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Bill Text

- 83rd Session (2025)
Senate Bill No. 421–Committee on
Legislative Operations and Elections

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AN ACT relating to elections; requiring a county or city clerk to
recruit election board officers for a polling place established
within the boundaries of an Indian reservation or Indian
colony unless the Indian tribe affirmatively declines to have
the county or city clerk perform such a duty; requiring a
county or city clerk to ensure that instruction concerning
mechanical voting systems is provided to such election board
officers under certain conditions; and providing other matters
properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law authorizes an Indian tribe to submit a request to a county or city
clerk to establish a polling place or ballot drop box within the boundaries of an
Indian reservation or Indian colony on the day of an election or for early voting.
(NRS 293.2733, 293.3572, 293C.2675, 293C.3572) Existing law further requires a
county or city clerk to schedule certain meetings with each Indian tribe located in
whole or in part within the county or city, as applicable, to discuss certain details
relating to the next regularly scheduled election cycle and provides that such a
meeting may address, without limitation, recruitment of election board officers.
(NRS 293.269905, 293C.2625) Sections 1 and 3 of this bill require a county or city
clerk to, regardless of whether such a meeting addresses responsibilities for the
recruitment of election board officers, recruit such election board officers unless the
Indian tribe affirmatively declines to have the county or city clerk perform such a
duty.
Existing law requires a county or city clerk to, within a reasonable time before
each election, instruct the members of the election board in the use of a mechanical
voting system and in their duties in connection therewith. (NRS 293B.260) Section
2 of this bill requires each county or city clerk to ensure that such instruction is
provided to members of an election board that are appointed to staff a polling place
which will be established within the boundaries of an Indian reservation or Indian
colony by providing at least one training class: (1) within the boundaries of the
Indian reservation or Indian colony, unless the Indian tribe elects not to have the
training class conducted in such a manner; and (2) in a manner that is accessible to
a member of the election board in person or remotely.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 293.269905 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
293.269905 1. Each county clerk shall schedule a meeting
with each Indian tribe located in whole or in part within the county
for, to the extent practicable:
(a) Not later than August 1 of each odd-numbered year to
discuss the details for the next regularly scheduled election cycle.
Such a meeting may address, without limitation:
(1) The establishment and operation of polling places,
temporary branch polling places or ballot drop boxes within an
Indian reservation or Indian colony and the size requirements for
any such polling places and temporary branch polling places;
(2) The dates and times of the upcoming elections for which
polling places, temporary branch polling places or ballot drop boxes
may be established;
(3) The deadlines relating to the next regularly scheduled
election cycle for the Indian tribe to submit a request pursuant to
NRS 293.2733 and 293.3572 for the establishment of polling places,
temporary branch polling places or ballot drop boxes;
(4) Responsibilities for the recruitment of election board
officers; and
(5) Any other information relating to the establishment and
operation of polling places, temporary branch polling places and
ballot drop boxes;
(b) Not later than September 1 of each odd-numbered year to
confirm any details relating to the establishment and operation of a
polling place, temporary branch polling places or ballot drop boxes.
Such a meeting may address, without limitation:
(1) Whether the Indian tribe will request or has requested to
establish any polling places, temporary branch polling places or
ballot drop boxes within an Indian reservation or Indian colony and
the size requirements for any such polling places and temporary
branch polling places;
(2) The days and hours of any polling place or temporary
branch polling place established within an Indian reservation or
Indian colony;

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(3) Election board officers for any polling place or temporary
branch polling place established within an Indian reservation or
Indian colony; and
(4) The deadlines relating to the next regularly scheduled
election cycle for the Indian tribe to submit a request pursuant to
NRS 293.2733 and 293.3572; and
(c) On an ongoing basis during the year