1. If a person is successfully challenged on the ground set forth in paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS 293.303 or if a person refuses to provide an affirmation pursuant to NRS 293.525, the election board shall instruct the voter that he or she may vote only at the special polling place in the manner set forth in this section.

2. The county clerk of each county shall maintain a special polling place in the county clerk’s office and at such other locations as he or she deems necessary during each election. The ballots voted at the special polling place must be kept separate from the ballots of voters who have not been so challenged or who have provided an affirmation pursuant to NRS 293.525 in a special sealed container if the ballots are ballots which are voted on a mechanical recording device which directly records the votes electronically.

3. A person who votes at a special polling place may vote only for the following offices and questions:

(a) President and Vice President of the United States;

(b) United States Senator;

(c) All state officers for whom all voters in the State may vote;

(d) All officers for whom all voters in the county may vote; and

(e) Questions which have been submitted to all voters of the county or State.

4. The ballots voted at the special polling place must be counted when other ballots are counted and, if the ballots are ballots which are voted on a mechanical recording device which directly records the votes electronically, maintained in a separate sealed container until any contest of election is resolved or the date for filing a contest of election has passed, whichever is later.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 1860; A 1987, 694, 1369; 1989, 2165; 1991, 1683, 2219; 1993, 2183; 1995, 2266, 2777; 2007, 1153, 2590)