Election returns; canvass; declaration of results; certificates of election; entry of officers upon duties; procedure for tied vote.
Las Vegas City Charter, art. V, § 5.100
in effectSec. 5.100 - Election returns; canvass; declaration of results; certificates of election; entry of officers upon duties; procedure for tied vote.
1. The returns of any special, primary or general municipal election must be filed with the City Clerk, who shall immediately place those returns in a safe or vault, and no person may be permitted to handle, inspect or in any manner interfere with those returns until they have been canvassed by the City Council.
2. The City Council shall meet within the time set forth in NRS 293C.387 after any election and canvass the returns and declare the result. The election returns must then be sealed and kept by the City Clerk for 6 months, and no person may have access to the returns except on order of a court of competent jurisdiction or by order of the City Council.
3. The City Clerk, under his hand and official seal, shall issue to each person who is declared to be elected a certificate of election. The officers who have been elected shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of their respective duties on the day of the first regular meeting of the City Council next succeeding the meeting at which the canvass of the returns is made.
4. If the election for any office results in a tie, the City Council shall summon the candidates who received the equal number of votes and determine the tie by lot. The Clerk shall then issue to the winner a certificate of election.
(Amended by the Nevada Legislature, 1991; 2019)
Source: City of Las Vegas, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=LAVECH_ARTVEL_S5.100ELRECADERECEELENOFUPDUPRTIVOFetched: 10/28/2026