Nevada Code § 474.140

Election procedure following first election
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1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 2:
(a) At the next general election and in
conjunction therewith after the organization of any district, and in
conjunction with every general election thereafter, an election, to be known as
the biennial election of the district, must be held.
(b) The general election laws of this State
govern the nomination and election of the members of the board of directors.
The election must be conducted under the supervision of the county clerk or
registrar of voters. The returns of the election must be certified to and
canvassed as provided by the general law concerning elections. The candidate or
candidates, according to the number of directors to be elected, receiving the
most votes, are elected. Any new member of the board must qualify in the same
manner as members of the first board qualify.
2. If at 5 p.m. on the last day for filing
a declaration of candidacy, as defined in NRS
293.0455 , for the office of director, there is only one candidate nominated
for the office, that candidate must be declared elected and no election may be
held for that office.

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