Nevada Revised Statutes 293.269973 – Responsibilities of jails
1. Each county or city jail shall:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 293.269973
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
(a) Provide each person detained in the jail with a reasonable amount of privacy to vote, which may, without limitation, be in a common area, visitation area, room or cell;
(b) Provide each person detained in the jail with a pen with black or blue ink to vote his or her mail ballot;
(c) Allow the county clerk to establish a process for the collection of the mail ballots voted by persons detained in the jail that includes a method for documenting the chain of custody of mail ballots; and
(d) If applicable, allow the person to cure any defect in the signature on a mail ballot pursuant to NRS 293.269927.
2. A county or city jail shall not open a mail ballot after a prisoner has voted and sealed the mail ballot.