Nevada Code § 293.4695

County clerks required to collect and report certain information concerning election processes; Secretary of State to solicit and collect voter comments regarding election processes; report to Legislature
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1. Each county clerk shall collect the
following information regarding each primary election, presidential preference
primary election and general election, on a form provided by the Secretary of
State and made available at each polling place in the county, each polling
place for early voting in the county, the office of the county clerk and any
other location deemed appropriate by the Secretary of State:
(a) The number of ballots that have been
discarded or for any reason not included in the final canvass of votes, along
with an explanation for the exclusion of each such ballot from the final
canvass of votes.
(b) A report on each malfunction of any
mechanical voting system, including, without limitation:
(1) Any known reason for the malfunction;
(2) The length of time during which the
mechanical voting system could not be used;
(3) Any remedy for the malfunction which
was used at the time of the malfunction; and
(4) Any effect the malfunction had on the
election process.
(c) A list of each polling place not open during
the time prescribed pursuant to NRS 293.273 and an account explaining why each such polling place was not open during the
time prescribed pursuant to NRS 293.273 .
(d) A description of each challenge made to the
eligibility of a voter pursuant to NRS
293.303 and the result of each such challenge.
(e) A description of each complaint regarding a
ballot cast by mail or facsimile filed with the county clerk and the
resolution, if any, of the complaint.
(f) The results of any audit of election
procedures and practices conducted pursuant to regulations adopted by the
Secretary of State pursuant to this chapter.
(g) The number of provisional ballots cast
pursuant to NRS 293.3078 to 293.3086 , inclusive, and the reason for
the casting of each such provisional ballot.
(h) The number of provisional ballots cast
pursuant to NRS 293.5772 to 293.5887 , inclusive.
2. Each county clerk shall submit to the
Secretary of State, on a form provided by the Secretary of State, the
information collected pursuant to subsection 1 not more than 60 days after each
primary election, presidential preference primary election and general
election.
3. The Secretary of State may contact any
political party and request information to assist in the investigation of any
allegation of voter intimidation.
4. The Secretary of State shall establish
and maintain an Internet website pursuant to which the Secretary of State shall
solicit and collect voter comments regarding election processes.
5. The Secretary of State shall compile
the information and comments collected pursuant to this section into a report
and shall submit the report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau
for transmission to the Legislature not sooner than 30 days before and not
later than 30 days after the first day of each regular session of the
Legislature.
6. The Secretary of State may make the
report required pursuant to subsection 5 available on an Internet website
established and maintained by the Secretary of State.

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