Nevada Chapter 295 — Certain State and Local Ballot Questions
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- NRS 295.009— General requirements for state or local petition for initiative or referendum: Must embrace one subject; must include description of effect
- NRS 295.012— Requirements for petition: Number of voters proposing must be apportioned equally among petition districts and number of signatures required from each petition district must be equal
- NRS 295.015— Copy of petition and certain information to be filed with Secretary of State before presentation to voters for signatures and after any amendment; effect of amendment on petition; assignment of unique identifier; determination of fiscal effect; Legislative Counsel authorized to provide technical suggestions; posting on Secretary of State’s Internet website
- NRS 295.026— Withdrawal of petition
- NRS 295.035— Petition for initiative proposing amendment to Constitution: Secretary of State to use same number for identification of petition when submitted at successive elections
- NRS 295.045— Petition for referendum: Filing; submission to voters at general election
- NRS 295.055— Regulations specifying format of petition; each document of petition limited to voters of single petition district; removal of name from petition
- NRS 295.056— Requirements for submission of signatures to county clerk
- NRS 295.061— Challenge to description of petition; challenge to legal sufficiency of petition
- NRS 295.075— “Board” defined
- NRS 295.085— Registered voters’ power of initiative and referendum concerning county ordinances
- NRS 295.095— Commencement of proceedings: Petitioners’ committee; form and requirements of petition; determination of anticipated financial effect; circulator’s affidavit; receipt for petition issued by clerk
- NRS 295.105— Certification of sufficiency of petition; review of certification
- NRS 295.115— Consideration by board; submission to registered voters; withdrawal of petition
- NRS 295.121— Appointment of committees to prepare arguments advocating and opposing approval of ballot questions; duties of committees; regulations; preparation of arguments by county clerk if board fails to appoint committee; review of arguments; placement of arguments in sample ballots
- NRS 295.125— Results of election
- NRS 295.140— Petition for referendum: Form and requirements; circulator’s affidavit; receipt issued by clerk; certification of sufficiency; review of certification
- NRS 295.150— Names of registered voters may be contained in more than one petition; verification of petition
- NRS 295.160— Submission of question to people; publication
- NRS 295.170— Form of question on ballot; count and canvass of votes
- NRS 295.180— Effect of approval or disapproval of majority of registered voters
- NRS 295.195— Definitions
- NRS 295.200— Registered voters’ power of initiative and referendum concerning city ordinances
- NRS 295.205— Commencement of proceedings: Petitioners’ committee; form and requirements of petition; determination of anticipated financial effect; circulator’s affidavit; receipt for petition issued by clerk
- NRS 295.210— Certification of sufficiency of petition; review of certification
- NRS 295.215— Consideration by council; submission to registered voters; withdrawal of petition
- NRS 295.217— Appointment of committees to prepare arguments advocating and opposing approval of ballot questions; duties of committees; regulations; preparation of arguments by city clerk if governing body fails to appoint committee; review of arguments; placement of arguments in sample ballots; inapplicability of Open Meeting Law
- NRS 295.220— Results of election
- NRS 295.230— Submission of advisory questions by certain governmental entities; prerequisites to placement on ballot; description of anticipated financial effect; appearance on sample ballot; preparation of sample questions
- NRS 295.250— Determination of total number of signatures
- NRS 295.260— Verification of signatures
- NRS 295.270— Certification of sufficiency or insufficiency of petition; date petition deemed filed
- NRS 295.280— Handling of petition
- NRS 295.290— County or city clerk must allow witness of determination and verification of signatures
- NRS 295.300— Giving compensation in exchange for signing petition for initiative or referendum prohibited
- NRS 295.0575— Petition may consist of more than one document; circulator’s affidavit
- NRS 295.0585— County clerk required to make copies of petition and signatures; copies to be made available to public