Tag: nevada
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Nevada campaign submits signatures for right to abortion amendment, may join four or more other states voting on abortion in 2024
In Nevada, a campaign supporting a ballot initiative to establish a constitutional right to an abortion submitted more than 200,000 signatures on May 20, 2024. If enough signatures are found valid, the initiative will appear on the ballot on Nov. 5, 2024. Voters in 12 states could see abortion measures on the ballot in 2024.…
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Fifteen candidates are running in the June 11 Republican primary election for the U.S. Senate in Nevada
Fifteen candidates are running in the June 11 Republican primary election for the U.S. Senate in Nevada. Two candidates, Sam Brown (R) and Jim Marchant (R), lead in polling and media attention. According to Nevada Current Deputy Editor April Corbin Girnus , Nevada congressional candidates’ stances on former President Donald Trump (R) and his policies are a “terse political minefield…
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All candidates for Las Vegas Township Justice Court Department 8 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the Nov. 5, 2024, general election for Las Vegas Township Justice Court Department 8 — Nancy Bernstein (nonpartisan) and Amy Ferreira (nonpartisan) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to…
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Six U.S. House primaries are contested in Nevada this year—tying with 2014 for the fewest this decade
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Nevada was March 15, 2024. Twenty-two candidates are running for Nevada’s four U.S. House districts, including five Democrats and 17 Republicans. That’s 5.5 candidates per district, less than the 8.25 candidates per district in 2022, the 10.0 candidates per district in 2020, and the 10.5…
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Referendum filed against legislation to fund the Oakland A’s new Las Vegas, Nevada, stadium
In Nevada, the campaign Schools Over Stadiums launched a veto referendum against legislation to fund a baseball stadium in Los Vegas, which would be home to a relocated Oakland Athletics. The campaign filed the petition on Sept. 6, and supporters need to collect at least 102,362 valid signatures. The referendum would repeal certain provisions of…
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Nevada voters will decide on a sales tax exemption for diapers in 2024
On Nov. 5, 2024, Nevada voters will decide on a ballot measure that would provide a sales tax exemption for both child and adult diapers. The measure, referred to the ballot by the Nevada State Legislature, would amend the Sales and Use Tax of 1955. The sales and use tax is on the total revenue…
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Nevada voters to decide on amendment related to constitutional language related to mental illness, blindness, and deafness
An amendment that would revise constitutional language relating to public entities for individuals with mental illness, blindness, and deafness has been certified for the ballot in Nevada, and will go to voters on Nov. 5, 2024. Currently, Article 13, Section 1 of the Nevada Constitution reads: “Institutions for the benefit of the Insane, Blind and Deaf…
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Nevada voters to decide on amendment regarding constitutional status of Board of Regents
An amendment to remove the constitutional status of the Board of Regents in Nevada, an elected executive agency responsible for managing the state’s system of higher education, will appear on the ballot in 2024 for Nevada voters. In Nevada, placing an amendment on the ballot requires a majority vote in two consecutive sessions of the…
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Amendment to repeal constitutional language regarding slavery as punishment for a crime certified for the 2024 Nevada ballot
An amendment that would repeal language from the Nevada Constitution regarding slavery as punishment for a crime was certified for the 2024 ballot. Voters in Nevada will decide on the amendment on Nov. 5, 2024. On Feb. 23, 2023, the Nevada State Senate voted unanimously to pass the amendment, with all 21 senators voting for…
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Campaign for initiative to allow municipalities to create school districts submits signatures in Nevada
In Nevada, a campaign supporting an initiative that would allow municipalities to opt-out of county school districts filed about 220,000 signatures to counties for verification. The Community Schools Initiative PAC filed the initiative, and the signatures submitted will have to be verified by county clerks. The initiative needs 140,777 valid signatures to proceed to the…