Nevada Code § 293.740

Soliciting votes and electioneering inside certain places or within certain distance from certain places prohibited; penalty
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1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3, it is unlawful inside a polling place, within 100 feet from the
entrance to the building or other structure in which a polling place is
located, inside the area of a county or city jail where a person detained in
the jail may vote or within 100 feet from the entrance of the area in a jail
where a person detained in the jail may vote:
(a) For any person to solicit a vote or speak to
a voter on the subject of marking the voters ballot.
(b) For any person, including an election board
officer, to do any electioneering on election day.
The county
clerk or registrar of voters shall ensure that, at the outer limits of the area
within which electioneering is prohibited, notices are continuously posted on
which are printed in large letters Distance Marker: No electioneering between
this point and the entrance to the polling place.
2. The county clerk shall ensure that any
notice posted pursuant to subsection 1 is:
(a) At least 17 inches by 11 inches in size;
(b) Placed on a window or door of the polling
place or a freestanding sign; and
(c) Visible to a person approaching the outer
limits of the area within which electioneering is prohibited pursuant to
subsection 1.
3. The provisions of subsections 1 and 2
do not apply to the conduct of a person in a private residence or on commercial
or residential property that is within 100 feet from the entrance to a building
or other structure in which a polling place is located. The provisions of
subsection 1 are not intended to prohibit a person from voting solely because
he or she is wearing a prohibited political insigne and is reasonably unable to
remove the insigne or cover it. In such a case, the election board officer shall
take such action as is necessary to allow the voter to vote as expediently as
possible and then assist the voter in exiting the polling place as soon as is
possible.
4. Any person who violates any provision
of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
5. As used in this section,
electioneering means campaigning for or against a candidate, ballot question
or political party by:
(a) Posting signs relating to the support of or
opposition to a candidate, ballot question or political party;
(b) Distributing literature relating to the
support of or opposition to a candidate, ballot question or political party;
(c) Using loudspeakers to broadcast information
relating to the support of or opposition to a candidate, ballot question or
political party;
(d) Buying, selling, wearing or displaying any
badge, button or other insigne which expressly refers to any political party or
a candidate or ballot question to be voted upon at that election; or
(e) Soliciting signatures to any kind of
petition.

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