Nevada 2020 ballot measures

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As of December 13, 2025, five statewide ballot measures were certified to appear on the ballot in Nevada on November 3, 2020.

HIGHLIGHTS

Voters decided the Renewable Energy Standards Initiative for the second time after approving the initiated constitutional amendment in 2018. Nevada requires that initiated amendments be approved at two general elections.

Nevada was the first state to ask voters to repeal a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage and/or defining marriage as between one man and one woman.

On the ballot

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Education	Removes the constitutional status of the Board of Regents	d
LRCA	Question 2	Marriage	Recognizes the marriage of couples regardless of gender	a
LRCA	Question 3	Admin of Gov't	Revises duties of the State Board of Pardons Commissioners	a
LRCA	Question 4	Suffrage	Creates a constitutional right to certain voting procedures and policies	a
CICA	Question 6	Energy	Requires utilities to acquire 50 percent of their electricity from renewable resources by 2030	a

Potential measures

The signature submission deadline for 2020 ballot initiatives in Nevada passed. The deadline for the Nevada State Legislature to refer measures to the 2020 ballot also passed.

Getting measures on the ballot

Citizens of Nevada may initiate statutes through the process of indirect initiative and constitutional amendments through the process of direct initiative. Once sufficient signatures have been collected, statutory initiatives are first presented to the Nevada State Legislature. If approved by the legislature and signed by the governor, the proposed statute becomes law. If not, the law is submitted to voters at the next general election. However, upon the governor's approval, the legislature may propose an alternative statute to voters. Proposed amendments proceed directly to a vote of the people, but must be approved at two consecutive elections.

Legislative referrals can be added to the ballot by the Nevada State Legislature. According to Section 1 of Article 16 of the Nevada Constitution, an amendment proposed by the legislature must be approved by a majority in both the House and Senate in two consecutive legislative sessions.

Referral of 2020 constitutional amendment

The following table illustrates the vote requirements for the constitutional amendment certified for the ballot, the votes the amendment received, and how Democrats and Republicans voted on the amendment in each legislative chamber:

Nevada Question 2: Marriage Regardless of Gender Amendment				Democrats	Republicans
Senate:	Required: 1111	Yes votes: 1919 (90.4890.48%)	No votes: 22 (9.529.52%)	Yes: 1112; No: 01	Yes: 77; No: 21
House:	Required: 2221	Yes votes: 2737 (64.2990.24%)	No votes: 142 (33.334.88%)	Yes: 2628; No: 00	Yes: 19; No: 142

Historical facts

See also: List of Nevada ballot measures

Between 1996 and 2018, the following occurred:

• Ballots featured 79 ballot measures.
• An average of seven measures appeared on even-year statewide ballots in Nevada.
• An average of two citizen-initiated measures appeared on even-year statewide ballots in Nevada.
• Voters approved 59 percent (47 of 79) and rejected 41 percent (32 of 79) of the ballot measures.
• Voters approved 72 percent (21 of 29) and rejected 28 percent (8 of 29) of the citizen-initiated measures.

Ballot measures in Nevada, 1996-2018
Type	Total number	Approved	Percent approved	Defeated	Percent defeated	Average	Median	Minimum	Maximum
All measures	79	47	59.5%	32	40.5%	6.6	5.0	1	17
Initiatives	29	21	72.4%	8	27.6%	2.4	2.0	0	6
Legislative amendments	31	15	48.4%	16	51.6%	2.6	2.0	0	7
Legislative statutes	15	8	53.3%	7	46.7%	1.3	1.0	0	5

Not on the ballot

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Independent Redistricting Commission Initiative	Redistricting	Creates an independent redistricting commission
IndISS	Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative	Elections	Enacts a system of ranked-choice voting
LRCA	Minimum Wage Increase Amendment	Minimum Wage	Increases minimum wage to $14 by 2025
LRCA	Right to Emergency Medical Care Amendment	Healthcare	Creates a right to medically-necessary emergency care
LRCA	Depreciation Formula Reset and Senior and Disabled Persons Tax Refunds Amendment	Taxes	Resets the depreciation formula for property taxes upon change in ownership and requires tax rebates for seniors and disabled persons
CICA	Single Transferable Vote and Multimember Senate Districts Initiative	Legislature	Changes the structure of the Nevada State Senate and how senators are elected

See also

• 2020 ballot measures
• List of Nevada ballot measures
• Nevada signature requirements
• Laws governing the initiative process in Nevada
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Nevada

External links

Suggest a link

• Nevada Secretary of State