A body that is authorize to produce BALLOTS. DUPLICATE "If which are voted by punching a card are used, the ballot duplicating board shall: BALLOTS 1. Receive damaged ballots, including ballots which have been torn, bent or mutilated. 2. Receive cards with incompletely punched chips. 3. Prepare on a distinctly colored, serially numbered ballot marked "duplicate" an exact copy of each damaged ballot. 4. In the case of a card with an incompletely punched chip: (a) Remove the incompletely punched chip if: (1) The chip has at least one corner that is detached from the card; or (2) The fibers of paper on at least one edge of the chip are broken in a way that permits unimpeded light to be seen through the card; or (b) Duplicate the card without punching the location of the incompletely punched chip if: (1) The chip does not have at least one corner that is detached from the card; and (2) The fibers of paper on no edge of the chip are broken in a way that permits unimpeded light to be seen through the card. 5. Record the serial number of the duplicate ballot on the damaged original ballot and return the damaged and duplicate ballots to the appropriate ballot inspection board. 6. Hold aside the duplicated ballots for counting after all other ballots are counted if this procedure is directed by the county clerk." Nev. Rev. Stat. §293B.375.
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A body that is authorize to produce BALLOTS. DUPLICATE "If which are voted by punching a card are used, the ballot duplicating board shall: BALLOTS 1. Receive damaged ballots, including ballots which have been torn, bent or mutilated. 2. Receive cards with incompletely punched chips. 3. Prepare on a distinctly colored, serially numbered ballot marked "duplicate" an exact copy of each damaged ballot. 4. In the case of a card with an incompletely punched chip: (a) Remove the incompletely punched chip if: (1) The chip has at least one corner that is detached from the card; or (2) The fibers of paper on at least one edge of the chip are broken in a way that permits unimpeded light to be seen through the card; or (b) Duplicate the card without punching the location of the incompletely punched chip if: (1) The chip does not have at least one corner that is detached from the card; and (2) The fibers of paper on no edge of the chip are broken in a way that permits unimpeded light to be seen through the card. 5. Record the serial number of the duplicate ballot on the damaged original ballot and return the damaged and duplicate ballots to the appropriate ballot inspection board. 6. Hold aside the duplicated ballots for counting after all other ballots are counted if this procedure is directed by the county clerk." Nev. Rev. Stat. §293B.375.
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Ballot Duplicating Board. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 21, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/ballot-duplicating-board
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