Nevada § 293.2045 - Remedies in preelection actions challenging candidates who fail to meet qualifications for office; disqualification from taking office; removal from ballot or notification to voters at polling places; applicability
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§ 293.2045. Remedies in preelection actions challenging candidates who fail to meet qualifications for office; disqualification from taking office; removal from ballot or notification to voters at polling places; applicability
1. In addition to any other remedy or penalty provided by law, but except as otherwise
provided in NRS 293.1265 , if a court of competent jurisdiction finds in any preelection action that a person
who is a candidate for any office fails to meet any qualification required for the
office pursuant to the Constitution or laws of this State: (a) The name of the person must not appear on any ballot for the election for which
the person filed a declaration of candidacy, except that if the statutory deadline
for making changes to the ballot has passed, the provisions of subsection 2 apply;
and (b) The person is disqualified from entering upon the duties of the office for which
the person filed a declaration of candidacy. 2. If the name of a person who is disqualified from entering upon the duties of an
office pursuant to subsection 1 appears on a ballot for the election because the statutory
deadline for making changes to the ballot has passed, the appropriate election officers
shall post a sign at each polling place where the person's name will appear on the
ballot informing voters that the person is disqualified from entering upon the duties
of the office. 3. The provisions of this section apply to any preelection action brought to challenge
a person who is a candidate for any office on the grounds that the person fails to
meet any qualification required for the office pursuant to the Constitution or laws
of this State, including, without limitation, any action brought pursuant to NRS 281.050 , 293.182 or 293C.186 or any action brought for: (a) Declaratory or injunctive relief pursuant to chapter 30 or 33 of NRS; (b) Writ relief pursuant to chapter 34 of NRS; or (c) Any other legal or equitable relief.
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