Procedure for posting or publishing alphabetical listing of registered voters; tearing or defacing alphabetical listing prohibited; penalty.

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1. The county clerk of each county shall:

(a) Require an election board officer to post an alphabetical listing of all registered voters for each precinct in a public area of each polling place in the county; or

(b) Publish on the Internet website of the county clerk an alphabetical listing of all registered voters for each precinct in the county.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.5002 and 293.558, the alphabetical listing required by subsection 1 must include the name, precinct and political affiliation of each voter.

3. If the county clerk:

(a) Requires an alphabetical listing to be posted in each polling place pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1:

(1) An election board officer at the polling place shall, not less than four times during the hours in which the polling place is open, identify the name of each voter that voted at the polling place; and

(2) Each page of the alphabetical listing that is posted in a polling place must contain a notice which reads substantially as follows:

It is unlawful for any person to remove, tear, mark or otherwise deface this alphabetical listing of registered voters except an election board officer acting pursuant to NRS 293.301.

(b) Publishes an alphabetical listing pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the county clerk shall, not less than four times during the hours in which polling places in the county are open, identify on the Internet website of the county clerk the name of every voter who has voted at each polling place.

4. Any person who removes, tears, marks or otherwise defaces an alphabetical listing posted pursuant to this section with the intent to falsify or prevent others from readily ascertaining the name, precinct or political affiliation of any voter, or the fact that a voter has or has not voted, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Added to NRS by 1991, 1352; A 1993, 2181; 1995, 2776; 2005, 2287; 2015, 3152)


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