N.R.S. 293.210 - Establishment of new election precinct: Petition and conditions
Overview of Statute
This section sets the process for the petition and conditions for creating new election precincts.
Statute
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.208, a new precinct may be established upon petition of 10 or more registered voters, permanently residing in the area sought to be constituted a precinct, stating that they reside more than 10 miles from any polling place in the county. If it appears to the satisfaction of the county clerk that not less than 50 registered voters reside in the area, the precinct may be established without regard to the distance which the registered voters reside from another polling place or precinct.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 246; A 1971, 441; 1985, 269; 1989, 849)
1. Definition for County clerk
Except as the term is used in NRS 293.393, whenever the term “county clerk” is used in this title it means “registrar of voters” in those counties where such office has been created pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244.164.
See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.044.
2. 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.
3. Definition for Clerk
The election board officer designated or assigned to make the record of the election in the roster, tally list and challenge list in the precinct, district or polling place in which such officer is appointed.
See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.040.
4. Definition for Precinct
The smallest voting area in a political subdivision.
See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.077.
Regulations & Guidance
Attorney General's Opinions
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AGO 125 (1964) Where a new election precinct is formed under the provisions of NRS 293.207 and 293.210 within a county having three commissioner districts formed pursuant to NRS 244.050, the board of county commissioners has power to add such precinct to the commissioner district which embraces the adjoining precinct and if possible to the commissioner district which would most nearly contain one-third of the voting population after such addition.