Procedure for timely returning absent ballot; treatment of absent ballot when postmark cannot be determined.

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1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, subsection 2 of NRS 293.323 and NRS 293D.200, absent ballots, including special absent ballots, must be:

(a) Delivered by hand to the county clerk before the time set for closing of the polls pursuant to NRS 293.273; or

(b) Mailed to the county clerk and:

(1) Postmarked on or before the day of election; and

(2) Received by the county clerk not later than 5 p.m. on the seventh day following the election.

2. If an absent ballot is received by mail not later than 5 p.m. on the third day following the election and the date of the postmark cannot be determined, the absent ballot shall be deemed to have been postmarked on or before the day of the election.

(Added to NRS by 1960, 256; A 1987, 343; 2001, 1951; 2009, 357; 2019, 4079; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 38)


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