N.R.S. 293B.185 – Procedure to be followed if ballot larger than capacity of mechanical recording device
Overview of Statute
This section provides instructions for when a ballot is larger than a mechanical recording device can accommodate.
Statute
If the ballot is larger than the mechanical recording device can accommodate, the county or city clerk may place it upon more than one device or place part of it upon the recording device and the remainder upon paper.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1524; A 1985, 1102; 1987, 358)
1. Definition for Mechanical recording device
A device which mechanically or electronically compiles a total of the number of votes cast for each candidate and for or against each measure voted on.
See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.0657.
2. 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.
3. Definition for 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.