Fight over ranked choice voting in Nevada precedes initiative making its way onto ballot – By Jessica Hill (Las Vegas Sun) / May 12, 2022
A proposed ballot initiative seeks to amend the Nevada Constitution to establish open top-five primaries and ranked-choice voting for general elections, but it isn’t without its critics.
The Nevada Voters First political action committee is spearheading the initiative and must collect 140,777 signatures from registered Nevada voters by June 29 to qualify for the 2022 general election ballot. Approval of the question would call on the Nevada Legislature to institute the changes to the state constitution by July 1, 2025.
In ranked choice balloting, voters are directed to mark candidates in order of preference — and to mark as many choices as they want. A voter may also choose to rank only one candidate.
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