Existing law authorizes: (1) a person applying to vote to be challenged orally by any registered voter upon certain grounds; and (2) a person who is challenged to cast a ballot under certain circumstances. If a challenge is based on residency, the challenged person can be issued a ballot if he or she: (1) executes a certain oath or affirmation; and (2) furnishes satisfactory identification which contains proof of the address at which the person actually resides. (NRS 293.303, 293C.292) Sections 5 and 27 of this bill set forth what constitutes “satisfactory identification” for purposes of a challenged voter providing proof of residency. Sections 5 and 27 further provide that the provisions of existing law relating to challenging a voter do not authorize any person to challenge the ability of a registered voter to vote by mail ballot. Existing law requires the appropriate board to count in public the returns for early voting after 8 a.m. on election day. (NRS 293.3606, 293C.3606) Sections 8 and 28 of this bill provide instead that on or after the first day of early voting, the county or city clerk, respectively, may order the appropriate board to begin the counting of the returns for early voting, but, in any case, the counting of the returns for early voting must begin not later than 8 a.m. on election day.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 293.273, 293.303, 293.3081, 293.3082, 293.3606, 293.387, 293.393, 293.394, 293.395, 293.397, 293.403, 293.404, 293.407, 293.410, 293.417, 293.420, 293.425, 293.427, 293.430, 293.433, 293.435, 293B.400, 293C.267, 293C.292, 293C.3606, 293C.387, 293C.395, 218A.210, 243.445, 243.480, 244.090, 266.033, 267.050, 267.080, 267.090, 267.140, 283.130, 318.118, 349.060, 353.264, 386.260, 474.110, 474.395, 539.055, 539.155, 539.157, 539.760, 541.360, 293.405
Reprint 1: 293.303, 293.3606, 293C.292, 293C.3606
As Enrolled: 293.303, 293.3606, 293C.292, 293C.3606
BDR: 293.273, 293.303, 293.3081, 293.3082, 293.3606, 293.387, 293.393, 293.394, 293.395, 293.397, 293.403, 293.404, 293.407, 293.410, 293.417, 293.420, 293.425, 293.427, 293.430, 293.433, 293.435, 293B.400, 293C.267, 293C.292, 293C.3606, 293C.387, 293C.395, 218A.210, 243.445, 243.480, 244.090, 266.033, 267.050, 267.080, 267.090, 267.140, 283.130, 318.118, 349.060, 353.264, 386.260, 474.110, 474.395, 539.055, 539.155, 539.157, 539.760, 541.360, 293.405