TrustVoting Atlas

Establishment of temporary branch polling places for early
voting and ballot drop boxes; establishment within Indian reservation or
colony; days and hours for early voting; legal rights and remedies of property
owners or lessors not affected by presence of such polling places.

1.  In addition to permanent polling places
for early voting, the city clerk may establish temporary branch polling places
for early voting pursuant to NRS
293C.3561.

2.  If an Indian reservation or Indian
colony is located in whole or in part within a city, the city clerk shall,
except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 6, establish a temporary
branch polling place for early voting and a ballot drop box at a location
approved by the Indian tribe within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or
Indian colony. 

3.  An Indian tribe may elect not to have a
temporary branch polling place for early voting and ballot drop box established
within the boundaries of an Indian reservation or Indian colony by submitting
notice to the city clerk on or before:

(a) If the notice is for a primary city election,
January 15 of the year in which the primary city election is to be held.

(b) If the notice is for a general city election,
June 15 of the year in which the general city election is to be held. 

4.  Any location of a temporary branch
polling place for early voting and ballot drop box established pursuant to
subsection 2 must satisfy the criteria established by the city clerk pursuant
to NRS 293C.3561.

5.  Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 6, the city clerk must continue to establish one temporary branch
polling place and ballot drop box within the boundaries of the Indian
reservation or Indian colony at a location approved by the Indian tribe for
early voting in future elections unless otherwise notified by the Indian tribe
pursuant to subsection 3. 

6.  Not later than the dates set forth in
subsection 3 to elect not to have a temporary branch polling place and ballot
drop box established within the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian
colony, an Indian tribe that elects to have a temporary branch polling place and
ballot drop box established must submit to the city clerk and the tribal
liaison designated by the Office of the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 233A.260:

(a) The location for the temporary branch polling
place and ballot drop box and whether the location will have only a temporary
branch polling place or ballot drop box or both a temporary branch polling
place and ballot drop box;

(b) Whether the Indian tribe will select
registered voters to be appointed to act as election board officers to staff
the temporary branch polling place within the boundaries of the Indian
reservation or Indian colony; and

(c) The proposed days and hours for the operation
of the temporary branch polling place.

Ê If an Indian
tribe does not submit the information required pursuant to this subsection, the
Indian tribe shall be deemed to have elected not to have a temporary branch
polling place and ballot drop box established within the boundaries of the
Indian reservation or Indian colony. 

7.  The provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 293C.3568 do not apply to a
temporary branch polling place. Voting at a temporary branch polling place may
be conducted on any one or more days and during any hours within the period for
early voting by personal appearance, as determined by the city clerk.

8.  The schedules for conducting voting are
not required to be uniform among the temporary branch polling places.

9.  The legal rights and remedies which
inure to the owner or lessor of private property are not impaired or otherwise
affected by the leasing of the property for use as a temporary branch polling
place for early voting, except to the extent necessary to conduct early voting
at that location.