Nevada Rank Candidates from 0 to 7 Voting System Amendment (2022)
| Nevada Rank Candidates from 0 to 7 Voting System Amendment (2022) | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Voting policy measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Nevada Rank Candidates from 0 to 7 Voting System Amendment (#C-05-2022) did not appear on the ballot in Nevada as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
This initiative would have enacted a voting system in which voters provide each candidate a rank from 0 to 7, and the candidate with the highest average ranking wins the election. A blank ballot would not contribute to the calculation of a candidate's average.[1][2]
Text of measure
Description of effect
The description of effect for this initiative was as follows:[2]
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If enacted, this initiative changes Articles 5 and 15 of Nevada's Constitution for all elected offices to use Division Free Voting for general elections. Division Free Voting instructs each voter to give from 0 to 7 points to each candidate to indicate how much that candidate represents the views of that voter. Division Free Voting awards the election to the candidate with the highest average score. Voters need not score all candidates. Voters only contribute to a candidate's average score if they indicate a number of points (to include "0") on the ballot. The Legislature shall adopt implementing legislation by July 1, 2025.[3] |
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Full text
The full text of this initiative is available here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Nevada, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment 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 constitutional amendment cannot be made before September 1 of the year preceding the election year. The signature petitions must be filed with county officials by the third Tuesday in June of an even-numbered year. The final submission of signatures to the secretary of state must be made at least 90 days before the next regular general election. Initiated constitutional amendments that qualify for the ballot must be approved at two consecutive general elections.
The requirements to get an initiated constitutional amendment certified for the 2022 ballot and the next even-yeared election ballot:
- Signatures: 135,561 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was June 29, 2022.
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 on the next general election ballot. If approved at the first election, it goes on the next general election ballot.
Details about this initiative
- Common Sense for Uniting Nevada filed this initiative on March 1, 2022.[1]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nevada Secretary of State, "2022 Petitions & General Election Ballot Questions," accessed November 19, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nevada Secretary of State, "#C-05-2022," accessed March 3, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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