§ NRS § 293.176When candidacy for major political party prohibited; exception

1.  Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 2, no person may be a candidate of a major political party for
partisan office in any election if the person has changed:

(a) The designation of his or her political party
affiliation; or

(b) His or her designation of political party
from nonpartisan to a designation of a political party affiliation,

Ê on an
application to register to vote in the State of Nevada or in any other state
during the time beginning on December 31 preceding the closing filing date for
that election and ending on the date of that election whether or not the
person’s previous registration was still effective at the time of the change in
party designation.

2.  The provisions of subsection 1 do not
apply to any person who is a candidate of a political party that is not
organized pursuant to NRS 293.171 on the
December 31 next preceding the closing filing date for the election.