Nevada Code § 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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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 persons 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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