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AB 534 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-975)

AB 534 revises election procedures to improve voter access and streamline administrative processes. It requires the Secretary of State to allow voters detained in county or city jails to use the same electronic voting system as overseas military voters for registration and ballot submission. The bill also clarifies that when a registered voter moves to a new county and registers there (e.g., via automatic voter registration), it is treated as a registration update - not a new registration - so they typically won’t need to cast a provisional ballot. Additionally, it renames "provisional ballots" to "conditional ballots" for specific cases and extends deadlines for county clerks to verify petition signatures.
Bill status vetoed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Vetoed
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Vetoed Jun 12, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 6 edits
MODERATE
This bill updates election procedures by renaming provisional ballots to 'conditional ballots' and extending deadlines for verifying petition signatures to give clerks more time to process them. It also allows petition deadlines to be moved closer to the primary election and permits county clerks to publish election notices via social media or websites instead of just newspapers.
Scope change
The bill applies to all county and city clerks handling voter registration, petitions, and election notices, expanding their operational flexibility.
DEFINITION

Renamed 'provisional ballots' to 'conditional ballots' to better reflect their legal status when voter information is updated after registration closes.

TIMELINE

Extended the time for county clerks to verify petition signatures from 2 to 7 working days for minor party candidates and from 4 to 9 working days for others.

Increased the deadline for recall petitions and other signature verifications, extending the window from 20 to 25 working days for statewide offices.

Moved the filing deadline for independent candidate petitions closer to the primary election, allowing submission up to 25 working days before the last filing date instead of 10.

REQUIREMENT

Allowed county clerks to publish election notices on websites or social media accounts instead of requiring publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

Authorized county clerks to publish constitutional amendment texts via methods other than newspapers, such as websites or social media.

Floor votes · Assembly May 31, 2025

How they voted

24–14
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
May 31, 2025
D Democratic26
24 Yea 2
92% Yea
R Republican14
14 Nay
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Jun 12, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor.
executive
Jun 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To Assembly.
lower
Jun 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
lower
May 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 25, Nays: 15, Excused: 2.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.
lower
May 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Taken from General File. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Without recommendation.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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