Nevada People's Initiative to Stop the Taking of Our Land, Question 2 (2008)

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The Nevada People's Initiative to Stop the Taking of Our Land (2008), also known as PISTOL, was a ballot measure that appeared on the November 4, 2008 ballot in Nevada after 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 PISTOL was on the November 2008 ballot.[1]

2008 election results

These election results are based on the Nevada Elections Division.[2]

Question 2
Yes or no Votes Percentage
Yes 534,547 60.81%
No 344,562 39.19%
Total votes 879,109 100%

Language of initiative

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?


Poll Data

A 2006 poll released by the Las Vegas Review Journal revealed:

Support Opposed Undecided
70 percent 11 percent 19 percent


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References

  1. ↑ Las Vegas Sun, "Ballot question decisions", October 18, 2008
  2. ↑ Nevada Election Division, 2008 Election Results
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