1. When a special election is called, on or before 15 days before the date of the election the several boards of county commissioners of this state shall, subject to the provisions of subsection 3, select and appoint suitable persons, who shall be citizens and qualified voters in the State, county and in the precinct where they are appointed, to act as inspectors and clerks of the election.
2. The inspectors and clerks of the election shall:
(a) Be selected, appointed and paid, if payment is claimed, as provided by law; and
(b) Perform such duties in holding the election and in making due return thereof as are required by the general election laws of this state, so far as the same are not inconsistent with or in conflict with the provisions of NRS 349.010 to 349.070, inclusive.
3. Only one election board shall be appointed for each voting precinct in the State. For the purposes of the special election, the several boards of county commissioners, in providing for and proclaiming the election precincts, shall divide their respective counties into any number of voting precincts as they may deem necessary without regard to the number of qualified voters in any one precinct.
[4.5:70:1937; added 1956, 219]