NAC293C.195. Procedures for handling absent voters’ ballots in city with absent ballot central counting board.

     1. In a city in which an absent ballot central counting board has been appointed and the city clerk has posted a statement pursuant to subsection 2, the city 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’ ballot boxes to the absent ballot central counting board. When the ballot boxes 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 counting system 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, unless the counting system produces an accounting of the ballots by precinct or voting district;

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

     (d) Place all the ballots and the statement of ballots into the container provided by the city 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 293C.700.

     2. Not later than 2 working days before the date of delivery of the ballot boxes pursuant to subsection 1, the city clerk must post a statement in the city clerk’s office that notifies the public of any actions that will be taken pursuant to subsection 1.

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

     (a) Deposited into the appropriate absent voters’ ballot boxes pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293C.305 to 293C.340, inclusive, after those ballot boxes have been returned pursuant to subsection 1; and

     (b) Processed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293C.3615 to 293C.395, inclusive.

     4. The city 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)