Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-202)
AB 287 revises Nevada's election recount rules to make automatic recounts more common and reduce costs for voters and candidates. It requires automatic recounts at no cost to the requester if the vote difference for an office is 0.25% or less (down from the previous 5% threshold for mandatory recounts), and allows candidates/voters to demand recounts for differences of 5% or less. The bill also shifts costs: counties are reimbursed from a special fund for required statewide recounts, and creates a new Voter Access Grant Program to fund election improvements for counties, cities, and tribal governments. These changes apply to both candidate elections and ballot questions.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2025
Last action Jun 3, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill expands who can demand a recount and changes the thresholds for when recounts must be conducted. It now allows defeated candidates OR voters to demand recounts, requires automatic recounts for ballot questions when margins are 0.25% or less, and creates new funding programs to support voter access initiatives.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded from only allowing defeated candidates to demand recounts to also allowing voters to demand recounts, and added requirements for automatic recounts in certain close elections.
ELIGIBILITY
Added authority for voters to demand recounts of ballot questions, not just defeated candidates.
REQUIREMENT
Changed ballot question recount threshold from 0.25% (requiring voter deposit) to 5% (requiring voter deposit) and added automatic recount requirement at 0.25% margin.
Modified recount cost payment requirements to apply to both candidate and voter demands under different threshold conditions.
FISCAL
Added requirement for State Board of Examiners to repay recount costs from Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account for statewide elections.
Created new Voter Access Grant Program and Account for the Voter Access Grant Program to fund election administration improvements.
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Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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