N.R.S. 293.130 - County conventions: Place; notice
Overview of Statute
This section provides the required notice and location of major party county conventions.
Statute
1. On the dates set by the respective state central committees in each year in which a general election is to be held, a county convention of each major political party must be held at the county seat of each county or at such other place in the county as the county central committee designates.
2. The county central committee of each major political party shall cause notice of the holding of the county convention of its party to be published in one or more newspapers, if any, published in the county. The notice must be in substantially the following form:
NOTICE OF…..(NAME OF PARTY)…..CONVENTION
Notice is hereby given that the county Convention of the ……………. Party for ……………. County will be held at ……………. in ……………., on the ……..day of the month of …………… of the year ……; that at the convention delegates to the …….. State Convention will be elected, a county central committee to serve for the ensuing 2 years will be chosen, and other party affairs may be considered; that delegates to such county convention will be chosen at ……..(name of party)…….. precinct meetings to be held in each voting precinct in the county on or before the ….. day of the month of …………… of the year ……..; and that a voting precinct is entitled to a number of delegates in proportion to the number of registered voters of the ……………. Party residing in the precinct as set forth in NRS 293.133.
County Central Committee of………………………………… County, Nevada
By……………………………………………………………………………. (Its Chair)
And………………………………………………………………………….. (Its Secretary)
(Added to NRS by 1960, 238; A 1971, 434; 1987, 1364; 1989, 222; 1993, 2173; 2001, 50)
1. Definition for Political Party
Any minor or major political party.
See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.073.
2. Definition for General election
The election held pursuant to NRS 293.12755.
See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.060.
3. Definition for Registered voter
An elector who has completed the procedure prescribed by law for registration as a voter.
See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.090.
4. Definition for Central committee
The county or the state authority of a major political party.
See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.033.
5. Definition for Major political party
Any organization which qualifies as such pursuant to NRS 293.128.
See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.0655.
6. Definition for State
A state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293D.080.
7. Definition for Precinct
The smallest voting area in a political subdivision.
See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.077.