298.020 - Selection of party’s nominees.
298.020 Selection of party’s nominees.
1. Each major political party in this State, qualified by law to place upon the general election ballot candidates for the office of President and Vice President of the United States in the year when they are to be elected, shall, at the state convention of the major political party held in that year, choose from the qualified electors, who are legally registered members of that political party, the number of presidential electors required by law and no more, who must be nominated by the delegates at the state convention. Upon the nomination thereof, the chair and the secretary of the convention shall certify the names and addresses of the nominees to the Secretary of State, who shall record the names in the Secretary of State’s office as the nominees of that political party for presidential elector.
2. Each minor political party in this State, qualified by law to place upon the general election ballot candidates for the office of President and Vice President of the United States in the year when they are to be elected, shall choose from the qualified electors, the number of presidential electors required by law. The person who is authorized to file the list of candidates for partisan office of the minor political party with the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.1725 shall certify the names and addresses of the nominees to the Secretary of State, who shall record the names in the Secretary of State’s office as the nominees of that political party for presidential elector.
[1:38:1949; 1943 NCL § 4767.01] + [2:38:1949; A 1953, 135] + [3:38:1949; 1943 NCL § 4767.03]—(NRS A 1969, 65; 1979, 405; 1989, 2172; 1999, 3560)