Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.0952 or 318.0953:
1. Each trustee elected at any biennial election must be chosen by a plurality of the qualified electors of the district voting on the candidates for the vacancies to be filled.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.083, if there are two regular terms which end on the first Monday in January next following the biennial election, the two qualified electors receiving the highest and next highest number of votes must be elected. If there are three regular terms so ending, the three qualified electors receiving the highest, next highest and third highest number of votes must be elected.
3. If there is a vacancy in an unexpired regular term to be filled at the biennial election, as provided in subsection 5 of NRS 318.090, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes, after there are chosen the successful candidates to fill the vacancies in expired regular terms as provided in subsection 2, must be elected.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1690; A 1969, 24; 1971, 1049; 1985, 1800; 1989, 1880; 1995, 177; 2009, 2247)