Nevada Redistricting Commission Initiative (2024)
| Nevada Redistricting Commission Initiative | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Redistricting measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Nevada Redistricting Commission Initiative was not on the ballot in Nevada as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
This amendment would have established a redistricting commission to map electoral districts for the State Senate, State Assembly, and U.S. House of Representatives.[1]
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Two separate initiatives were filed: one that would redraw the maps in 2027 (filed as C-04-2023), and another that would redraw the maps in 2031 (filed as C-03-2023). Both initiatives are filed here.
Path to the ballot
Process in Nevada
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 2024 ballot and the next even-yeared election ballot:
- Signatures: 102,362 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was June 26, 2024.
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.
Stages of this ballot initiative
- The measures were filed with the secretary of state by the Fair Maps Nevada PAC on November 14, 2023.
- On February 15, 2024, Carson City judge Robert Estes ruled that the initiatives cannot be placed on the ballot, agreeing with the plaintiffs that the initiatives would violate the Nevada Constitution.[2]
- On May 10, 2024, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that both filed ballot questions are legally deficient, because they would create a new state body without establishing a way to pay for it.[3]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "Intent to Circulate Petition," accessed November 17, 2023
- ↑ The Nevada Independent, "Nevada judge strikes down independent redistricting commission ballot petitions," February 15, 2024
- ↑ The Nevada Independent, ",Nevada Supreme Court strikes down independent redistricting commission ballot questions" May 10, 2024
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