What you need to know about Nevada's 7 ballot questions in 2024
Nevada voters will have a lot more to decide this year than simply choosing their favorite candidates.
Seven ballot questions some put forward by the Legislature and some put forward through petition drives could make significant changes to state laws, from overhauling how the state conducts elections to eliminating sales taxes on a key grocery item for many Nevada families.
Here is a rundown of the seven questions on the Nov. 5 ballot, what they propose, and what supporters and opponents have to say about them.
Question 1: Nevada Board of Regents - It would remove the constitutional status of the Nevada Board of Regents, the governing body of Nevadas universities, providing legislative oversight of public institutions through audits.
Question 2: Replacing disability-related language in the Nevada constitution - It would replace outdated language used to describe people with disabilities.
Question 3: Ranked choice voting and open primaries - It would replace the current closed-primary system with nonpartisan open primaries, with the top five finishers moving on to a general election whose winner would be determined with ranked-choice voting.
Question 4: Removing language authorizing the use of slavery as a criminal punishment - It would remove language authorizing the use of slavery as a criminal punishment.
Question 5: Make child and adult diapers exempt from taxes - It would exempt child and adult diapers from the states sales tax by amending the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955.
Question 6: Abortion codified in constitution - It would enshrine Nevadas abortion rights into the Nevada Constitution.
Question 7: Voter ID - It would require voters to show a form of acceptable identification to vote in person during early voting or on Election Day, such as a Nevada drivers license, a passport, tribal or university ID or another form of government-issued photo ID.
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