Nevada § 293.730 Unlawful interference with conduct of election; unlawful acts relating to certain ballots; unlawful acts inside polling place

Nevada Statutes

§ 293.730 — Unlawful interference with conduct of election; unlawful acts relating to certain ballots; unlawful acts inside polling place

Nevada § 293.730

Title 24ELECTIONS

UNLAWFUL ACTS AND PENALTIES

This text of Nevada § 293.730 (Unlawful interference with conduct of election; unlawful acts relating to certain ballots; unlawful acts inside polling place) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Nevada primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.730 (2026).

Text

1. Except for an election board officer in the course of the election board officer’s official duties, a person shall not:

(a)Remain in or outside of any polling place so as to interfere with the conduct of the election.

(b)Accept from any voter a ballot prepared by or on behalf of the voter, other than a mail ballot or military-overseas ballot prepared by or on behalf of the voter with his or her authorization pursuant to this title.

(c)Remove a ballot from any polling place before the closing of the polls.

(d)Apply for or receive a ballot at any election precinct or district other than one at which the person is entitled to vote.

(e)Show his or her ballot to another person, after voting, so as to reveal any of his or her votes on the ballot, other than on his or her mail ballot or m

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1. Except for an election board officer in the course of the election board officer’s official duties, a person shall not:
(a) Remain in or outside of any polling place so as to interfere with the conduct of the election.
(b) Accept from any voter a ballot prepared by or on behalf of the voter, other than a mail ballot or military-overseas ballot prepared by or on behalf of the voter with his or her authorization pursuant to this title.
(c) Remove a ballot from any polling place before the closing of the polls.
(d) Apply for or receive a ballot at any election precinct or district other than one at which the person is entitled to vote.
(e) Show his or her ballot to another person, after voting, so as to reveal any of his or her votes on the ballot, other than on his or her mail ballot or military-overseas ballot prepared by or on behalf of the voter with his or her authorization pursuant to this title.
(f) Inside a polling place, ask another person for his or her name, address or political affiliation or for whom he or she intends to vote.
(g) Send, transmit, distribute or deliver a ballot to a voter, other than a mail ballot or military-overseas ballot when permitted pursuant to this title.
(h) Except when permitted by the voter, alter, change, deface, damage or destroy a mail ballot or military-overseas ballot prepared by or on behalf of the voter with his or her authorization pursuant to this title.
2. A voter shall not:
(a) Accept a ballot from another person, other than an election board officer in the course of the election board officer’s official duties or a person who sends, transmits, distributes or delivers a mail ballot or military-overseas ballot to the voter when permitted pursuant to this title.
(b) Deliver to an election board officer in the course of the election board officer’s official duties any ballot other than the one received.
(c) Place any mark upon his or her ballot by which it may afterward be identified as the one that he or she voted, other than any such mark that is permitted to be placed on a mail ballot or military-overseas ballot prepared by or on behalf of the voter with his or her authorization pursuant to this title.
3. A person other than a county or city clerk shall not set up a ballot drop box that purports to be an official ballot drop box for mail ballots.
4. Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1960, 270 ; A 1973, 871 ; 1985, 335 ; 1987, 1168 ; 1989, 2170 ; 1995, 2785 ; 2011, 2100 ; 2019, 4103 ; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 49 ; 2021, 1240 )