Nevada Statutes

§ 295.180 — Effect of approval or disapproval of majority of registered voters

Nevada § 295.180

JurisdictionNevada

Title 24ELECTIONS

Ch. 295Certain

COUNTY REFERENDUM CONCERNING SPECIFIC LEGISLATIVE ACTS OR RESOLUTIONS

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 295.180 (2026).

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1.When a majority of the registered voters of the county voting upon the question submitted, by their vote, approve the act or resolution, it is the law of the State, and may not be repealed, overruled, annulled, set aside or in any way made inoperative, except by a direct vote of the registered voters of that county.

2.When a majority of the registered voters of that county voting upon the question submitted disapproves, the act or resolution is void.

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1. When a majority of the registered voters of the county voting upon the question submitted, by their vote, approve the act or resolution, it is the law of the State, and may not be repealed, overruled, annulled, set aside or in any way made inoperative, except by a direct vote of the registered voters of that county.
2. When a majority of the registered voters of that county voting upon the question submitted disapproves, the act or resolution is void.

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19 case citations

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1960, 281 ; A 1987, 1374 )

Nearby Sections

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§ 295.009

General requirements for state or local petition for initiative or referendum: Must embrace one subject; must include description of effect

§ 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

§ 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

§ 295.026

Withdrawal of petition

§ 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

§ 295.045

Petition for referendum: Filing; submission to voters at general election

§ 295.055

Regulations specifying format of petition; each document of petition limited to voters of single petition district; removal of name from petition

§ 295.056

Requirements for submission of signatures to county clerk

§ 295.0575

Petition may consist of more than one document; circulator’s affidavit

§ 295.0585

County clerk required to make copies of petition and signatures; copies to be made available to public

§ 295.061

Challenge to description of petition; challenge to legal sufficiency of petition

§ 295.075

“Board” defined

§ 295.085

Registered voters’ power of initiative and referendum concerning county ordinances

§ 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

§ 295.105

Certification of sufficiency of petition; review of certification

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