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Nevada Regulations § 293C.525 Requirements for daily audit of electronic device used to verify signatures

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Regulation Text

The daily audit of an electronic device used to verify signatures on mail ballots that is required pursuant to NRS 293C.26337 , must comply with the following requirements:
1. The city clerk shall select a random sample of 1 percent of the mail ballots received before 3:00 p.m. from the previous 24-hour period for which the electronic device has verified the signatures.
2. A team of bipartisan election board officers appointed by the city clerk shall manually review the signatures selected in accordance with the procedures set forth in NRS 293C.26327 .
3. The election board officers shall sign and date the daily audit report. The audit report must be deposited in the vaults of the city clerk pursuant to NRS 293C.390 .
4. If the team of election board officers rejects a signature that the electronic device verified, then the electronic device fails the audit and the city clerk shall:
(a) Immediately stop using the electronic device;
(b) Notify the Secretary of State in writing within 48 hours after the electronic device has failed the audit; and
(c) Work with the Secretary of State to identify the issue and implement a solution.

Source

Added to NAC by Sec'y of State by R095-21, eff. 2/28/2022