Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.127 (2026)

Liberal construction of title and determination of real will of electors

✓ current as of July 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section NRSleg.state.nv.us (official) Justiaon Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
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
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1975–2021 · leading case: Univ. & Cmty. Coll. Sys. v. Nevadans for Sound Gov't, 100 P.3d 179 (Nev. 2004).
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.”
Eller Media Co. v. City of Reno, 59 P.3d 437 (Nev. 2002). “Additionally, NRS 293.127 requires that NRS Title 24, which includes NRS 295.”
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.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.