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Nevada Parental Notification for Minor's Abortion Initiative (2022)
| Nevada Parental Notification for Minor's Abortion Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Abortion | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Nevada Parental Notification for Minor's Abortion Initiative did not appear on the ballot in Nevada as an indirect initiated state statute on November 8, 2022.
The initiative would have required that parents or guardians of minors seeking an abortion to be notified 48 hours before the procedure.[1][2]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Nevada, the number of signatures required to qualify an indirect initiated state statute for the ballot is equal to 10 percent of the total votes cast in the most recent general election. Moreover, signature gathering must be distributed equally among each of the state's four congressional districts. The initial filing of an initiated state statute cannot be made before January 1 of the year preceding the next regular legislative session. Signature petitions must be filed with county officials by the second Tuesday in November of an even-numbered year—two years prior to the targeted election date. The final submission of signatures to the secretary of state must be made at least 30 days prior to the start of the next regular legislative session.
The requirements to get an initiated state statute certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 97,598 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures to county clerks was November 18, 2020.
Signatures are verified by county clerks using a random sampling method if more than 500 signatures were submitted in that county. If enough signatures are submitted and verified, the initiative goes before the legislature. If the legislature approves and the governor signs the measure, there is no election. Otherwise, the initiative goes on the next general election ballot.
Details about this initiative
- On March 11, 2020, Melissa Clement filed the initiative petition with the Nevada Secretary of State.[3]
- On September 10, 2020, Protect Our Girls, the committee behind the initiative, filed a lawsuit in federal District Court arguing for an extension to the November 18 signature deadline. The petitioners argued in their lawsuit that the stay-at-home order imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus restricted their signature gathering efforts. They said, "The challenged restrictions impose a severe burden on Plaintiffs' First Amendment Rights by impeding their ability to advocate for the Initiative and limiting their ability to earn a place for the Initiative on the ballot and place the issue before the 2021 Nevada Legislature. Due to this severe burden, strict scrutiny applies to the challenged restncuons."[4]
- On October 21, 2020, Federal District Court Judge Miranda Du dismissed the lawsuit saying, "Plaintiffs filed this case on September 10, and did not seek any emergency relief at that time. In addition, Plaintiffs state their initial request to the Secretary was denied back in April, and they include a vague reference to a settlement agreement in their Motion that must have fallen apart, because they have since filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, but do not explain when or why that agreement fell apart, or indeed why this case now requires the Court's expedited review considering that Plaintiffs have been aware of the November 18, 2020 deadline they now point to in support of their request for expedited review since they filed this case over a month ago."[5]
- The sponsors of the initiative did not submit enough signatures by the deadline.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2020 Petitions & General Election Ballot Questions," accessed March 13, 2020
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "S-04-2020 Text," accessed March 13, 2020
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition," accessed March 13, 2020
- ↑ The Nevada Independent, "Lawsuit seeks signature extension for ballot question requiring parental notification for under-18 abortions," September 22, 2020
- ↑ The Nevada Independent, "Judge denies anti-abortion group’s request for more signature-gathering time for parental notification ballot question," October 27, 2020
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