NRS 293.5812 - Applicability of other election laws; resolution of conflicts; rules of interpretation; intended public purpose. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

NV Rev Stat § 293.5812 (2019) (N/A)

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1. The procedures authorized pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, are subject to all other provisions of this title relating to the registration of electors and the voting of registered voters, but only to the extent that the other provisions of this title do not conflict with the provisions of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive.

2. If there is any conflict between the provisions of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, and the other provisions of this title, the provisions of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, control.

3. The provisions of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, must be liberally construed and broadly interpreted to achieve their intended public purpose of encouraging and facilitating a greater number of electors to participate in the electoral process by voting, and if there is any uncertainty or doubt regarding the construction, interpretation or application of the provisions of NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887, inclusive, that uncertainty or doubt must be resolved in favor of this public purpose.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 4052, effective January 1, 2020)

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