Nevada Question 9, University Board of Regents Amendment (2006)

Nevada Question 9
Election date November 7, 2006
Topic Higher education governance
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Nevada Question 9 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nevada on November 7, 2006. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported decreasing the Board of Regents to nine members, electing some and appointing others, with four-year terms and political party limits.

A "no" vote opposed decreasing the Board of Regents to nine members, electing some and appointing others, with four-year terms and political party limits.

Election results

Nevada Question 9
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		269,807	49.28%
No		277,714	50.72%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Question 9 was as follows:

“

Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended to provide for the election of certain members of the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada and for the gubernatorial appointment of certain members, and to specify the number and terms of the members?

”

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.

See also

2006 Measures

• 2006 Measures
• Higher education governance on the ballot
• 2006 legislative sessions

Nevada

• Nevada ballot measures
• Nevada ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Nevada Secretary of State: Political History of Nevada