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N.R.S. 293.015 – “Absent voter” defined

Overview of Statute

This section defines “absent voter.

Statute

“Absent voter” means a registered voter who has received or who has voted an absent ballot.  (Added to NRS by 1960, 235; A 1987, 690)

Definition [Absent ballot]

A ballot voted by a person who expects to be or is absent from the polling place for his or her precinct or district on election day.

See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.013.

Definition [Registered voter]

An elector who has completed the procedure prescribed by law for registration as a voter.

See Nev. Rev. Stat. §  293.090.

Definition [Ballot]

The record of a voter’s preference of candidates and questions voted upon at an election. The term includes, without limitation, any paper given to a voter upon which the voter places his or her vote and any electronic storage tapes.

See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.025.