NAC293C.140. Procedures regarding election supplies, voting booths and ballot boxes.

     1. At least 2 days before any election, every city clerk shall prepare the following supplies for each polling place:

     (a) One flag of the United States.

     (b) Any notices or other materials required to be posted at each polling place pursuant to NRS 293.177, 293.2549, 293.2955, 293.301, 293.302, 293.3025, 293.361, 293.740 and 293.780.

     (c) One copy of the statutes and regulations governing elections, or one copy of a compilation of the statutes and regulations governing elections.

     (d) If a procedure for bilingual voting is used in the city, the required notices in the appropriate foreign language.

     2. The city clerk may prepare for each polling place any additional supplies the city clerk considers necessary or desirable for carrying out the election.

     3. On or before the day preceding the day of a city election, each city clerk may deliver the election supplies to a person designated by the city clerk for further distribution. The election supplies may be delivered in sealed containers and may include any other accountable items. The designated person shall sign a receipt for all of the items received. The designated person shall immediately, and in a safe manner, distribute the election supplies to those members of election boards who are designated by the city clerk to receive and take custody of the supplies. The designated person shall obtain a signed receipt from each member of an election board to whom the sealed container or any other accountable item is delivered.

     4. When an election board accepts delivery of election supplies, it shall check the supplies against the list of inventory and immediately notify the city clerk of any shortage. The city clerk shall immediately correct the shortage.

     5. At each polling place within the city, the city clerk shall provide a quantity of booths that is sufficient to allow voters to vote their ballots conveniently and in a manner that allows their voting to be screened from the view of others.

     6. Each of the booths must, during the election, be provided with the necessary supplies for voting ballots, and must be sufficiently lighted to enable voters to read clearly all of the printing on ballots or ballot page assemblies and to enable members of election boards to perform their duties.

     7. Before opening the polls, the members of the election board shall carefully inspect the ballot box to ensure that nothing remains in the ballot box from a previous election. The ballot box must be locked after the inspection, and the key to any lock on the ballot box must be delivered to the chair of the election board or, if there is no lock, the ballot box must be sealed by a seal approved by the Secretary of State. The ballot box must not be opened during the election except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.625.

     (Added to NAC by Sec’y of State by R217-97, eff. 5-26-98; A by R092-09, 10-27-2009)