Nev. Admin. Code § 293.322 - Duties of mail ballot central counting board; county clerk required to post public notice; general public authorized to observe handling of mail ballots
1. The county clerk shall, not earlier than
15 days before the day of the election, deliver the mail ballots to the mail
ballot central counting board for counting. When the mail ballots are received,
the mail ballot central counting board shall, in addition to the requirements
of NRS
293.269931,
293.269933 and
293.269935:
(a) Sort the mail ballots by precinct or, for
those precincts that have been consolidated into a single voting district, by
voting district, unless the system for counting the mail ballots produces an
accounting of the mail ballots by precinct or voting district;
(b) Count the number of mail ballots by
precinct or, for those precincts that have been consolidated into a single
voting district, by voting district;
(c) Account for all returned mail ballots on
the record of mail ballots; and
(d)
Place all the returned mail ballots and the record of mail ballots into the
container provided by the county clerk.
2. Not later than 2 days before the date of
delivery of the mail ballots to the mail ballot central counting board for
counting, the county clerk must post a statement in his or her office that
notifies the public that the mail ballot central counting board will begin
performing the actions set forth in subsection 1, the time at which the mail
ballot central counting board is expected to begin and the times during which
the mail ballot central counting board is expected to temporarily recess during
the counting procedure.
3. Any mail
ballots received by the county clerk after he or she delivers the mail ballots
pursuant to subsection 1, and until the deadline for the receipt of mail
ballots pursuant to NRS 293.269921, must be
delivered to the mail ballot central counting board for counting.
4. The county clerk shall allow members of
the general public to observe the handling of the mail ballots conducted
pursuant to subsection 1 if those members do not interfere with the handling of
the mail ballots or compromise the security or secrecy of the mail
ballots.
Notes
NRS 293.124, 293.247
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