Nevada § 293.1278 - Qualification or disqualification of petition upon receipt of certificates or amended certificates by Secretary of State

§ 293.1278. Qualification or disqualification of petition upon receipt of certificates or amended certificates by Secretary of State

1. If the certificates received by the Secretary of State from all the county clerks

establish that the number of valid signatures is less than 90 percent of the required

number of registered voters, the petition shall be deemed to have failed to qualify,

and the Secretary of State shall immediately so notify the petitioners and the county

clerks. 2. If those certificates establish that the number of valid signatures is equal to

or more than the sum of 100 percent of the number of registered voters needed to make

the petition sufficient plus the total number of requests to remove a name received

by the county clerks pursuant to NRS 295.055 or pursuant to NRS 306.015 for a petition to recall a public officer who holds a statewide office, if applicable,

and, in the case of a petition for initiative or referendum proposing a constitutional

amendment or statewide measure, that the petition has the minimum number of signatures

required for each petition district, the petition shall be deemed to qualify as of

the date of receipt by the Secretary of State of those certificates, and the Secretary

of State shall immediately so notify the petitioners and the county clerks. 3. If the certificates establish that the petitioners have 100 percent or more of

the number of registered voters needed to make the petition sufficient but the petition

fails to qualify pursuant to subsection 2, each county clerk who received a request

to remove a name pursuant to NRS 295.055 or pursuant to NRS 306.015 for a petition to recall a public officer who holds a statewide office, if applicable,

shall remove each name as requested, amend the certificate and transmit the amended

certificate to the Secretary of State. If the amended certificates establish that the petitioners have 100 percent or more

of the number of registered voters needed to make the petition sufficient and, in

the case of a petition for initiative or referendum proposing a constitutional amendment

or statewide measure, that the petition has the minimum number of signatures required

for each petition district, the petition shall be deemed to qualify as of the date

of receipt by the Secretary of State of the amended certificates, and the Secretary

of State shall immediately so notify the petitioners and the county clerks.