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Nevada Property Owner's Bill of Rights Amendment, Question 2 (2008)
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The Nevada Property Owner's Bill of Rights Amendment, also known as PISTOL (People's Initiative to Stop the Taking of Our Land) or Question 2, was an initiated constitutional amendment that appeared on the November 4, 2008 ballot in Nevada, where it was approved.
The question first appearing on the November 7, 2006 ballot in the state, where voters approved it on the first go-round. Nevada's initiative laws have the unique requirement that voters must approve an initiated constitutional amendment two elections in a row, which is why the question was repeated on the November 2008 ballot.[1]
Election results
| Question 2 (Property Owners Bill of Rights) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 a Yes | 534,547 | 60.81% | ||
| No | 344,562 | 39.19% | ||
Official results via: Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau - Research Division
Text of measure
The ballot title read:
- Shall Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution be amended in order: to provide that the transfer of property from one private party to another private party is not considered a public use; to provide that property taken for a public use must be valued at its highest and best use; to provide that fair market value in eminent domain proceedings be defined as the "highest price the property would bring on the open market;" and to make certain other changes related to eminent domain proceedings?[2]
Poll Data
A 2006 poll released by the Las Vegas Review Journal revealed:
| Support | Opposed | Undecided |
|---|---|---|
| 70 percent | 11 percent | 19 percent |
See also
- List of Nevada ballot measures
- Nevada 2008 ballot measures
- 2008 ballot measures
- Nevada Property Owners Bill of Rights, Question 2 (2006)
- Americans for Limited Government
- Nevada Initiative and Referendum Law
- Campaign finance requirements for Nevada ballot measures
- Nevada signature requirements
- Petition drive deadlines in 2008
External links
- Ballot Question Guide with Election Results
- Full text of the initiative
- Nevada's 2008 Ballot Questions Guide for voters
- Nevada Election Division, 2008 Election Results
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