Nevada Question 1, Veto Referendum Process Amendment (1904)
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| Topic Initiative and referendum process |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nevada Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nevada on November 8, 1904. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported establishing a veto referendum process in Nevada. |
A "no" vote opposed establishing a veto referendum process in Nevada. |
Overview
The constitutional amendment created a veto referendum process in Nevada. However, the ballot language stated that the amendment would create an initiative and referendum process. According to the Russell R. Elliott, author of History of Nevada, "somewhere along the legislative trail the initiative was dropped from the bill, but not from the title." The Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau reported, "As a result, when the referendum was made part of the state constitution it carried the title 'Initiative and Referendum,' but only the latter measure was actually included."[1]
Voters adopted a ballot initiative process with the approval of Question 3 in 1912.
Election results
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Nevada Question 1 |
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4,404 | 84.72% | ||
| No | 794 | 15.28% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:
| “ | No. XII.–Assembly Concurrent Resolution, proposing to amend Section One of Article Four, of the Constitution of Nevada, pertaining to the initiative and referendum, and other legislative authority and power connected therewith. [Passed March 12, 1903.] Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That Section 1 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Nevada shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 1. The legislative authority of this State shall be vested in a Senate and an Assembly, which shall be designated “The Legislature of the State of Nevada,” and the sessions of such Legislature shall be held at the seat of government of the State. The people, however, reserve to themselves powers to propose laws and amendments to the Constitution, and to enact or reject the same at the polls, independent of the Legislature, and also reserve power at their own option to approve or reject at the polls any Act of the Legislative Assembly. The first power reserved by the people is the initiative and not less than ten (10) per cent of the legal voters shall be required to propose any measure by such petition, and every such petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. Initiative petitions shall be filed with the Secretary of State not less than four months before the election at which they are to be voted upon. The second power is the referendum, and it may be ordered (except as to laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety) either by petition, signed by seven (7) per cent of the legal voters, or by the Legislative Assembly, as other bills are enacted. Section 2. Referendum petitions shall be filed with the Secretary of State not more than sixty (60) days after the final adjournment of the session of the Legislature which passed the bill on which the referendum is demanded. The veto power of the Governor shall not extend to measures referred to the people. All elections on measures referred to the people of the State shall be at the biennial regular elections, except when the Legislature shall order a special election. Any measures referred to the people shall take effect and become a law when it is approved by the majority of the votes cast thereon, and not otherwise. The style of all bills shall be: Be it enacted by the People of the State of Nevada. This section shall not be so construed to deprive any member of the Legislature of the right to introduce any measure. The whole number of votes cast for the Justice of the Supreme Court at the regular election last preceding the filing of any petition for the initiative or for the referendum shall be the basis on which the number of legal voters necessary to sign petitions shall be counted. Petitions and orders for the initiative and for the referendum shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and in submitting the same to the people he and all other officers shall be guided by the general laws and the Act submitting this amendment until legislation shall be especially provided therefor. | ” |
Path to the ballot
Amending the Nevada Constitution
- 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. The Nevada State Legislature passed the resolution for the constitutional amendment on March 12, 1903.[2]
See also
Footnotes
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