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Nevada Question 1, Reduce Voting Age to 18 Amendment (June 1971)

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Nevada Question 1

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Election date

June 8, 1971

Topic
Voting age policy
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Nevada Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nevada on June 8, 1971. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported this constitutional amendment to reduce the voting age from 21 years to 18 years in Nevada.

A "no" vote opposed this constitutional amendment, thus continuing to require a person to be 21 years old to vote in Nevada.


Election results

Nevada Question 1

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

37,142 51.08%
No 35,577 48.92%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:

Shall section 1 of article 2 of the constitution of the State of Nevada be amended to reduce the minimum voting age from 21 years to 18 years?

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Nevada Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the Nevada State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 22 votes in the Nevada State Assembly and 11 votes in the Nevada State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

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