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Current as of January 01, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
1. Each county or city jail shall:
(a) Provide each person detained in the jail with a reasonable amount of privacy to vote, which may, without limitation, be in a common area, visitation area, room or cell;
(b) Provide each person detained in the jail with a pen with black or blue ink to vote his or her mail ballot;
(c) Allow the county clerk to establish a process for the collection of the mail ballots voted by persons detained in the jail that includes a method for documenting the chain of custody of mail ballots; and
(d) If applicable, allow the person to cure any defect in the signature on a mail ballot pursuant to NRS 293.269927.
2. A county or city jail shall not open a mail ballot after a prisoner has voted and sealed the mail ballot.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 24. Elections § 293.269973. Responsibilities of jails - last updated January 01, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-24-elections/nv-rev-st-293-269973/
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