293C.527 - Close of registration; exception; hours office of city clerk to be open during last days before registration closes; publication of day registration closes; elector required to register to - Nevada Statutes

293C.527  Close of registration; exception; hours office of city clerk to be open during last days before registration closes; publication of day registration closes; elector required to register to vote in person during certain period; hours of operation for municipal facility for voter registration.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.502, registration must close at 9 p.m. on the third Tuesday preceding any primary city election or general city election and at 9 p.m. on the third Saturday preceding any recall or special election, except that if a recall or special election is held on the same day as a primary city election or general city election, registration must close at 9 p.m. on the third Tuesday preceding the day of the elections.

      2.  The office of the city clerk must be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., including Saturdays, during the last days before the close of registration before a primary city election or general city election, according to the following schedule:

      (a) In a city whose population is less than 25,000, the office of the city clerk must be open during the last 3 days before registration closes.

      (b) In a city whose population is 25,000 or more, the office of the city clerk must be open during the last 5 days before registration closes.

      3.  Except for a special election held pursuant to chapter 306 or 350 of NRS:

      (a) The city clerk of each city shall cause a notice signed by him or her to be published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the city indicating:

             (1) The day that registration will be closed; and

             (2) If the city clerk has designated a municipal facility pursuant to NRS 293C.520, the location of that facility.

Ê If no newspaper is of general circulation in that city, the publication may be made in a newspaper of general circulation in the nearest city in this State.

      (b) The notice must be published once each week for 4 consecutive weeks next preceding the close of registration for any election.

      4.  For the period beginning on the fifth Sunday preceding any primary city election or general city election and ending on the third Tuesday preceding any primary city election or general city election, an elector may register to vote only by appearing in person at the office of the city clerk or, if open, a municipal facility designated pursuant to NRS 293C.520.

      5.  A municipal facility designated pursuant to NRS 293C.520 may be open during the periods described in this section for such hours of operation as the city clerk may determine, as set forth in subsection 3 of NRS 293C.520.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 3441; A 2003, 1726, 2189; 2005, 313)