State Question 3 - Better Voting Nevada Initiative

Summary

Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to allow for open primaries and ranked-choice voting

A "Yes" Vote would amend Articles 5 & 15 of the Nevada Constitution to allow all Nevada voters the right to participate in open primary elections to choose candidates for the general election in which all voters may then rank the remaining candidates by preference for the 18 offices of U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Controller, Attorney General, and State Legislators.

A "No" Vote vote would retain the provisions of Articles 5 & 15 of the Nevada Constitution in their current form.

Arguments

"Ranked Choice Voting is sweeping the nation, and it's not hard to see why," said RepresentUs Interim Director of Political Campaigns Megan Caska. "This simple change to our elections benefits the voters, not the political establishment or special interests. In every town, city and state that has switched to RCV, voters like it. We look forward to continuing the momentum and setting the country on a path toward having better elected officials that actually represent the voters." - Megan Caska, RepresentUs Interim Director of Political Campaigns, in support of State Question 3 (Learn more)

"Fortunately, by implementing a ranked-choice voting system, the proposed reform will free voters to support independent candidates without the fear of aiding another party. To this end, Nevadan's can expect the new system to result in a diverse field of candidates more capable of producing a system of representation consistent with the sentiments and interests of a true majority." - Samuel T. Lair, former research associate at Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities at University of Nevada, Reno and current PhD student, in support of State Question 3 (Learn more)

"Enshrining this system in Nevada's state constitution would be a mistake because meaningful access to the ballot box is too critical to our system of representative government to sacrifice at the alter [sic] of an unproven and unwieldy experiment," - NV Assemblyman Steve Yeager (D-9), in opposition to State Question 3 (Learn more)

"It will inevitably lead to increased errors," Persaud-Zamora said. "Ranked choice vote ballots are significantly more likely to be thrown out and uncounted because of those voters' mistakes, ultimately disenfranchising more voters because of an overly complex and burdensome process." - Emily Persaud-Zamora, Executive Director of Silver State Voices, in opposition to State Question 3 (Learn more)

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