474.070 - Creation of election precincts; election of directors. - Nevada Statutes

474.070  Creation of election precincts; election of directors.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when, pursuant to the provisions of NRS 474.040, 474.050 and 474.060, the boundaries of the proposed district are defined and established by the board, the board of county commissioners shall make an order dividing the proposed district into three or five divisions as nearly equal in size as practicable. The divisions must be numbered consecutively and constitute election precincts for the district.

      2.  When or after the boundaries of a district are established, the board of county commissioners may provide for the election of three or five directors at large, without precincts.

      3.  If precincts are created, each director must be a resident of the election precinct for which the director is elected and must be elected at large by the district.

      [4:121:1937; A 1947, 455; 1943 NCL § 1929.04]—(NRS A 1977, 7; 1993, 521; 1995, 989)