Nevada Code § 293.404

Employment and duties of recount board; persons present; procedures for recount of ballots; regulations
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1. Where a recount is demanded pursuant to
the provisions of NRS 293.403 or 293.424 , the:
(a) County clerk of each county affected by the
recount shall employ a recount board to conduct the recount in the county, and
shall act as chair of the recount board unless the recount is for the office of
county clerk, in which case the registrar of voters of the county, if a
registrar of voters has been appointed for the county, shall act as chair of
the recount board. If a registrar of voters has not been appointed for the
county, the chair of the board of county commissioners, if the chair is not a
candidate on the ballot, shall act as chair of the recount board. If the
recount is for the office of county clerk, a registrar of voters has not been
appointed for the county and the chair of the board of county commissioners is
a candidate on the ballot, the chair of the board of county commissioners shall
appoint another member of the board of county commissioners who is not a
candidate on the ballot to act as chair of the recount board. A member of the
board of county commissioners who is a candidate on the ballot may not serve as
a member of the recount board.
(b) City clerk shall employ a recount board to
conduct the recount in the city, and shall act as chair of the recount board
unless the recount is for the office of city clerk, in which case the mayor of
the city, if the mayor is not a candidate on the ballot, shall act as chair of
the recount board. If the recount is for the office of city clerk and the mayor
of the city is a candidate on the ballot, the mayor of the city shall appoint
another member of the city council who is not a candidate on the ballot to act
as chair of the recount board. A member of the city council who is a candidate
on the ballot may not serve as a member of the recount board.
2. Each candidate for the office affected
by the recount and the voter who demanded the recount, if any, may be present
in person or by an authorized representative, but may not be a member of the
recount board.
3. The recount must include a count and
inspection of all ballots, including rejected ballots, and must determine
whether all ballots are marked as required by law. All ballots must be
recounted in the same manner in which the ballots were originally tabulated.
4. The county or city clerk shall unseal
and give to the recount board all ballots to be counted.
5. The Secretary of State may adopt
regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.

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