Nevada

• Supreme Court of Nevada

• If the office is uncontested, the candidate goes to the ballot in the general election.
• If the office is contested, the two candidates who received the most votes in the primary elections are candidates placed on the general election ballot.
• The candidate who receives highest number of votes is elected to the Supreme Court of Nevada.
• If two or more candidates tie, the legislature, by joint vote, elects one of the candidates for office.

Interim Vacancies

• When a vacancy occurs before the expiration of any term of office in the Supreme Court, the court of appeals, or among the district judges, the Governor shall appoint a justice or judge from among three nominees selected for such individual vacancy by the Commission on Judicial Selection.
• The term of office of any justice or judge so appointed expires on the first Monday of January following the next general election.
• Each nomination for the Supreme Court or the court of appeals must be made by the permanent Commission.

• Nevada CONST. art. VI § 3
• Nevada Revised Statutes § 293.196
• Nevada Revised Statutes § 293.260
• Nevada Revised Statutes § 293.400
• Nevada CONST. art. VI § 20