§ NRS § 293.205Establishment, abolishment, alteration and consolidation; boundaries

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Establishment, abolishment, alteration and consolidation;
boundaries.

1.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.208, on or before the third
Wednesday in March of every even-numbered year, the county clerk shall
establish election precincts, define the boundaries thereof, abolish, alter,
consolidate and designate precincts as public convenience, necessity and
economy may require.

2.  The boundaries of each election
precinct must follow visible ground features or extensions of visible ground
features, except where the boundary coincides with the official boundary of the
State or a county or city.

3.  Election precincts must be composed
only of contiguous territory.

4.  As used in this section, “visible
ground feature” includes a street, road, highway, river, stream, shoreline,
drainage ditch, railroad right-of-way or any other physical feature which is
clearly visible from the ground.

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