Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293C.190:

1. Whenever a candidate whose name appears upon the ballot at a primary city election dies after 5 p.m. on the second Tuesday in April, the deceased candidate’s name must remain on the ballot and the votes cast for the deceased candidate must be counted in determining the nomination for the office for which the decedent was a candidate.

2. If the deceased candidate on the ballot at the primary city election receives the number of votes required to receive the nomination to the office for which he or she was a candidate, the nomination is filled by the person who received the next highest vote for the nomination in the primary election.

3. Whenever a candidate whose name appears upon the ballot at a general city election dies after 5 p.m. on the fourth Friday in July of the year in which the primary city election was held, the votes cast for the deceased candidate must be counted in determining the results of the general city election for the office for which the decedent was a candidate.

4. If the deceased candidate on the ballot at the general city election receives the majority of the votes cast for the office, the deceased candidate shall be deemed elected and the office to which he or she was elected shall be deemed vacant at the beginning of the term for which he or she was elected. The vacancy created must be filled in the same manner as if the candidate had died after taking office for that term.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 3437; A 1999, 3556; 2003, 678, 1710, 1713; 2019, 3545, effective July 1, 2021)