N.R.S. 293.433 - Decision of contest for office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor or justice of Supreme Court by Senate and Assembly in joint session
Overview of Statute
This section provides for the decisions of election contests for offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Appellate Court justices.
Statute
1. The Senate and Assembly meeting in joint session shall proceed to decide the contest.
2. The Speaker of the Assembly shall preside at such joint session, and the session shall be conducted under the joint standing rules or joint special rules adopted for the occasion.
3. The contest shall be decided by a majority vote of the elected membership of both houses not later than 30 days after the contest hearing is begun.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 266)
1. Definition for Contest
An adversary proceeding between a candidate for a public office who has received the greatest number of votes and any other candidate for that office or, in certain cases, any registered voter of the appropriate political subdivision, for the purpose of determining the validity of an election.
See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.042.