Section 293C.2675 - Establishment of polling places and ballot drop boxes within Indian reservation or colony1. If an Indian reservation or Indian colony is located in whole or in part within a city, the city clerk shall, except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 5, establish within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony at a location approved by the Indian tribe for the day of a primary city election or general city election a polling place and a ballot drop box.2. An Indian tribe may elect not to have a polling place and ballot drop box established within the boundaries of an Indian reservation or Indian colony for the day of a primary city election or general city election by submitting notice to the city clerk on or before: (a) If the notice is for a primary city election, January 15 of the year in which the primary city election is to be held.(b) If the notice is for a general city election, June 15 of the year in which the general city election is to be held.3. Any location of a polling place and ballot drop box established pursuant to subsection 1 must satisfy the criteria the city clerk uses for the establishment of any other polling place and ballot drop box, as applicable.4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the city clerk must continue to establish one polling place and ballot drop box within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony at a location approved by the Indian tribe for the day of any future primary city election or general city election unless otherwise notified by the Indian tribe pursuant to subsection 2.5. Not later than the dates set forth in subsection 2 to elect not to have a polling place and ballot drop box established within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony, an Indian tribe that elects to have a polling place and ballot drop box established must submit to the city clerk and the tribal liaison designated by the Office of the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 233A.260: (a) The location for the polling place and ballot drop box and whether the location will have only a polling place or ballot drop box or both a polling place and ballot drop box;(b) Whether the Indian tribe will select registered voters to be appointed to act as election board officers to staff the polling place within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony; and(c) The proposed days and hours for the operation of the polling place. If an Indian tribe does not submit the information required pursuant to this subsection, the Indian tribe shall be deemed to have elected not to have a polling place and ballot drop box established within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony.
Added to NRS by 2017, 3822; A 2019, 178, 3543; 2021, 1252; 2023, 2523Amended by 2023, Ch. 419,§3, eff. 10/1/2023.Amended by 2021, Ch. 248,§70, eff. 1/1/2022.Amended by 2019, Ch. 33,§42, eff. 7/1/2019.Added by 2017, Ch. 546,§15.51, eff. 1/1/2018.