NRS
293.127 Liberal construction of title and determination of real will of
electors.
1. This title must be liberally construed
to the end that:
(a) All electors, including, without limitation,
electors who are elderly or disabled, have an opportunity to participate in
elections and to cast their votes privately;
(b) An eligible voter with a physical or mental
disability is not denied the right to vote solely because of the physical or mental
disability; and
(c) The real will of the electors is not defeated
by any informality or by failure substantially to comply with the provisions of
this title with respect to the giving of any notice or the conducting of an
election or certifying the results thereof.
2. For purposes of counting a vote, the
real will of an elector must be determined pursuant to NRS 293.3677 or 293C.369 or regulations adopted pursuant
to NRS 293.3677 or 293C.369.
(Added to NRS by 1960,
238; A 1963,
1372; 2001,
1434, 2025;
2003,
149, 152)
Notes of Decisions
Univ. & Cmty. Coll. Sys. v. Nevadans for Sound Gov't, 100 P.3d 179 (Nev. 2004).
“Accordingly, NRS 293.127(l)(c) expresses the state’s public policy that election laws, enumerated in NRS Chapter 293, should be liberally construed to effectuate the will of the people.”
Lueck v. Teuton, 219 P.3d 895 (Nev. 2009).
· cites it 2× “4, § 27; NRS 293.127(1)(c), the Legislature has provided for the nomination and election of candidates for an office declared vacant after the normal filing deadlines have passed.”
Anthony Vs. Miller (ballot Issue), 2021 NV 25 (Nev. 2021).
· cites it 4× “2d 1404, 1406 (1975) (citing NRS 293.127, which provides for a liberal interpretation of the election statutes to ensure "the real will of the electors should not be defeated").”
Long v. Swackhamer, 538 P.2d 587 (Nev. 1975).
“NRS 293.127 provides: “This Title [Title 24, Elections, of NRS] shall be liberally construed to the end that all electors shall have an opportunity *501 to participate in elections and that the real will of the electors may not be defeated by an informality or by failure…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.127(1)(c) — 1 case
Lueck v. Teuton, 219 P.3d 895 (Nev. 2009).
“4, § 27; NRS 293.127(1)(c), the Legislature has provided for the nomination and election of candidates for an office declared vacant after the normal filing deadlines have passed.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.127(l)(c) — 1 case
Univ. & Cmty. Coll. Sys. v. Nevadans for Sound Gov't, 100 P.3d 179 (Nev. 2004).
“Accordingly, NRS 293.127(l)(c) expresses the state’s public policy that election laws, enumerated in NRS Chapter 293, should be liberally construed to effectuate the will of the people.”
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