NRS 293C.319 - Procedure for timely returning absent ballot; treatment of absent ballot when postmark cannot be determined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

NV Rev Stat § 293C.319 (2019) (N/A)
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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, absent ballots, including special absent ballots, must be:

(a) Delivered by hand to the city clerk before the time set for closing of the polls pursuant to NRS 293C.267; or

(b) Mailed to the city clerk and:

(1) Postmarked on or before the day of election; and

(2) Received by the city clerk within the period for the counting of absent ballots pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 293C.332.

2. If an absent ballot is received not more than 3 days after the day of the election and the date of the postmark cannot be determined, the absent ballot shall be deemed to have been postmarked on or before the day of the election.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 4105, effective January 1, 2020)