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NRS 293.5415 - Circumstances in which certain persons adjudicated mentally incompetent declared ineligible to vote; certain judicial findings required.

NV Rev Stat § 293.5415 (2019) (N/A)
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A person is not ineligible to vote on the ground that the person has been adjudicated mentally incompetent unless a court of competent jurisdiction specifically finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person lacks the mental capacity to vote because he or she cannot communicate, with or without accommodations, a specific desire to participate in the voting process and includes the finding in a court order.

(Added to NRS by 2013, 59)

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