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Assembly Bill No. 4-Assemblyman Close
Prefiled on December 24, 1996
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Referred to Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics
- SUMMARY--Revises provisions relating to sample ballots. (BDR 24-260)
- FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
- Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
- AN ACT relating to primary elections; requiring the county or city clerk to include in each sample ballot a list of the names of the candidates for which there is no opposition; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
- THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 293.565 is hereby amended to read as follows:
293.565 1. At least 10 days before any election, the county or city clerk shall cause to be mailed to each registered voter in the county or city a sample ballot for his precinct with a notice informing the voter of the location of his polling place. If the location of the polling place has changed since the last election:
(a) The county or city clerk shall mail a notice of the change to each registered voter in the county or city not sooner than 10 days before mailing the sample ballots; or
(b) The sample ballot must also include a notice in at least 10-point bold type immediately above the location which states:
NOTICE: THE LOCATION OF YOUR POLLING PLACE
HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST ELECTION
2. The county or city clerk shall include in each sample ballot for a primary election or primary city election, a separate page on which is printed a list of the offices and candidates for those offices for which there is no opposition.
3. The cost of mailing sample ballots for any election other than a primary or general election must be borne by the political subdivision holding the election.
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