Senate Bill No. 84

Senate Bill No. 84-Committee on Government Affairs

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AN ACT relating to elections; amending the provisions governing the hours that certain ex officio registrars must be open during certain days immediately preceding the close of voter registration; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved April 17, 1997]

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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Section 1. NRS 293.560 is hereby amended to read as follows:
293.560 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.502, registration must close at 9 p.m. on the fifth Saturday preceding any primary or general election and at 9 p.m. on the third Saturday preceding any recall or special election, except that if a recall or special election is held on the same day as a primary or general election, or primary or general city election, registration must close at 9 p.m. on the fifth Saturday preceding the day of the elections.
2. The offices of the county clerk and other ex officio registrars must be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the office of the county clerk must also be open from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., including Saturdays, during the last days before the close of registration, according to the following schedule:
(a) In a county whose population is less than 100,000, those offices must be open during the last 3 days before registration closes.
(b) In all other counties, those offices must be open during the last 5 days before registration closes.
3. Except for a special election held pursuant to chapter 306 or 350 of NRS:
(a) The county clerk of each county shall cause a notice signed by him to be published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county indicating the day that registration will be closed. If no such newspaper is published in the county, the publication may be made in a newspaper of general circulation published in the nearest county in this state.
(b) The notice must be published once each week for 4 consecutive weeks next preceding the close of registration for any election.
4. The offices of the county clerk and other ex officio registrars may remain open on October 31 in each even-numbered year.
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