Nevada Code § 295.055

Regulations specifying format of petition; each document of petition limited to voters of single petition district; removal of name from petition
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1. The Secretary of State shall by regulation
specify:
(a) The format for the signatures on a petition
for an initiative or referendum and make free specimens of the format available
upon request. The regulations must ensure that the format includes, without
limitation, that:
(1) In addition to signing the petition, a
person who signs a petition:
(I) Shall print the persons given
name followed by the persons surname on the petition before the persons
signature; and
(II) Must indicate the petition
district in which the person resides, if known.
(2) Each signature must be dated.
(b) The manner of fastening together several
sheets circulated by one person to constitute a single document.
2. The registered voter may consult the
list of the registered voters in this State posted on the website maintained by
the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 293.4687 to determine the petition district
in which the registered voter resides. The registered voter may rely on the
information contained in the list when the registered voter indicates the
appropriate petition district, unless the registered voter believes that the
information is inaccurate.
3. Each document of the petition must bear
the name of a petition district, and only registered voters of that petition
district may sign the document.
4. A person who signs a petition may
request that the county clerk remove the persons name from the petition by
transmitting a request in writing to the county clerk at any time before the
petition is filed with the county clerk.

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