Nevada § 293.800 - Unlawful acts concerning registration of voters; violations of laws governing elections; crimes by public officers

§ 293.800. Unlawful acts concerning registration of voters; violations of laws governing elections; crimes by public officers

1. A person who, for himself, herself or another person, willfully gives a false answer

or answers to questions propounded to the person by the registrar or field registrar

of voters relating to the information called for by the application to register to

vote, or who willfully falsifies the application in any particular, or who violates

any of the provisions of the election laws of this State or knowingly encourages another

person to violate those laws is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished

as provided in NRS 193.130 . 2. A public officer or other person, upon whom any duty is imposed by this title,

who willfully neglects his or her duty or willfully performs it in such a way as to

hinder the objects and purposes of the election laws of this State, except where another

penalty is provided, is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided

in NRS 193.130 . 3. If the person is a public officer, his or her office is forfeited upon conviction

of any offense provided for in subsection 2. 4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a person who causes or endeavors

to cause his or her name to be registered, knowing that he or she is not an elector

or will not be an elector on or before the day of the next ensuing election in the

precinct or district in which he or she causes or endeavors to cause the registration

to be made, and any other person who induces, aids or abets the person in the commission

of either of the acts is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided

in NRS 193.130 . The provisions of this subsection do not apply to a person who preregisters to vote. 5. A field registrar or other person who provides to an elector an application to

register to vote and who: (a) Knowingly falsifies the application or knowingly causes an application to be falsified; (b) Knowingly provides money or other compensation to another for a falsified application;

or (c) Intentionally fails to submit to the county clerk a completed application, is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .