Nevada Code § 293.260

Declaration of nominees: Omission and appearance of names on primary and general ballot; certain candidates declared elected at primary election; exceptions
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1. If there is no contest of election for
nomination to a particular office, neither the title of the office nor the name
of the candidate may appear on the ballot at the primary election.
2. If a major political party has two or
more candidates for a particular office, the person who receives the highest
number of votes at the primary election must be declared the nominee of that
major political party for the office.
3. If not more than the number of
candidates to be elected have filed for nomination for:
(a) Any partisan office or the office of judge of
a district court, judge of the Court of Appeals or justice of the Supreme
Court, the names of those candidates must be omitted from all ballots for a
primary election and placed on all ballots for the general election.
(b) Any nonpartisan office, other than the office
of judge of a district court, judge of the Court of Appeals, justice of the
Supreme Court or member of a town advisory board, the names of those candidates
must appear on the ballot for a primary election unless the candidates were
nominated pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS
293.165 . If a candidate receives one or more votes at the primary election,
the candidate must be declared elected to the office and his or her name must
not be placed on the ballot for the general election. If a candidate does not
receive one or more votes at the primary election, his or her name must be
placed on the ballot for the general election.
(c) The office of member of a town advisory
board, the candidate must be declared elected to the office and no election
must be held for that office.
4. If there are not more than twice the
number of candidates to be elected to a nonpartisan office, the candidates
must, without a primary election, be declared the nominees for the office, and the
names of the candidates must be omitted from all ballots for a primary election
and placed on all ballots for the general election.
5. If there are more than twice the number
of candidates to be elected to a nonpartisan office, the names of the candidates
must appear on the ballot for a primary election. Except as otherwise provided
in NRS 293.400 , those candidates who
receive the highest number of votes at the primary election, not to exceed
twice the number to be elected, must be declared nominees for the office and
the names of those candidates must be placed on the ballot for the general
election, except that if one of those candidates receives a majority of the
votes cast in the primary election for:
(a) The office of judge of a district court,
judge of the Court of Appeals or justice of the Supreme Court, the candidate
must be declared the only nominee for the office and only his or her name must
be placed on the ballot for the general election.
(b) Any other nonpartisan office, the candidate
must be declared elected to the office and his or her name must not be placed
on the ballot for the general election.

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