Amendment No. 387

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 421                                                                (BDR 24‑847)

Proposed by: Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend section 1, page 1, line 2, after “contest” by inserting “of election”.

     Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 19 through 28 and inserting:

     “5.  Where no more than the number of candidates to be elected have filed for nomination for [any office,] :

     (a) Any partisan office or the office of justice of the Supreme Court, the names of those candidates must be omitted from all ballots for a primary election and placed on all ballots for a general election; and

     (b) Any nonpartisan office, other than the office of justice of the Supreme Court, the names of those candidates must appear on the ballot for a primary election unless the candidates were nominated pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 293.165. If a candidate receives one or more votes at the primary election, he must be declared elected to the office and his name must not be placed on the ballot for the general election. If a candidate does not receive one or more votes at the primary election, his name must be placed on the ballot for the general election.

     6.  If there are more candidates than twice the number to be”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to elections; requiring that the names of candidates for certain nonpartisan offices who are unopposed be placed on the ballot for a primary election; requiring that, under certain circumstances, such a candidate be declared elected to office following the primary election and that his name not be placed on the ballot for a general election; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Requires that candidates for certain nonpartisan offices who are unopposed be declared elected to office after primary election under certain circumstances.
(BDR 24‑847)
”.