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Nevada Redistricting Commission Initiative (2022)
| Nevada Redistricting Commission Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Redistricting measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Nevada Redistricting Commission Initiative (#C-02-2021) did not appear on the ballot in Nevada as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The initiative would have amended the Nevada Constitution to establish a redistricting commission composed of seven members. The Senate majority leader, Senate minority leader, speaker of the Assembly, and Assembly minority leader would have appointed one commissioner each. The four commissioners appointed in this manner would have then appointed three additional commissioners. Four years preceding and during their term, the commissioners would not be allowed to "be a registered lobbyist; a candidate for a federal, state, or partisan local office; an elected official to a federal, state, or partisan local office; an officer or member of the governing body of a national, state, or local political party; a paid consultant or employee of a federal, state, or partisan local elected official or candidate, or of a political action committee, or of a committee sponsored by a political party, or of a committee that seeks to influence elections to federal, state, or partisan local offices; an employee of the Legislature; an employee of the State of Nevada."[1][2]
Text of measure
Description of effect
The description of effect for the initiative was as follows:[2]
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This measure will amend the Nevada Constitution to establish a redistricting commission to map electoral districts for the Nevada Senate, Assembly, and U.S. House of Representatives. The Commission will have seven members, four who will be appointed by the leadership of the Legislature, and three who are unaffiliated with the two largest political parties who will be appointed by the other four commissioners. Commissioners may not be partisan candidates, lobbyists, or certain relatives of such individuals. Commission meetings shall be open to the public who shall have opportunities to participate in hearings. The Commission will ensure, to the extent possible, that the districts comply with the U.S. Constitution, have an approximately equal number of inhabitants, are geographically compact and contiguous, provide equal opportunities for racial and language minorities to participate in the political process, respect areas with recognized similarities of interests, including racial, ethnic, economic, social, cultural, geographic, or historic identities, do not unduly advantage or disadvantage a political party, and are politically competitive. This amendment will require redistricting following each federal census and will result in the expenditure of state funds to fund the Commission.[3] |
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Full text
The full text of the measure can be read below:[2]
Sponsor
Fair Maps Nevada PAC sponsored the initiative.[1]
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
- The initiative was filed by Fair Maps Nevada PAC on December 9, 2021.[1]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nevada Secretary of State, "2022 Petitions & General Election Ballot Questions," accessed November 19, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nevada Secretary of State, "Full text," accessed December 10, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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