§ NRS § 293.042“Contest” defined

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  “Contest”
means an adversary proceeding between a candidate for a public office who has
received the greatest number of votes and any other candidate for that office
or, in certain cases, any registered voter of the appropriate political
subdivision, for the purpose of determining the validity of an election.

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