N.R.S. 295.150 - Names of registered voters may be contained in more than one petition; verification of petition
Overview of Statute
This section provides for the names of registered voters to be contained in more than one petition.
Statute
1. The names of the registered voters petitioning need not be all upon one petition, but may be contained on one or more petitions; but each petition shall be verified by at least one of the voters who has signed such petition.
2. The voter making the verification shall swear, on information and belief, that the persons signing the petition are registered voters of the county and state, and that such signatures are genuine and were executed in his or her presence.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 280)
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Definition for Person
1. A natural person;
2. Any form of business or social organization;
3. Any nongovernmental legal entity, including, without limitation, a corporation, partnership, association, trust, unincorporated organization, labor union, committee for political action, political party and committee sponsored by a political party; or
4. A government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a government.
See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 294A.009.
Regulations & Guidance
Attorney General's Opinions
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AGO 99-37 (1999) In addition to provisions of law related to the circulation of an initiative or referendum petition (see NRS Art. 19, § 3 and NRS 295.055), Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Found., Inc., 119 S.Ct. 636 (1999), makes invalid—with respect to any ballot access petition—a requirement that the circulator of the petition be a registered voter (see NRS 293.128 and 295.150).