NRS 293C.395
Prohibitions against withholding certificate of election or commission.

A certificate of election or commission must not be withheld from the person having the highest number of votes for the city office because of any contest of election filed in the city election or any defect or informality in the returns of any city election, if it can be ascertained with reasonable certainty from the returns what city office is intended and who is entitled to the certificate or commission.

VOTER PREREGISTRATION AND REGISTRATION GENERALLY; REGISTRARS

Source: Section 293C.395 — Prohibitions against withholding certificate of election or commission., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-293C.html#NRS293CSec395.

293C.362
Preparation by counting board to count paper ballots. 293C.365
Accounting for all ballots required before counting of votes begins. 293C.367
Rejection of ballots 293C.368
Errors in information on certain form not grounds for rejection of absent ballot. 293C.369
Standards for counting votes 293C.370
Counting of votes cast for deceased candidate. 293C.372
Procedure for completion of tally lists. 293C.375
Duties of officers of counting board after ballots counted if paper ballots used. 293C.380
Posting of copies of voting results. 293C.382
Initial withdrawal of absent ballots from ballot boxes 293C.385
Withdrawal of absent ballots from ballot boxes after initial withdrawal 293C.387
Returns filed with city clerk 293C.389
Inclusion of inactive voters in reports of votes prohibited. 293C.390
Disposition and inspection of ballots, lists, stubs and records of voted ballots after canvass by governing body of city. 293C.395
Prohibitions against withholding certificate of election or commission. 293C.3615
Record made by city clerk of receipt at central counting place of sealed container used to transport official ballots.

Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

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Original Source: Section 293C.395 — Prohibitions against withholding certificate of election or commission., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-293C.html#NRS293CSec395 (last accessed Feb. 5, 2021).