TrustVoting Atlas

Ballot for general election: Form; names of candidates to be
grouped alphabetically; exception; indication of party name, “no political
party” or “nonpartisan” or abbreviations thereof; order of appearance of
certain statewide measures.

1.  Ballots for a general election must
contain the names of candidates who were nominated at the primary election, the
names of the candidates of a minor political party and the names of independent
candidates.

2.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.2565, names of candidates must be
grouped alphabetically under the title and length of term of the office for
which those candidates filed.

3.  Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 4:

(a) Immediately following the name of each
candidate for a partisan office must appear the name or abbreviation of his or
her political party, the words “no political party” or the abbreviation “NPP,”
as the case may be.

(b) Immediately following the name of each
candidate for a nonpartisan office must appear the word “nonpartisan” or the
abbreviation “NP.”

4.  Where a system of voting other than by
paper ballot is used, the Secretary of State may provide for any placement of
the name or abbreviation of the political party, the words “no political party”
or “nonpartisan” or the abbreviation “NPP” or “NP,” as appropriate, which
clearly relates the designation to the name of the candidate to whom it
applies.

5.  If the Legislature rejects a statewide
measure proposed by initiative and proposes a different measure on the same
subject which the Governor approves, the measure proposed by the Legislature
and approved by the Governor must be listed on the ballot before the statewide
measure proposed by initiative. Each ballot and sample ballot upon which the
measures appear must contain a statement that reads substantially as follows:



The following questions are
alternative approaches to the same issue, and only one approach may be enacted
into law. Please vote for only one.