Nevada § 293.166 - Procedure for filling certain vacancies in party nomination for office of State Legislator from multicounty legislative district; deadline for making changes to general election ballot

§ 293.166. Procedure for filling certain vacancies in party nomination for office of State Legislator from multicounty legislative district; deadline for making changes to general election ballot

1. A vacancy occurring in a party nomination for the office of State Senator, Assemblyman

or Assemblywoman from a legislative district comprising more than one county may be

filled as follows, subject to the provisions of subsections 2, 3 and 4. The county commissioners of each county, all or part of which is included within

the legislative district, shall meet to appoint a person who is of the same political

party as the former nominee and who actually, as opposed to constructively, resides

in the district to fill the vacancy, with the chair of the board of county commissioners

of the county whose population residing within the district is the greatest presiding. Each board of county commissioners shall first meet separately and determine the

single candidate it will nominate to fill the vacancy. Then, the boards shall meet jointly and the chairs on behalf of the boards shall

cast a proportionate number of votes according to the percent, rounded to the nearest

whole percent, which the population of its county is of the population of the entire

district. Populations must be determined by the last decennial census or special census conducted

by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce. The person who receives a plurality of these votes is appointed to fill the vacancy. If no person receives a plurality of the votes, the boards of county commissioners

of the respective counties shall each as a group select one candidate, and the nominee

must be chosen by drawing lots among the persons so selected. 2. If a vacancy occurs in a party nomination for the office of State Senator, Assemblyman

or Assemblywoman from a legislative district comprising more than one county after

the primary election and before 5 p.m. on the fourth Friday in July of the year in

which the general election is held and: (a) The vacancy occurs because the nominee dies or is adjudicated insane or mentally

incompetent, the vacancy may be filled pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1. (b) The vacancy occurs for a reason other than the reasons described in paragraph

(a), the nominee's name must remain on the ballot for the general election and, if

elected, a vacancy exists. 3. No change may be made on the ballot for the general election after 5 p.m. on the

fourth Friday in July of the year in which the general election is held. If, after that time and date: (a) A nominee dies or is adjudicated insane or mentally incompetent; or (b) A vacancy in the nomination is otherwise created, the nominee's name must remain on the ballot for the general election and, if elected,

a vacancy exists. 4. Each designation of a candidate provided for in this section must be filed with

the appropriate filing officer before 5 p.m. on the fourth Friday in July of the year

in which the general election is held. In each case, the candidate must file a declaration of candidacy with the appropriate

filing officer and pay the filing fee required by NRS 293.193 before 5 p.m. on the date the designation is filed.