Nevada Senate Bill 121 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 10 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-10 - (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

AN ACT relating to elections; defining the term partisan office; revising certain definitions relating to political affiliation; revising methods for filling a vacancy in a nomination for a partisan office; revising various provisions related to primary elections for partisan offices; providing that a person may become a candidate for a partisan office at a primary election regardless of political affiliation; requiring candidates to designate a political party preference or lack thereof on a declaration of candidacy; authorizing a voter, regardless of political affiliation, to cast a ballot for any candidate for a partisan office in a primary election; providing that the two candidates at a primary election for partisan office who receive the highest number of votes must be declared the nominees and have their names placed on the ballot for the general election; requiring ballots and voter information to include information relating to the designation of a political party preference by a candidate; eliminating certain grounds for challenging a person who is applying to vote based on political party affiliation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-125)

Sen. Ben Kieckhefer [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-10	Senate	(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
2021-02-16	Senate	From printer. To committee.
2021-02-15	Senate	Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7459/Overview
Text	https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/SB/SB121.pdf