not earlier than 4 working days before election day and not later than 5 p.m. on the second working day before election day, deliver the absent voters’ ballots to the absent ballot central counting board. When the ballots are received, the absent ballot central counting board shall:

     (a) Sort the 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 ballots produces an accounting of the ballots by precinct or voting district;

     (b) Count the number of ballots by precinct or, for those precincts that have been consolidated into a single voting district, by voting district;

     (c) Account for all ballots on the statement of ballots; and

     (d) Place all the ballots and the statement of ballots into the container provided by the county clerk to transport those items to a central counting place and seal the container. The container and seal used must comply with the provisions of NRS 293.462.

     2. Not later than 2 working days before the date of delivery of the ballots pursuant to subsection 1, the county clerk must post a statement in his or her office that notifies the public of any actions that will be taken pursuant to subsection 1.

     3. Any absent ballots received by the county clerk after he or she delivers the ballots pursuant to subsection 1 must be:

     (a) Stored and secured pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.325 after those ballots have been returned pursuant to subsection 1; and

     (b) Processed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.3625 to 293.397, inclusive.

     4. The county clerk shall allow members of the general public to observe the handling of the absent ballots conducted pursuant to subsection 1 if those members do not interfere with the handling of the absent ballots.

     (Added to NAC by Sec’y of State by R086-00, eff. 8-22-2000; A by R072-06, 7-14-2006)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 293.169)