Nevada Assembly Bill AB367 Introduced / Bill

                      
  
  	A.B. 367 
 
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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 367–COMMITTEE ON  
LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS AND ELECTIONS 
 
(ON BEHALF OF THE JOINT INTERIM STANDING COMMITTEE  
ON LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS AND ELECTIONS) 
 
MARCH 6, 2025 
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Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections 
 
SUMMARY—Makes various changes related to language access in 
elections. (BDR 24-364) 
 
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: May have Fiscal Impact. 
 Effect on the State: Yes. 
 
CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE (§§ 5, 6, 8, 13-15, 21, 24, 25, 28, 29) 
(NOT REQUESTED BY AFFECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT) 
 
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. 
 
 
AN ACT relating to elections; setting forth certain language access 
requirements relating to elections; requiring the Secretary 
of State to employ a language access coordinator; 
requiring the Secretary of State to include certain 
information related to a registered voter’s preferred 
language on an application to register to vote; requiring 
county and city clerks to make a good faith effort to 
appoint election board officers who are bilingual; 
providing that a registered voter with a physical disability 
may use a mobile device to access interpretive services; 
revising the information relating to registered voters that 
is required to be included on the statewide voter 
registration list; requiring, under certain circumstances, a 
mechanical voting system to list offices, candidates and 
ballot measures in a voter’s preferred language; creating 
and setting forth the membership and duties of the 
Language Access Advisory Committee; and providing 
other matters properly relating thereto.   
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Legislative Counsel’s Digest: 
 Under existing law, each voting system used by a county or city is required to 1 
provide voting materials in English and every language in which voting materials 2 
are required to be prepared pursuant to federal law. (52 U.S.C. § 10503; NRS 3 
293.2699) Section 5 of this bill requires the Secretary of State to ensure that voting 4 
materials and other elections information are posted or made available at a polling 5 
place or on certain Internet websites in certain languages. Section 5 further requires 6 
the Secretary of State, on or before January 1 of each odd-numbered year, to review 7 
certain data on persons who are members of a minority group and are of limited-8 
English proficiency in the State. Based on the review of such data, section 5 9 
requires the Secretary of State and certain county and city clerks, under certain 10 
circumstances, to ensure that voting materials and other information are provided in 11 
certain other languages. Sections 13-15, 17-19, 21, 22 and 28-31 of this bill make 12 
changes to require that certain information and voting materials be made available 13 
in such languages. Section 42 of this bill requires the Secretary of State to review 14 
such data in sufficient time for information and voting materials to be made 15 
available for the 2026 General Election. 16 
 Sections 2-4 of this bill, respectively, define the terms “limited-English 17 
proficiency,” “minority group” and “voting materials.” Section 11 of this bill 18 
applies these definitions to the provisions of existing law relating to elections. 19 
 Section 6 of this bill requires the Secretary of State and authorizes a county 20 
clerk to establish a toll-free telephone number which may be used by any person to 21 
receive language interpretation or assistance with translation relating to an election. 22 
Sections 7, 17-19, 21, 25, 29 and 30 of this bill require that each polling place, 23 
sample ballot and Internet website of the Secretary of State or county or city clerk, 24 
as applicable, include the toll-free telephone number.  25 
 Section 8 of this bill requires the Secretary of State to include on all forms for 26 
an application to preregister or register to vote certain language authorizing a 27 
person who preregisters or registers to vote to request a sample ballot in a language 28 
other than English. 29 
 Under existing law, each county and city clerk is required to appoint registered 30 
voters to act as election board officers for the various polling places in the county 31 
or city, as applicable. (NRS 293.217, 293C.220) Sections 12 and 27 of this bill 32 
require the county or city clerk to make a good faith effort to appoint election board 33 
officers who are bilingual. 34 
 Existing law provides that, with certain exceptions, any registered voter who by 35 
reason of a physical disability or an inability to read or write English is unable to 36 
mark a ballot or use any voting device without assistance is entitled to assistance 37 
from a consenting person of his or her own choice. (NRS 293.296) Section 16 of 38 
this bill provides that a registered voter with a physical disability may also use a 39 
mobile device to access interpretive services to assist him or her in casting a vote in 40 
an election. Such interpretive services include, without limitation, interpretive 41 
services using American Sign Language. 42 
 Under existing law, the Secretary of State is required to prescribe forms for 43 
applications to preregister or register to vote. (NRS 293.507) Section 20 of this bill 44 
requires the Secretary of State to include on each such application a line on which 45 
an applicant may enter voluntarily the applicant’s state or country of birth and 46 
language preference. Section 23 of this bill requires such information to be 47 
included on the statewide voter registration list, if it is provided by the applicant. 48 
 Under existing law, the Secretary of State is required to establish a user-49 
friendly system on the Internet website of the Office of the Secretary of State to 50 
allow persons by computer to preregister and register to vote, cancel such 51 
preregistration or registration, update such preregistration or registration and 52 
determine at what polling place or places he or she is entitled to vote. (NRS 53 
293.671) Section 22 requires the system to also be accessible in each language in 54   
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which the Secretary of State is required to provide information and voting materials 55 
pursuant to section 5. 56 
 Section 24 of this bill provides that if the mechanical voting system used in a 57 
county or city is capable of providing a registered voter’s ballot in the preferred 58 
language of the voter other than English, the county or city clerk, as applicable, 59 
shall ensure that the list of offices and candidates and the statement of ballot 60 
measures for which the voter is entitled to vote is in that preferred language. 61 
 Section 37 of this bill creates the Language Access Advisory Committee within 62 
the Office of the Secretary of State, consisting of the Secretary of State or his or her 63 
designee, and certain other members. Sections 35 and 36 of this bill define 64 
“Advisory Committee” and “language access programs” for the purposes of 65 
sections 34-39 of this bill. Section 38 requires the Advisory Committee to: (1) 66 
identify certain programs and services that address language accessibility of 67 
elections and voting materials; (2) coordinate with community organizations to 68 
determine needs relating to language accessibility of elections and voting materials; 69 
(3) act as a liaison between the Office of the Secretary of State and community 70 
organizations; (4) make certain annual assessments relating to language 71 
accessibility programs and services; and (5) make certain recommendations to the 72 
Office of the Secretary of State relating to such programs and services. Section 39 73 
sets forth certain requirements for meetings of the Advisory Committee. Section 41 74 
of this bill: (1) requires the Secretary of State to appoint the initial members of the 75 
Advisory Committee before January 1, 2026; and (2) staggers the terms of the 76 
initial members. 77 
 Sections 5 and 40 of this bill require that the cost of ensuring that voting 78 
materials and other elections information are posted or made available at a polling 79 
place in certain languages be paid from the Reserve for Statutory Contingency 80 
Account. 81 
 Existing law authorizes, under certain circumstances, the governing body of a 82 
city to conduct a city election in which all ballots must be cast by mail. If such an 83 
election is conducted, certain existing provisions of law relating to early voting do 84 
not apply to the election. (NRS 293C.112) Section 26 of this bill provides that the 85 
provisions of section 25 also do not apply to such a city election. 86 
 Section 32 of this bill makes a conforming change to make the provisions of 87 
section 7 apply to a presidential preference primary election. 88 
 
 
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN 
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 
 
 Section 1.  Chapter 293 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1 
thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 to 10, inclusive, of this 2 
act. 3 
 Sec. 2.  “Limited-English proficiency” means being unable to 4 
speak or understand English adequately to participate in the 5 
electoral process. 6 
 Sec. 3.  “Minority group” includes, without limitation, United 7 
States citizens of Chinese heritage. 8 
 Sec. 4.  “Voting materials” means the following written 9 
materials: 10 
 1. Applications to preregister or register to vote; 11   
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 2. Ballots and the instructions for the use of such ballots, 1 
including, without limitation, mail ballots, sample ballots and 2 
provisional ballots; 3 
 3. Voting instructions; 4 
 4. Information and instructions relating to the location of 5 
polling places, including, without limitation, vote centers, 6 
permanent polling places for early voting and temporary branch 7 
polling places and the hours during which such polling places will 8 
be open; 9 
 5. Any notices required to be provided for an election 10 
pursuant to title 24 of NRS; 11 
 6. Ballot questions; 12 
 7. Any forms prepared for an election to assist voters; and 13 
 8. Any other voting materials required to be translated 14 
pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Secretary of State 15 
pursuant to section 5 of this act. 16 
 Sec. 5.  1. The Secretary of State shall ensure that voting 17 
materials and other elections information that is posted on the 18 
Internet website of the Office of the Secretary of State or the 19 
system of approved electronic transmission established pursuant to 20 
NRS 293D.200 are available on the website and system of 21 
approved electronic transmission in any language in which voting 22 
materials are required to be prepared pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 23 
10503. If there are less than seven languages in which voting 24 
materials are required to be prepared pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 25 
10503, the Secretary of State shall ensure that voting materials 26 
and other elections information are posted pursuant to this 27 
subsection in at least the seven most commonly spoken languages 28 
in the State. If any such language does not have a standard 29 
writing system, the information required to be posted must be set 30 
forth in an audio recording in the language. Except as otherwise 31 
provided in this subsection, the Secretary of State shall use a 32 
translator who is certified in the specific language to translate the 33 
information required pursuant to this subsection. If such a 34 
certified translator is not available to translate the information as 35 
required by this subsection, the Secretary of State shall make a 36 
continuous effort to find such a certified translator or coordinate 37 
with the respective minority group for assistance with the 38 
translation. 39 
 2. Each county clerk and city clerk shall ensure that the 40 
Internet website of the county or city clerk, as applicable, has 41 
posted in a prominent location a link to the information on the 42 
website of the Office of the Secretary of State required by 43 
subsection 1. 44   
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 3. The Secretary of State shall, on or before January 1 of 1 
each odd-numbered year, review data on persons who are 2 
members of a minority group and are of limited-English 3 
proficiency in the State, based on the American Community 4 
Survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United 5 
States Department of Commerce or language preference 6 
information collected by the Secretary of State. In addition to the 7 
requirements set forth in subsections 1 and 2, if, based on such 8 
data: 9 
 (a) The Secretary of State finds that there are at least 5,000 10 
qualified electors in this State who are members of a minority 11 
group and are of limited-English proficiency, the Secretary of 12 
State shall ensure that voting materials and other elections 13 
information that are posted on the Internet website of the Office of 14 
the Secretary of State or set forth in the system of approved 15 
electronic transmission established pursuant to NRS 293D.200 are 16 
available in the language or languages of the minority group. If 17 
any such language does not have a standard writing system, the 18 
information required to be posted or made available must be set 19 
forth in an audio recording in the language. Except as otherwise 20 
provided in this paragraph, the Secretary of State shall use a 21 
translator who is certified in the specific language to translate the 22 
information required by this paragraph. If such a certified 23 
translator is not available to translate the information required by 24 
this paragraph, the Secretary of State shall make a continuous 25 
effort to find such a certified translator or coordinate with the 26 
respective minority group for assistance with the translation. 27 
 (b) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the 28 
Secretary of State finds that there are at least 20,000 qualified 29 
electors in this State who are members of a minority group and are 30 
of limited-English proficiency, the Secretary of State shall 31 
collaborate with each county clerk to ensure that voting materials 32 
and other elections information that are required to be posted or 33 
made available at a polling place or on the Internet website of the 34 
county clerk are posted or available in the language or languages 35 
of the minority group. If any such language does not have a 36 
standard writing system, the information required to be posted or 37 
made available must be set forth in an audio recording in the 38 
language. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the 39 
Secretary of State shall use a translator who is certified in  40 
the specific language to translate the information required by this 41 
paragraph. If such a certified translator is not available to 42 
translate the information required by this paragraph, the 43 
Secretary of State shall make a continuous effort to find such a 44 
certified translator or coordinate with the respective minority 45   
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group for assistance with the translation. The cost of preparing 1 
and providing voting materials and other elections information in 2 
any language required by this paragraph is a charge against the 3 
State and must be paid from the Reserve for Statutory 4 
Contingency Account, upon recommendation by the Secretary of 5 
State and approval by the State Board of Examiners. The 6 
provisions of this paragraph do not apply to the extent that a 7 
county clerk is required pursuant to paragraph (c) to ensure that 8 
voting materials and other elections information that are required 9 
to be posted or made available at a polling place or on the Internet 10 
website of the county clerk are posted or available in the language 11 
or languages of the minority group. 12 
 (c) The Secretary of State finds that there are at least 5,000 13 
qualified electors in a county who are members of a minority 14 
group and are of limited-English proficiency, the Secretary of 15 
State shall notify the county clerk, and the county clerk shall 16 
ensure that voting materials and other elections information that 17 
are required to be posted or made available at a polling place or 18 
on the Internet website of the county clerk are posted or available 19 
in the language or languages of the minority group. If any such 20 
language does not have a standard writing system, the information 21 
required to be posted or made available must be set forth in an 22 
audio recording in the language. Except as otherwise provided in 23 
this paragraph, the county clerk shall use a translator who is 24 
certified in the specific language to translate the information 25 
required by this paragraph. If such a certified translator is not 26 
available to translate the information required by this paragraph, 27 
the county clerk shall make a continuous effort to find such a 28 
certified translator or coordinate with the respective minority 29 
group for assistance with the translation. 30 
 (d) The Secretary of State finds that there are at least 5,000 31 
qualified electors in a city who are members of a minority group 32 
and are of limited-English proficiency, the Secretary of State shall 33 
notify the city clerk and the city clerk shall ensure that voting 34 
materials and other elections information that are required to be 35 
posted or made available at a polling place or on the Internet 36 
website of the city clerk are posted or available in the language or 37 
languages of the minority group. If any such language does not 38 
have a standard writing system, the information required to be 39 
posted or made available must be set forth in an audio recording 40 
in the language. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, 41 
the city clerk shall use a translator who is certified in the specific 42 
language to translate the information required by this paragraph. 43 
If such a certified translator is not available to translate the 44 
information required by this paragraph, the city clerk shall make a 45   
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continuous effort to find such a certified translator or coordinate 1 
with the respective minority group for assistance with the 2 
translation. 3 
 4. The Secretary of State may adopt regulations requiring any 4 
additional information or voting material that must be translated 5 
pursuant to this section. 6 
 Sec. 6.  1. The Secretary of State shall: 7 
 (a) Establish a toll-free telephone number which may be used 8 
by any person in this State to receive language interpretation or 9 
assistance with translation relating to an election, including, 10 
without limitation, voter registration or other voter assistance; and 11 
 (b) Post the toll-free telephone number established pursuant to 12 
paragraph (a) on the Internet website of the Office of the 13 
Secretary of State. 14 
 2. The Secretary of State shall ensure that the toll-free 15 
telephone number established pursuant to subsection 1 provides 16 
language interpretation or assistance with translation relating to 17 
an election in the 200 most commonly spoken languages in the 18 
State and American Sign Language. 19 
 3. A county clerk: 20 
 (a) May establish a toll-free telephone number which may be 21 
used by any person in the county to receive language 22 
interpretation or translation assistance relating to an election, 23 
including, without limitation, voter registration or other voter 24 
assistance; and 25 
 (b) If such a toll-free telephone number is established 26 
pursuant to paragraph (a), may post the toll-free telephone 27 
number on the Internet website of the county clerk. 28 
 4. Each county and city clerk shall post the toll-free 29 
telephone number established by the Secretary of State pursuant 30 
to subsection 1 on the Internet website of the county or city clerk, 31 
as applicable. 32 
 Sec. 7.  The county clerk shall ensure that at each polling 33 
place for early voting the toll-free telephone number established 34 
by the Secretary of State and, if applicable, the toll-free telephone 35 
number established by the county clerk pursuant to section 6 of 36 
this act for a voter to receive assistance with voter registration and 37 
other assistance during the period for early voting is posted in a 38 
conspicuous place. 39 
 Sec. 8.  1. The Secretary of State shall include on all forms 40 
for an application to preregister or register to vote prescribed by 41 
the Secretary of State, including, without limitation, a paper 42 
application and the form set forth on the system established by the 43 
Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.671 to allow persons by 44   
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computer to preregister and register to vote, the following 1 
language in at least 14-point bold type: 2 
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[ ] CHECK THIS BOX TO RECEIVE A SAMPLE 4 
BALLOT IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN 5 
ENGLISH AND INCLUDE THE 6 
PREFERRED LANGUAGE HERE _________ 7 
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PLEASE NOTE THAT NOT ALL LANGUAGES 9 
ARE AVAILABLE, BUT LANGUAGE INFORMATION 10 
THAT IS COLLECTED WILL HELP DETERMINE THE 11 
LANGUAGE NEEDS OF VOTERS AND THE SERVICES 12 
PROVIDED BY THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY. 13 
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 2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the county 15 
clerk and city clerk of the county and city where the voter is 16 
registered to vote must provide the voter who has indicated a 17 
preferred language other than English with a sample ballot in the 18 
preferred language. If, pursuant to section 5 of this act, a county 19 
or city clerk is not required to provide information and voting 20 
materials in the preferred language of the voter, the county clerk 21 
or city clerk, as applicable, must provide the voter with a sample 22 
ballot in English until the clerk is required, pursuant to section 5 23 
of this act, to provide information and voting materials in the 24 
preferred language of the voter. 25 
 Sec. 9.  1. The Secretary of State shall employ a person to 26 
serve as the language access coordinator for the Office of the 27 
Secretary of State 28 
 2. A language access coordinator employed pursuant to 29 
subsection 1 is in the classified service of the State. 30 
 Sec. 10.  In addition to any other requirement relating to 31 
language access, the Secretary of State shall ensure that all 32 
elections-related communications and information are made 33 
available to voters in English and Spanish. 34 
 Sec. 11.  NRS 293.010 is hereby amended to read as follows: 35 
 293.010 As used in this title, unless the context otherwise 36 
requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 293.016 to 293.121, 37 
inclusive, and sections 2, 3 and 4 of this act have the meanings 38 
ascribed to them in those sections. 39 
 Sec. 12.  NRS 293.217 is hereby amended to read as follows: 40 
 293.217 1.  The county clerk of each county shall appoint and 41 
notify registered voters to act as election board officers for the 42 
various polling places in the county as provided in NRS 293.220 to 43 
293.227, inclusive, and NRS 293.269929. The county clerk shall 44 
make a good faith effort to appoint election board officers who are 45   
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bilingual in a language in which information and voting materials 1 
are required to be made available pursuant to section 5 of this act. 2 
The registered voters appointed as election board officers for any 3 
polling place must not all be of the same political party. No 4 
candidate for nomination or election or a relative of the candidate 5 
within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity may be 6 
appointed as an election board officer. Immediately after election 7 
board officers are appointed, if requested by the county clerk, the 8 
sheriff shall: 9 
 (a) Appoint a deputy sheriff for each polling place in the county 10 
and for the central election board or the mail ballot central counting 11 
board; or 12 
 (b) Deputize as a deputy sheriff for the election an election 13 
board officer of each polling place in the county and for the central 14 
election board or the mail ballot central counting board. The 15 
deputized officer shall receive no additional compensation for 16 
services rendered as a deputy sheriff during the election for which 17 
the officer is deputized. 18 
 Deputy sheriffs so appointed and deputized shall preserve order 19 
during hours of voting and attend closing of the polls. 20 
 2.  The county clerk may appoint a trainee for the position of 21 
election board officer as set forth in NRS 293.2175. 22 
 Sec. 13.  NRS 293.2549 is hereby amended to read as follows: 23 
 293.2549 1.  The Secretary of State, each county clerk and 24 
each city clerk shall: 25 
 (a) Make the Voters’ Bill of Rights readily available to the 26 
public; 27 
 (b) Maintain a copy of the Voters’ Bill of Rights in his or her 28 
office for reproduction and distribution to the public; [and] 29 
 (c) Ensure that the Voters’ Bill of Rights is posted in a 30 
conspicuous place, in at least 12-point type, at each polling place [.] 31 
; and 32 
 (d) Ensure that the Voters’ Bill of Rights is made available in 33 
all languages in which information and voting materials are 34 
required to be provided pursuant to section 5 of this act. 35 
 2.  The Secretary of State shall ensure that the Voters’ Bill of 36 
Rights is posted on the Secretary of State’s Internet website [.] and 37 
made available in all languages in which information and voting 38 
materials are required to be provided pursuant to section 5 of this 39 
act. 40 
 Sec. 14.  NRS 293.2699 is hereby amended to read as follows: 41 
 293.2699 1.  Each voting system used by a county or city 42 
shall provide voting materials in: 43 
 (a) English; [and] 44   
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 (b) Every language in which voting materials are required to be 1 
prepared in the county or city pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 10503 [.] ; 2 
and 3 
 (c) Every other language in which information and voting 4 
materials are required to be provided by the county clerk or city 5 
clerk pursuant to section 5 of this act. 6 
 2.  In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection 1, if a 7 
county clerk or city clerk determines that there is a significant and 8 
substantial need for voting materials of the county or city, as 9 
applicable, to be provided in the language or languages of a 10 
minority group, the county clerk or city clerk may prepare voting 11 
materials in such language or languages. For the purposes of this 12 
subsection, there is a significant and substantial need for voting 13 
materials to be provided in the language or languages of a minority 14 
group if, without limitation, the minority group has been subject to 15 
historical discrimination and unequal educational opportunities, and, 16 
as a result, members of the minority group are of limited-English 17 
proficiency. 18 
 [3.  As used in this section: 19 
 (a) “Limited-English proficiency” means being unable to speak 20 
or understand English adequately to participate in the electoral 21 
process. 22 
 (b) “Minority group” includes, without limitation, United States 23 
citizens of Chinese heritage. 24 
 (c) “Voting materials” has the meaning ascribed to it in 52 25 
U.S.C. § 10503.] 26 
 Sec. 15.  NRS 293.269911 is hereby amended to read as 27 
follows: 28 
 293.269911 1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, 29 
the county clerk shall prepare and distribute to each active registered 30 
voter in the county and each person who registers to vote or updates 31 
his or her voter registration information not later than the 14 days 32 
before the election a mail ballot for every election. The county clerk 33 
shall make reasonable accommodations for the use of the mail ballot 34 
by a person who is elderly or disabled, including, without limitation, 35 
by providing, upon request, the mail ballot in 12-point type to a 36 
person who is elderly or disabled. If a county clerk is required to 37 
provide information and voting materials pursuant to section 5 of 38 
this act in a language that a registered voter has indicated is his or 39 
her preferred language, the county clerk shall prepare and 40 
distribute a mail ballot and all relevant materials and instructions 41 
for voting the mail ballot in the preferred language of the voter. 42 
 2.  The county clerk shall allow a voter to elect not to receive a 43 
mail ballot pursuant to this section by submitting to the county clerk 44 
a written notice in the form prescribed by the county clerk which 45   
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must be received by the county clerk not later than 60 days before 1 
the day of the election. 2 
 3.  The county clerk shall not distribute a mail ballot to any 3 
person who: 4 
 (a) Registers to vote for the election pursuant to the provisions 5 
of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive; or 6 
 (b) Elects not to receive a mail ballot pursuant to subsection 2.  7 
 4.  The mail ballot must include all offices, candidates and 8 
measures upon which the voter is entitled to vote at the election. 9 
 5.  Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the 10 
mail ballot must be distributed to: 11 
 (a) Each active registered voter who: 12 
  (1) Resides within the State, not later than 20 days before the 13 
election; and 14 
  (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), resides 15 
outside the State, not later than 40 days before the election. 16 
 (b) Each active registered voter who registers to vote after the 17 
dates set for distributing mail ballots pursuant to paragraph (a) but 18 
who is eligible to receive a mail ballot pursuant to subsection 1, not 19 
later than 13 days before the election.  20 
 (c) Each covered voter who is entitled to have a military-21 
overseas ballot transmitted pursuant to the provisions of chapter 22 
293D of NRS or the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 23 
Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. §§ 20301 et seq., not later than the time 24 
required by those provisions. 25 
 6.  In the case of a special election where no candidate for 26 
federal office will appear on the ballot, the mail ballot must be 27 
distributed to each active registered voter not later than 15 days 28 
before the special election. 29 
 7.  Any untimely legal action which would prevent the mail 30 
ballot from being distributed to any voter pursuant to this section is 31 
moot and of no effect. 32 
 Sec. 16.  NRS 293.296 is hereby amended to read as follows: 33 
 293.296 1.  Any registered voter who by reason of a physical 34 
disability or an inability to read or write English is unable to mark a 35 
ballot or use any voting device without assistance is entitled to 36 
assistance from a consenting person of his or her own choice, 37 
except: 38 
 (a) The voter’s employer or an agent of the voter’s employer; or 39 
 (b) An officer or agent of the voter’s labor organization. 40 
 2.  A person providing assistance pursuant to this section to a 41 
voter in casting a vote shall not disclose any information with 42 
respect to the casting of that ballot. 43 
 3.  A registered voter with a physical disability may use a 44 
mobile device to access interpretive services to assist him or her in 45   
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casting a vote in an election. Such interpretive services include, 1 
without limitation, interpretive services using American Sign 2 
Language. 3 
 4. The right to assistance in casting a ballot may not be denied 4 
or impaired when the need for assistance is apparent or is known to 5 
the election board or any member thereof or when the registered 6 
voter requests such assistance in any manner. 7 
 [4.] 5.  In addition to complying with the requirements of this 8 
section, the county clerk and election board officer shall, upon the 9 
request of a registered voter with a physical disability, make 10 
reasonable accommodations to allow the voter to vote at a polling 11 
place at which he or she is entitled to vote. 12 
 Sec. 17.  NRS 293.3025 is hereby amended to read as follows: 13 
 293.3025 The Secretary of State and each county and city clerk 14 
shall ensure that a copy of each of the following is posted in a 15 
conspicuous place at each polling place on election day: 16 
 1.  A sample ballot; 17 
 2.  Information concerning the date and hours of operation of 18 
the polling place; 19 
 3.  Instructions for voting and casting a ballot, including a 20 
provisional ballot pursuant to NRS 293.3078 to 293.3086, inclusive, 21 
or a provisional ballot pursuant to NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, 22 
inclusive; 23 
 4.  Instructions concerning the identification required for 24 
persons who registered by mail or computer and are first-time voters 25 
for federal office in this State; 26 
 5.  Information concerning the accessibility of polling places to 27 
persons with disabilities; 28 
 6.  Instructions concerning how a registered voter may obtain 29 
a copy of information and voting materials in each of the 30 
languages in which voting materials are required to be provided 31 
pursuant to section 5 of this act; 32 
 7. The toll-free telephone number established by the 33 
Secretary of State and, if applicable, the toll-free telephone 34 
number established by the county clerk pursuant to section 6 of 35 
this act for obtaining language interpretation or assistance with 36 
translation relating to the election; 37 
 8. General information concerning federal and state laws which 38 
prohibit acts of fraud and misrepresentation; and 39 
 [7.] 9.  Information concerning the eligibility of a candidate, a 40 
ballot question or any other matter appearing on the ballot as a result 41 
of a judicial determination or by operation of law, if any. 42 
 Sec. 18.  NRS 293.4687 is hereby amended to read as follows: 43 
 293.4687 1.  The Secretary of State shall maintain a website 44 
on the Internet for public information maintained, collected or 45   
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compiled by the Secretary of State that relates to elections, which 1 
must include, without limitation: 2 
 (a) The Voters’ Bill of Rights required to be posted on the 3 
Secretary of State’s Internet website pursuant to the provisions of 4 
NRS 293.2549; 5 
 (b) The abstract of votes required to be posted on a website 6 
pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.388; 7 
 (c) A current list of the registered voters in this State that also 8 
indicates the petition district in which each registered voter resides; 9 
 (d) A map or maps indicating the boundaries of each petition 10 
district; [and] 11 
 (e) All reports submitted to the Secretary of State pursuant to the 12 
provisions of chapter 294A of NRS [.] ; and 13 
 (f) The toll-free telephone number established by the Secretary 14 
of State pursuant to section 6 of this act. 15 
 2.  The information required to be maintained, collected and 16 
compiled by the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection 1 must 17 
be made available in all languages in which information and 18 
voting materials are required to be provided pursuant to section 5 19 
of this act. 20 
 3. The abstract of votes required to be maintained on the 21 
website pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 must be 22 
maintained in such a format as to permit the searching of the 23 
abstract of votes for specific information. 24 
 [3.] 4.  If the information required to be maintained by the 25 
Secretary of State pursuant to subsection 1 may be obtained by the 26 
public from a website on the Internet maintained by a county clerk 27 
or city clerk, the Secretary of State may provide a hyperlink to that 28 
website to comply with the provisions of subsection 1 with regard to 29 
that information. 30 
 Sec. 19.  NRS 293.4689 is hereby amended to read as follows: 31 
 293.4689 1.  If a county clerk maintains a website on the 32 
Internet for information related to elections, the website must 33 
contain public information maintained, collected or compiled by the 34 
county clerk that relates to elections, which must include, without 35 
limitation: 36 
 (a) The locations of polling places for casting a ballot on 37 
election day in such a format that a registered voter may search the 38 
list to determine the location of the polling place or places at which 39 
the registered voter is entitled to cast a ballot; [and] 40 
 (b) The abstract of votes required pursuant to the provisions of 41 
NRS 293.388 [.] ; and 42 
 (c) The toll-free telephone number established by the Secretary 43 
of State and, if applicable, the toll-free telephone number 44 
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 2.  The abstract of votes required to be maintained on the 1 
website pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 must be 2 
maintained in such a format as to permit the searching of the 3 
abstract of votes for specific information. 4 
 3.  The information required to be maintained by the county 5 
clerk pursuant to subsection 1 must be made available on the 6 
website in all languages in which information and voting 7 
materials are required to be provided by the county clerk pursuant 8 
to section 5 of this act. 9 
 4. If the information required to be maintained by a county 10 
clerk pursuant to subsection 1 may be obtained by the public from a 11 
website on the Internet maintained by the Secretary of State, another 12 
county clerk or a city clerk, the county clerk may provide a 13 
hyperlink to that website to comply with the provisions of 14 
subsection 1 with regard to that information. 15 
 Sec. 20.  NRS 293.507 is hereby amended to read as follows: 16 
 293.507 1.  The Secretary of State shall prescribe: 17 
 (a) Standard forms for applications to preregister or register to 18 
vote; 19 
 (b) Special forms for preregistration and registration to be used 20 
in a county where registrations are performed and records of 21 
registration are kept by computer; and 22 
 (c) A standard form for the affidavit described in subsection 5. 23 
 2.  The county clerks shall provide forms for applications to 24 
preregister or register to vote to field registrars in the form and 25 
number prescribed by the Secretary of State. 26 
 3.  Each form for an application to preregister or register to vote 27 
must include a: 28 
 (a) Unique control number assigned by the Secretary of State; 29 
and 30 
 (b) Receipt which: 31 
  (1) Includes a space for a person assisting an applicant in 32 
completing the form to enter the person’s name; and 33 
  (2) May be retained by the applicant upon completion of the 34 
form. 35 
 4.  The form for an application to preregister or register to vote 36 
must include: 37 
 (a) A line for use by the applicant to enter: 38 
  (1) The number indicated on the applicant’s current and valid 39 
driver’s license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, if the 40 
applicant has such a driver’s license;  41 
  (2) The last four digits of the applicant’s social security 42 
number, if the applicant does not have a driver’s license issued by 43 
the Department of Motor Vehicles and does have a social security 44 
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  (3) The number issued to the applicant pursuant to subsection 1 
5, if the applicant does not have a current and valid driver’s license 2 
issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles or a social security 3 
number. 4 
 (b) A line on which to enter the address at which the applicant 5 
actually resides, as set forth in NRS 293.486. 6 
 (c) A notice that the applicant may not list a business as the 7 
address required pursuant to paragraph (b) unless the applicant 8 
actually resides there. 9 
 (d) A line on which to enter an address at which the applicant 10 
may receive mail, including, without limitation, a post office box or 11 
general delivery. 12 
 (e) A line on which the applicant may enter voluntarily the 13 
applicant’s state or country of birth and language preference. 14 
 5. If an applicant does not have the identification set forth in 15 
subparagraph (1) or (2) of paragraph (a) of subsection 4, the 16 
applicant shall sign an affidavit stating that he or she does not have a 17 
current and valid driver’s license issued by the Department of Motor 18 
Vehicles or a social security number. Upon receipt of the affidavit, 19 
the county clerk shall issue an identification number to the applicant 20 
which must be the same number as the unique identifier assigned to 21 
the applicant for purposes of the statewide voter registration list. 22 
 6. The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations to carry out 23 
the provisions of subsections 3, 4 and 5. 24 
 Sec. 21.  NRS 293.565 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25 
 293.565 1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, 26 
sample ballots must include: 27 
 (a) If applicable, the statement required by NRS 293.267; 28 
 (b) The fiscal note or description of anticipated financial effect, 29 
as provided pursuant to NRS 218D.810, 293.250, 293.481, 295.015, 30 
295.095 or 295.230 for each proposed constitutional amendment, 31 
statewide measure, measure to be voted upon only by a special 32 
district or political subdivision and advisory question; 33 
 (c) An explanation, as provided pursuant to NRS 218D.810, 34 
293.250, 293.481, 295.121 or 295.230, of each proposed 35 
constitutional amendment, statewide measure, measure to be voted 36 
upon only by a special district or political subdivision and advisory 37 
question; 38 
 (d) Arguments for and against each proposed constitutional 39 
amendment, statewide measure, measure to be voted upon only by a 40 
special district or political subdivision and advisory question, and 41 
rebuttals to each argument, as provided pursuant to NRS 218D.810, 42 
293.250, 293.252 or 295.121; and 43 
 (e) The full text of each proposed constitutional amendment.  44   
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 2. If, pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.2565, the word 1 
“Incumbent” must appear on the ballot next to the name of the 2 
candidate who is the incumbent, the word “Incumbent” must appear 3 
on the sample ballot next to the name of the candidate who is the 4 
incumbent. 5 
 3.  Sample ballots that are mailed to registered voters may be 6 
printed without the full text of each proposed constitutional 7 
amendment if: 8 
 (a) The cost of printing the sample ballots would be significantly 9 
reduced if the full text of each proposed constitutional amendment 10 
were not included; 11 
 (b) The county clerk ensures that a sample ballot that includes 12 
the full text of each proposed constitutional amendment is provided 13 
at no charge to each registered voter who requests such a sample 14 
ballot; and 15 
 (c) The sample ballots provided to each polling place include the 16 
full text of each proposed constitutional amendment. 17 
 4. A county clerk may establish a system for distributing 18 
sample ballots by electronic means to each registered voter who 19 
elects to receive a sample ballot by electronic means. Such a system 20 
may include, without limitation, electronic mail or electronic access 21 
through an Internet website. If a county clerk establishes such a 22 
system and a registered voter elects to receive a sample ballot by 23 
electronic means, the county clerk shall distribute the sample ballot 24 
to the registered voter by electronic means pursuant to the 25 
procedures and requirements set forth by regulations adopted by the 26 
Secretary of State.  27 
 5. If a registered voter does not elect to receive a sample ballot 28 
by electronic means pursuant to subsection 4, the county clerk shall 29 
distribute the sample ballot to the registered voter by mail. 30 
 6.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, before the 31 
period for early voting for any election begins, the county clerk shall 32 
distribute to each registered voter in the county by mail or electronic 33 
means, as applicable, the sample ballot for his or her precinct, with a 34 
notice informing the voter of the location of his or her polling place 35 
or places. If the location of the polling place or places has changed 36 
since the last election: 37 
 (a) The county clerk shall mail a notice of the change to each 38 
registered voter in the county not sooner than 10 days before 39 
distributing the sample ballots; or 40 
 (b) The sample ballot must also include a notice in bold type 41 
immediately above the location which states: 42 
 43 
NOTICE: THE LOCATION OF YOUR POLLING PLACE OR 44 
PLACES HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST ELECTION 45   
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 7.  If a person registers to vote less than 20 days before the date 1 
of an election, the county clerk is not required to distribute to the 2 
person the sample ballot for that election by mail or electronic 3 
means. 4 
 8.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 9, a sample 5 
ballot required to be distributed pursuant to this section must: 6 
 (a) Be prepared in at least 12-point type . [; and] 7 
 (b) Include on the front page, in a separate box created by bold 8 
lines, a notice prepared in at least 20-point bold type that states: 9 
 10 
NOTICE: TO RECEIVE A SAMPLE BALLOT IN 11 
LARGE TYPE, CALL (Insert appropriate telephone number) 12 
 13 
 (c) Include on the front page, in a separate box created by bold 14 
lines, a notice that states: 15 
 16 
NOTICE: TO RECEIVE A SAMPLE BALLOT IN 17 
A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH, CALL 18 
(Insert appropriate telephone number) 19 
 20 
PLEASE NOTE THAT NOT ALL LANGUAGES 21 
ARE AVAILABLE, BUT LANGUAGE INFORMATION 22 
THAT IS COLLECTED WILL HELP DETERMI NE THE 23 
LANGUAGE NEEDS OF VOTERS AND THE SERVICES 24 
PROVIDED BY THE STATE AND COUNTY 25 
 26 
 9.  A portion of a sample ballot that contains a facsimile of the 27 
display area of a voting device may include material in less than 12-28 
point type to the extent necessary to make the facsimile fit on the 29 
pages of the sample ballot. 30 
 10.  The sample ballot distributed to a person who requests a 31 
sample ballot in large type by exercising the option provided 32 
pursuant to NRS 293.508, or in any other manner, must be prepared 33 
in at least 14-point type, or larger when practicable. 34 
 11.  If a person requests a sample ballot in large type, the 35 
county clerk shall ensure that all future sample ballots distributed to 36 
that person from the county are in large type. 37 
 12.  If a person requests a sample ballot in a language other 38 
than English and the county clerk is required to provide 39 
information and voting materials in that language pursuant to 40 
section 5 of this act, the county clerk shall ensure that all sample 41 
ballots distributed to that person in the future are provided in the 42 
preferred language. If, pursuant to section 5 of this act, a county 43 
clerk is not required to provide information and voting materials 44 
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provide the voter with a sample ballot in English until the clerk is 1 
required, pursuant to section 5 of this act, to provide information 2 
and voting materials in the preferred language.  3 
 13. The county clerk shall ensure that a sample ballot is 4 
available at each polling place, including, without limitation, a 5 
polling place for early voting, in each language in which the 6 
county clerk is required to provide information and voting 7 
materials pursuant to section 5 of this act.  8 
 14. The county clerk shall include in each sample ballot a 9 
statement indicating that the county clerk will, upon request of a 10 
voter who is elderly or disabled, make reasonable accommodations 11 
to allow the voter to vote at his or her polling place or places and 12 
provide reasonable assistance to the voter in casting his or her vote, 13 
including, without limitation, providing appropriate materials to 14 
assist the voter. In addition, if the county clerk has provided 15 
pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 293.2955 for the placement at 16 
centralized voting locations of specially equipped voting devices for 17 
use by voters who are elderly or disabled, the county clerk shall 18 
include in the sample ballot a statement indicating: 19 
 (a) The addresses of such centralized voting locations; 20 
 (b) The types of specially equipped voting devices available at 21 
such centralized voting locations; and 22 
 (c) That a voter who is elderly or disabled may cast his or her 23 
ballot at such a centralized voting location rather than at his or her 24 
regularly designated polling place or places. 25 
 [13.] 15.  The cost of distributing sample ballots for any 26 
election other than a primary election, presidential preference 27 
primary election or general election must be borne by the political 28 
subdivision holding the election. 29 
 Sec. 22.  NRS 293.671 is hereby amended to read as follows: 30 
 293.671 1. The Secretary of State shall establish a system on 31 
the Internet website of the Office of the Secretary of State to allow 32 
persons by computer to: 33 
 (a) Preregister and register to vote; 34 
 (b) Cancel his or her preregistration or voter registration;  35 
 (c) Update his or her preregistration or voter registration 36 
information, including, without limitation, the person’s name, 37 
address , [and] party affiliation [;] and language preference; and 38 
 (d) Determine at what polling place or places he or she is 39 
entitled to vote. 40 
 2. The system established pursuant to subsection 1 must: 41 
 (a) Be user friendly; 42 
 (b) Be accessible in each language in which the Secretary of 43 
State is required to provide information and voting materials 44 
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 (c) Comply with any procedures and requirements prescribed by 1 
the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.250 and 293.4855; and 2 
 [(c)] (d) Inform any person who uses the system to register to 3 
vote for an election pursuant to NRS 293.5837, 293.5842 and 4 
293.5847 that the person may vote in the election only if the person 5 
complies with the applicable requirements established by those 6 
sections. 7 
 3. The Secretary of State shall include on the system, in black 8 
lettering and not more than 14-point type, the following 9 
information: 10 
 (a) The qualifications to register or preregister to vote; 11 
 (b) That if the applicant does not meet the qualifications, he or 12 
she is prohibited from registering or preregistering to vote; and 13 
 (c) The penalties for submitting a false application.  14 
 4. The Secretary of State shall not include on the system: 15 
 (a) Any additional warnings regarding the penalties for 16 
submitting a false application; or  17 
 (b) The notice set forth in NRS 225.083. 18 
 Sec. 23.  NRS 293.675 is hereby amended to read as follows: 19 
 293.675 1.  The Secretary of State shall establish and 20 
maintain a centralized, top-down database that collects and stores 21 
information related to the preregistration of persons and the 22 
registration of electors from all the counties in this State. The 23 
Secretary of State shall ensure that the database is capable of storing 24 
preregistration information separately until a person is qualified to 25 
register to vote. Each county clerk shall use the database created by 26 
the Secretary of State pursuant to this subsection to collect and 27 
maintain all records of preregistration and registration to vote.  28 
 2. The Secretary of State shall use the voter registration 29 
information collected in the database created pursuant to subsection 30 
1 to create the official statewide voter registration list, which may be 31 
maintained on the Internet, in consultation with each county and city 32 
clerk. 33 
 3.  The statewide voter registration list must: 34 
 (a) Be a uniform, centralized and interactive computerized list; 35 
 (b) Serve as the single method for storing and managing the 36 
official list of registered voters in this State; 37 
 (c) Serve as the official list of registered voters for the conduct 38 
of all elections in this State; 39 
 (d) Contain the name and registration information of every 40 
legally registered voter in this State [;] , including, without 41 
limitation, the state or country of birth and language preference, if 42 
applicable; 43 
 (e) Include a unique identifier assigned by the Secretary of State 44 
to each legally registered voter in this State; 45   
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 (f) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 9, be coordinated 1 
with the appropriate databases of other agencies in this State; 2 
 (g) Be electronically accessible to each state and local election 3 
official in this State at all times; 4 
 (h) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10, allow for 5 
data to be shared with other states under certain circumstances; and 6 
 (i) Be regularly maintained to ensure the integrity of the 7 
registration process and the election process. 8 
 4.  Each county and city clerk shall: 9 
 (a) Electronically enter into the database created pursuant to 10 
subsection 1 all information related to voter preregistration and 11 
registration obtained by the county or city clerk at the time the 12 
information is provided to the county or city clerk; and  13 
 (b) Provide the Secretary of State with information concerning 14 
the voter registration of the county or city and other reasonable 15 
information requested by the Secretary of State in the form required 16 
by the Secretary of State to establish or maintain the statewide voter 17 
registration list. 18 
 5.  In establishing and maintaining the statewide voter 19 
registration list, the Secretary of State shall enter into a cooperative 20 
agreement with the Department of Motor Vehicles to match 21 
information in the database of the statewide voter registration list 22 
with information in the appropriate database of the Department of 23 
Motor Vehicles to verify the accuracy of the information in an 24 
application to register to vote. 25 
 6.  The Department of Motor Vehicles shall enter into an 26 
agreement with the Social Security Administration pursuant to 52 27 
U.S.C. § 21083, to verify the accuracy of information in an 28 
application to register to vote. 29 
 7.  The Department of Motor Vehicles shall ensure that its 30 
database: 31 
 (a) Is capable of processing any information related to an 32 
application to register to vote, an application to update voter 33 
registration information or a request to verify the accuracy of voter 34 
registration information as quickly as is feasible; and 35 
 (b) Does not limit the number of applications to register to vote, 36 
applications to update voter registration information or requests to 37 
verify the accuracy of voter registration information that may be 38 
processed by the database in any given day.  39 
 8. The Secretary of State shall enter into a cooperative 40 
agreement with the State Registrar of Vital Statistics to match 41 
information in the database of the statewide voter registration list 42 
with information in the records of the State Registrar of Vital 43 
Statistics concerning the death of a resident of this State to maintain 44 
the statewide voter registration list. The Secretary of State must 45   
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compare the records of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics to those 1 
in the statewide voter registration list at least once per month.  2 
 9. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 481.063 or any 3 
provision of law providing for the confidentiality of information, the 4 
Secretary of State may enter into an agreement with an agency of 5 
this State pursuant to which the agency provides to the Secretary of 6 
State any information in the possession of the agency that the 7 
Secretary of State deems necessary to maintain the statewide voter 8 
registration list. 9 
 10.  The Secretary of State may: 10 
 (a) Request from the chief officer of elections of another state 11 
any information which the Secretary of State deems necessary to 12 
maintain the statewide voter registration list; and 13 
 (b) Provide to the chief officer of elections of another state any 14 
information which is requested and which the Secretary of State 15 
deems necessary for the chief officer of elections of that state to 16 
maintain a voter registration list, if the Secretary of State is satisfied 17 
that the information provided pursuant to this paragraph will be used 18 
only for the maintenance of that voter registration list. 19 
 Sec. 24.  Chapter 293B of NRS is hereby amended by adding 20 
thereto a new section to read as follows: 21 
 If the mechanical voting system used in a county or city is 22 
capable of providing a registered voter’s ballot in the preferred 23 
language of the voter other than English, the county or city clerk, 24 
as applicable, shall ensure that the list of offices and candidates 25 
and the statements of ballot measures for which the voter is 26 
entitled to vote is in that preferred language. 27 
 Sec. 25.  Chapter 293C of NRS is hereby amended by adding 28 
thereto a new section to read as follows: 29 
 The city clerk shall ensure that at each polling place for early 30 
voting the toll-free telephone number established by the Secretary 31 
of State pursuant to section 6 of this act for a voter to receive voter 32 
registration and other voter assistance during the period for early 33 
voting is posted in a conspicuous place.  34 
 Sec. 26.  NRS 293C.112 is hereby amended to read as follows: 35 
 293C.112 1.  The governing body of a city may conduct a city 36 
election in which all ballots must be cast by mail in accordance with 37 
the provisions of NRS 293C.263 to 293C.26337, inclusive, if: 38 
 (a) The election is a special election; or 39 
 (b) The election is a primary city election or general city 40 
election in which the ballot includes only: 41 
  (1) Offices and ballot questions that may be voted on by the 42 
registered voters of only one ward; or 43 
  (2) One office or ballot question. 44   
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 2.  The provisions of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, 1 
293C.265 to 293C.302, inclusive, and 293C.355 to 293C.361, 2 
inclusive, and section 25 of this act do not apply to an election 3 
conducted pursuant to this section. 4 
 Sec. 27.  NRS 293C.220 is hereby amended to read as follows: 5 
 293C.220 1.  The city clerk shall appoint and notify registered 6 
voters to act as election board officers for the various polling places 7 
and precincts in the city as provided in NRS 293.225, 293.227, 8 
293C.227, 293C.228 and 293C.26329. The city clerk shall make a 9 
good faith effort to appoint election board officers who are 10 
bilingual in a language in which information and voting materials 11 
are required to be provided pursuant to section 5 of this act. No 12 
candidate for nomination or election or a relative of the candidate 13 
within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity may be 14 
appointed as an election board officer. Immediately after election 15 
board officers are appointed, if requested by the city clerk, the chief 16 
law enforcement officer of the city shall: 17 
 (a) Appoint an officer for each polling place in the city and for 18 
the central election board and the mail ballot central counting board; 19 
or 20 
 (b) Deputize, as an officer for the election, an election board 21 
officer for each polling place and for the central election board and 22 
the mail ballot central counting board. The deputized officer may 23 
not receive any additional compensation for the services he or she 24 
provides as an officer during the election for which the officer is 25 
deputized. 26 
 Officers so appointed and deputized shall preserve order during 27 
hours of voting and attend the closing of the polls. 28 
 2.  The city clerk may appoint a trainee for the position of 29 
election board officer as set forth in NRS 293C.222. 30 
 Sec. 28.  NRS 293C.263 is hereby amended to read as follows: 31 
 293C.263 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 32 
city clerk shall prepare and distribute to each active registered voter 33 
in the city and each person who registers to vote or updates his or 34 
her voter registration information not later than the 14 days before 35 
the election a mail ballot for every election. The city clerk shall 36 
make reasonable accommodations for the use of the mail ballot by a 37 
person who is elderly or disabled, including, without limitation, by 38 
providing, upon request, the mail ballot in 12-point type to a person 39 
who is elderly or disabled. If a city clerk is required to provide 40 
information and voting materials pursuant to section 5 of this act 41 
in a language that a registered voter has indicated is his or her 42 
preferred language, the city clerk shall prepare and distribute a 43 
mail ballot and all relevant materials and instructions for voting 44 
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 2. The city clerk shall allow a voter to elect not to receive a 1 
mail ballot pursuant to this section by submitting to the city clerk a 2 
written notice in the form prescribed by the city clerk which must be 3 
received by the city clerk not later than 60 days before the day of the 4 
election.  5 
 3. The city clerk shall not distribute a mail ballot to any person 6 
who: 7 
 (a) Registers to vote for the election pursuant to the provisions 8 
of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive; or 9 
 (b) Elects not to receive a mail ballot pursuant to subsection 2.  10 
 4. The mail ballot must include all offices, candidates and 11 
measures upon which the voter is entitled to vote at the election. 12 
 5. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the 13 
mail ballot must be distributed to: 14 
 (a) Each active registered voter who: 15 
  (1) Resides within the State, not later than 20 days before the 16 
election; and 17 
  (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), resides 18 
outside the State, not later than 40 days before the election. 19 
 (b) Each active registered voter who registers to vote after the 20 
dates set for distributing mail ballots pursuant to paragraph (a) but 21 
who is eligible to receive a mail ballot pursuant to subsection 1, not 22 
later than 13 days before the election.  23 
 (c) Each covered voter who is entitled to have a military-24 
overseas ballot transmitted pursuant to the provisions of chapter 25 
293D of NRS or the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 26 
Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. §§ 20301 et seq., not later than the time 27 
required by those provisions. 28 
 6. In the case of a special election where no candidate for 29 
federal office will appear on the ballot, the mail ballot must be 30 
distributed to each active registered voter not later than 15 days 31 
before the special election. 32 
 7. Any untimely legal action which would prevent the mail 33 
ballot from being distributed to any voter pursuant to this section is 34 
moot and of no effect. 35 
 Sec. 29.  NRS 293C.530 is hereby amended to read as follows: 36 
 293C.530 1.  A city clerk may establish a system for 37 
distributing sample ballots by electronic means to each registered 38 
voter who elects to receive a sample ballot by electronic means. 39 
Such a system may include, without limitation, electronic mail or 40 
electronic access through an Internet website. If a city clerk 41 
establishes such a system and a registered voter elects to receive a 42 
sample ballot by electronic means, the city clerk shall distribute the 43 
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the procedures and requirements set forth by regulations adopted by 1 
the Secretary of State. 2 
 2. If a registered voter does not elect to receive a sample ballot 3 
by electronic means pursuant to subsection 1, the city clerk shall 4 
distribute the sample ballot to the registered voter by mail.  5 
 3.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, before the 6 
period for early voting for any election begins, the city clerk shall 7 
distribute to each registered voter in the city by mail or electronic 8 
means, as applicable, the sample ballot for his or her precinct, with a 9 
notice informing the voter of the location of his or her polling place 10 
or places. If the location of the polling place or places has changed 11 
since the last election: 12 
 (a) The city clerk shall mail a notice of the change to each 13 
registered voter in the city not sooner than 10 days before 14 
distributing the sample ballots; or 15 
 (b) The sample ballot must also include a notice in bold type 16 
immediately above the location which states: 17 
 18 
NOTICE: THE LOCATION OF YOUR POLLING PL ACE OR 19 
PLACES HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST ELECTION 20 
 21 
 4.  If a person registers to vote less than 20 days before the date 22 
of an election, the city clerk is not required to distribute to the 23 
person the sample ballot for that election by mail or electronic 24 
means. 25 
 5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, a sample 26 
ballot required to be distributed pursuant to this section must: 27 
 (a) Be prepared in at least 12-point type . [;] 28 
 (b) Include the description of the anticipated financial effect and 29 
explanation of each citywide measure and advisory question, 30 
including arguments for and against the measure or question, as 31 
required pursuant to NRS 295.205 or 295.217 . [; and] 32 
 (c) Include on the front page, in a separate box created by bold 33 
lines, a notice prepared in at least 20-point bold type that states: 34 
 35 
NOTICE: TO RECEIVE A SAMPLE BALLOT IN 36 
LARGE TYPE, CALL (Insert appropriate telephone number) 37 
 38 
 (d) Include on the front page, in a separate box created by bold 39 
lines, a notice that states: 40 
 41 
NOTICE: TO RECEIVE A SAMPLE BALLOT IN 42 
A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH, CALL 43 
(Insert appropriate telephone number) 44 
   
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PLEASE NOTE THAT NOT ALL LANGUAGES 1 
ARE AVAILABLE, BUT LANGUAGE INFORMATION 2 
THAT IS COLLECTED WILL HELP DETERMINE THE 3 
LANGUAGE NEEDS OF VOTERS AND THE SERVICES 4 
PROVIDED BY THE STATE AND CITY 5 
 6 
 6.  The word “Incumbent” must appear on the sample ballot 7 
next to the name of the candidate who is the incumbent, if required 8 
pursuant to NRS 293.2565.  9 
 7.  A portion of a sample ballot that contains a facsimile of the 10 
display area of a voting device may include material in less than 12-11 
point type to the extent necessary to make the facsimile fit on the 12 
pages of the sample ballot. 13 
 8.  The sample ballot distributed to a person who requests a 14 
sample ballot in large type by exercising the option provided 15 
pursuant to NRS 293.508, or in any other manner, must be prepared 16 
in at least 14-point type, or larger when practicable. 17 
 9.  If a person requests a sample ballot in large type, the city 18 
clerk shall ensure that all future sample ballots distributed to that 19 
person from the city are in large type. 20 
 10.  If a person requests a sample ballot in a language other 21 
than English and the city clerk is required to provide information 22 
and voting materials in that language pursuant to section 5 of this 23 
act, the city clerk shall ensure that all sample ballots distributed to 24 
that person in the future are provided in the preferred language. 25 
If, pursuant to section 5 of this act, a city clerk is not required to 26 
provide information and voting materials in the preferred 27 
language of the voter, the city clerk must provide the voter with a 28 
sample ballot in English until the clerk is required, pursuant to 29 
section 5 of this act, to provide information and voting materials in 30 
the preferred language. 31 
 11. The city clerk shall ensure that a sample ballot is 32 
available at each polling place, including, without limitation, a 33 
polling place for early voting, in each language in which the city 34 
clerk is required to provide information and voting materials 35 
pursuant to section 5 of this act. 36 
 12. The city clerk shall include in each sample ballot a 37 
statement indicating that the city clerk will, upon request of a voter 38 
who is elderly or disabled, make reasonable accommodations to 39 
allow the voter to vote at his or her polling place or places and 40 
provide reasonable assistance to the voter in casting his or her vote, 41 
including, without limitation, providing appropriate materials to 42 
assist the voter. In addition, if the city clerk has provided pursuant to 43 
subsection 4 of NRS 293C.281 for the placement at centralized 44 
voting locations of specially equipped voting devices for use by 45   
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voters who are elderly or disabled, the city clerk shall include in the 1 
sample ballot a statement indicating: 2 
 (a) The addresses of such centralized voting locations; 3 
 (b) The types of specially equipped voting devices available at 4 
such centralized voting locations; and 5 
 (c) That a voter who is elderly or disabled may cast his or her 6 
ballot at such a centralized voting location rather than at the voter’s 7 
regularly designated polling place or places. 8 
 [11.] 13.  The cost of distributing sample ballots for a city 9 
election must be borne by the city holding the election. 10 
 Sec. 30.  NRS 293C.715 is hereby amended to read as follows: 11 
 293C.715 1.  If a city clerk maintains a website on the 12 
Internet for information relating to elections, the website must 13 
contain public information maintained, collected or compiled by the 14 
city clerk that relates to elections, which must include, without 15 
limitation: 16 
 (a) The locations of polling places for casting a ballot on 17 
election day in such a form that a registered voter may search the list 18 
to determine the location of the polling place or places at which the 19 
registered voter is entitled to cast a ballot; [and] 20 
 (b) The abstract of votes required to be posted on a website 21 
pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293C.387 [.] ; and 22 
 (c) The toll-free telephone number established by the Secretary 23 
of State pursuant to section 6 of this act. 24 
 2.  The abstract of votes required to be maintained on the 25 
website pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 must be 26 
maintained in such a format as to permit the searching of the 27 
abstract of votes for specific information. 28 
 3.  The information required to be maintained by a city clerk 29 
pursuant to subsection 1 must be made available on the website in 30 
all languages in which information and voting materials are 31 
required to be provided by the city clerk pursuant to section 5 of 32 
this act. 33 
 4. If the information required to be maintained by a city clerk 34 
pursuant to subsection 1 may be obtained by the public from a 35 
website on the Internet maintained by the Secretary of State, a 36 
county clerk or another city clerk, the city clerk may provide  37 
a hyperlink to that website to comply with the provisions of 38 
subsection 1 with regard to that information. 39 
 Sec. 31.  NRS 293D.200 is hereby amended to read as follows: 40 
 293D.200 1.  The Secretary of State shall make available to 41 
covered voters information regarding voter registration procedures 42 
for covered voters and procedures for casting military-overseas 43 
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 2.  The Secretary of State shall establish a system of approved 1 
electronic transmission through which covered voters may apply for, 2 
receive and send documents and other information pursuant to this 3 
chapter. The system of approved electronic transmission must 4 
include, without limitation, a method by which a covered voter may 5 
provide his or her digital signature or electronic signature on any 6 
document or other material that is necessary for the covered voter to 7 
register to vote, apply for a military-overseas ballot or cast a 8 
military-overseas ballot pursuant to this chapter. The Secretary of 9 
State shall ensure that the system of approved electronic 10 
transmission is available in all languages in which information 11 
and voting materials are required to be prepared and made 12 
available pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 10503 or section 5 of this act. 13 
 3.  The Secretary of State shall develop standardized absentee-14 
voting materials, including, without limitation, privacy and 15 
transmission envelopes and their electronic equivalents, 16 
authentication materials and voting instructions, to be used with the 17 
military-overseas ballot of a covered voter authorized to vote in any 18 
jurisdiction in this State and, to the extent reasonably possible, shall 19 
do so in coordination with other states. 20 
 4.  The Secretary of State shall prescribe the form and content 21 
of a declaration for use by a covered voter to swear or affirm 22 
specific representations pertaining to the covered voter’s identity, 23 
eligibility to vote, status as a covered voter and timely and proper 24 
completion of a military-overseas ballot. The declaration must be 25 
based on the declaration prescribed to accompany a federal write-in 26 
absentee ballot under section 103 of the Uniformed and Overseas 27 
Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20303, as modified to be 28 
consistent with this chapter. The Secretary of State shall ensure that 29 
a form for the execution of the declaration, including an indication 30 
of the date of execution of the declaration, is a prominent part of all 31 
balloting materials for which the declaration is required. 32 
 5.  The Secretary of State shall prescribe by regulation the 33 
duties of a local elections official upon receipt of a military-overseas 34 
ballot, including, without limitation, the procedures to be used by a 35 
local elections official in accepting, handling and counting a 36 
military-overseas ballot. 37 
 6.  The Secretary of State shall prescribe the form and content 38 
of an application for a United States citizen who is outside the 39 
United States to preregister to vote if: 40 
 (a) The person would have been able to preregister to vote 41 
pursuant to NRS 293.4855 except for the residency requirement; 42 
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 (b) The last place where a parent or legal guardian of the person 1 
was, or under this chapter would have been, eligible to vote before 2 
leaving the United States is within this State. 3 
 Sec. 32.  NRS 298.700 is hereby amended to read as follows: 4 
 298.700 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 5 
provisions of NRS 293.356 to 293.361, inclusive, and section 7 of 6 
this act apply to a presidential preference primary election. 7 
 2. The period for early voting for a presidential preference 8 
primary election begins 10 calendar days before the date of the 9 
presidential preference primary election and extends through the 10 
Friday before the day of the presidential preference primary 11 
election. 12 
 3. The county clerk may: 13 
 (a) Include any Sunday or federal holiday that falls within the 14 
period for early voting by personal appearance. 15 
 (b) Require a permanent polling place for early voting to remain 16 
open until 8 p.m. on any Saturday that falls within the period for 17 
early voting. 18 
 4. A permanent polling place for early voting must remain 19 
open: 20 
 (a) On Monday through Friday during the period for early 21 
voting, for at least 8 hours during such hours as the county clerk 22 
may establish.  23 
 (b) On any Saturday that falls within the period for early voting, 24 
for at least 4 hours during such hours as the county clerk may 25 
establish.  26 
 (c) If the county clerk includes a Sunday that falls within the 27 
period for early voting pursuant to subsection 3, during such hours 28 
as the county clerk may establish. 29 
 Sec. 33.  Chapter 225 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 30 
thereto the provisions set forth as sections 34 to 39, inclusive, of this 31 
act. 32 
 Sec. 34.  As used in sections 34 to 39, inclusive, of this act, 33 
unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined 34 
in sections 35 and 36 of this act have the meanings ascribed to 35 
them in those sections. 36 
 Sec. 35.  “Advisory Committee” means the Language Access 37 
Advisory Committee created by section 37 of this act. 38 
 Sec. 36.  “Language access programs” means a program or 39 
service that focuses on communication barriers between persons 40 
who cannot read, speak or write English fluently. 41 
 Sec. 37.  1. The Language Access Advisory Committee is 42 
hereby created within the Office of the Secretary of State. 43 
 2. The Advisory Committee consists of the following members 44 
who represent the diversity of this State, including: 45   
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 (a) The Secretary of State or his or her designee; 1 
 (b) The registrar of voters of each county that has created the 2 
office of registrar of voters pursuant to NRS 244.164; 3 
 (c) A county clerk of a county whose population is less than 4 
100,000, appointed by the Secretary of State; and 5 
 (d) Three other members of the public appointed by the 6 
Secretary of State. 7 
 3. The Secretary of State shall: 8 
 (a) Consider members who have knowledge of language access 9 
programs when appointing members of the Advisory Committee; 10 
 (b) Select the Chair of the Advisory Committee from among its 11 
members; and 12 
 (c) Designate an employee of the Office of the Secretary of 13 
State to serve as Secretary for the Advisory Committee. 14 
 4. The Secretary of State may assign such other employees of 15 
his or her Office as he or she deems necessary to assist the 16 
Advisory Committee in its duties. 17 
 5. The Chair of the Advisory Committee shall appoint a Vice 18 
Chair from among the members of the Advisory Committee. 19 
 6. After the initial term, each member of the Advisory 20 
Committee shall serve for a term of 2 years. Each member of the 21 
Advisory Committee serves at the pleasure of the Secretary of 22 
State. If a vacancy occurs, the Secretary of State shall appoint a 23 
new member to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired 24 
term. 25 
 7. Members of the Advisory Committee serve without 26 
compensation. While engaged in the business of the Advisory 27 
Committee, each member of the Advisory Committee is entitled to 28 
receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for 29 
state officers and employees generally. 30 
 Sec. 38.  1. The Advisory Committee shall: 31 
 (a) Identify programs and services that address problems 32 
concerning language accessibility of elections and voting 33 
materials; 34 
 (b) Coordinate with community organizations to determine 35 
needs relating to language accessibility for elections and voting 36 
materials; 37 
 (c) Act as a liaison between the Office of the Secretary of State 38 
and community organizations; 39 
 (d) Make annual assessments to determine language 40 
accessibility programs and services that could be implemented for 41 
the election process; and 42 
 (e) Make recommendations to the Office of the Secretary of 43 
State relating to language accessibility programs and services that 44 
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 2. As used in this section, “voting materials” has the meaning 1 
ascribed to it in section 4 of this act. 2 
 Sec. 39.  1. The Advisory Committee shall meet at least 4 3 
times in a calendar year. One meeting must be in person. The 4 
Advisory Committee may conduct all other meetings through the 5 
use of remote technology systems. A special meeting of the 6 
Advisory Committee may be called by the Secretary of State and 7 
the Chair of the Advisory Committee at such additional times as 8 
they deem necessary. 9 
 2. The Chair of the Advisory Committee or, in the absence of 10 
the Chair, the Vice Chair of the Advisory Committee, shall preside 11 
at each meeting of the Advisory Committee. 12 
 3. A majority of the members of the Advisory Committee 13 
constitute a quorum. 14 
 4. As used in this section, “remote technology system” has the 15 
meaning ascribed to it in NRS 241.015. 16 
 Sec. 40.  NRS 353.264 is hereby amended to read as follows: 17 
 353.264 1.  The Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account 18 
is hereby created in the State General Fund. 19 
 2.  The State Board of Examiners shall administer the Reserve 20 
for Statutory Contingency Account. The money in the Account must 21 
be expended only for: 22 
 (a) The payment of claims which are obligations of the State 23 
pursuant to NRS 41.03435, 41.0347, 62I.025, 176.485, 179.310, 24 
212.040, 212.050, 212.070, 281.174, 282.290, 282.315, 293.2504, 25 
293.253, 293.405, 298.710, 304.230, 353.120, 353.262, 412.154 and 26 
475.235 [;] and section 5 of this act; 27 
 (b) The payment of claims which are obligations of the State 28 
pursuant to: 29 
  (1) Chapter 472 of NRS arising from operations of the 30 
Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and 31 
Natural Resources directly involving the protection of life and 32 
property; and 33 
  (2) NRS 7.155, 34.750, 176A.640, 179.225, 180.008 and 34 
213.153, 35 
 except that claims may be approved for the respective purposes 36 
listed in this paragraph only when the money otherwise appropriated 37 
for those purposes has been exhausted; 38 
 (c) The payment of claims which are obligations of the State 39 
pursuant to NRS 41.0349 and 41.037, but only to the extent that the 40 
money in the Fund for Insurance Premiums is insufficient to pay the 41 
claims; 42 
 (d) The payment of claims which are obligations of the State 43 
pursuant to NRS 41.950; and 44   
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 (e) The payment of claims which are obligations of the State 1 
pursuant to NRS 535.030 arising from remedial actions taken by the 2 
State Engineer when the condition of a dam becomes dangerous to 3 
the safety of life or property. 4 
 3.  The State Board of Examiners may authorize its Clerk or a 5 
person designated by the Clerk, under such circumstances as it 6 
deems appropriate, to approve, on behalf of the Board, the payment 7 
of claims from the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account. For 8 
the purpose of exercising any authority granted to the Clerk of the 9 
State Board of Examiners or to the person designated by the Clerk 10 
pursuant to this subsection, any statutory reference to the State 11 
Board of Examiners relating to such a claim shall be deemed to refer 12 
to the Clerk of the Board or the person designated by the Clerk. 13 
 Sec. 41.  1. The Secretary of State shall appoint the members 14 
of the Language Access Advisory Committee created by section 37 15 
of this act before January 1, 2026. 16 
 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 37 of this act, the 17 
members of the Language Access Advisory Committee must be 18 
appointed to serve initial terms as follows: 19 
 (a) The member who is a county clerk of a county whose 20 
population is less than 100,000 and one of the members who are 21 
members of the public must be appointed to serve a term of 2 years. 22 
 (b) Two of the members who are members of the public must be 23 
appointed to serve a term of 3 years. 24 
 Sec. 42.  1. The Secretary of State shall ensure that the 25 
review of data that the Secretary of State is required to perform 26 
pursuant to section 5 of this act is completed in sufficient time so 27 
that information and voting materials may be made available by the 28 
Secretary of State and any affected county or city clerk in any 29 
required language for the 2026 General Election. 30 
 2. As used in this section, “voting materials” has the meaning 31 
ascribed to it in section 4 of this act. 32 
 Sec. 43.  The provisions of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any 33 
additional expenses of a local government that are related to the 34 
provisions of this act. 35 
 Sec. 44.  1. This section and sections 41, 42 and 43 of this act 36 
become effective upon passage and approval. 37 
 2. Sections 1 to 40, inclusive, of this act become effective: 38 
 (a) Upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting any 39 
regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative 40 
tasks that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; and  41 
 (b) On January 1, 2026, for all other purposes. 42 
 
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