If an election is prevented in any precinct or district by reason of the loss or destruction of the ballots intended for that precinct, or any other cause, the appropriate election officers in that precinct or district shall make an affidavit setting forth that fact and transmit it to the appropriate board of county commissioners. Upon receipt of the affidavit and upon the application of any candidate for any office to be voted for by the registered voters of that precinct or district, the board of county commissioners shall order a new election in that precinct or district.
NRS 293.465
Loss or destruction of ballots, or other cause, preventing election in precinct or district; new election
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case LaPorta v. Broadbent (1975)
Most recently applied in ANTHONY VS. MILLER (BALLOT ISSUE) (June 2021)
(Added to NRS by 1960, 268; A 1987, 353; 1999, 264; 2015, 3158)
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