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Nevada Question 7, Expansion of Supreme Court Membership Amendment (1976)

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Nevada Question 7

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Election date

November 2, 1976

Topic
State judiciary
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment 		Origin

State legislature


Nevada Question 7 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nevada on November 2, 1976. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the Legislature to expand the number of Supreme Court justices and permitting smaller panels to hear cases.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the Legislature to expand the number of Supreme Court justices and permitting smaller panels to hear cases.


Election results

Nevada Question 7

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

97,839 56.63%
No 74,924 43.37%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Question 7 was as follows:

“

Question No. 7
Amendment to the Constitution.

Shall—Senate Joint Resolution No. 30 of the 57th Session (1973), approved by the 58th Session (1975), proposing to amend sections 2, 4 and 7 of article 6 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada, be approved?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Nevada Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the Nevada State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 22 votes in the Nevada State Assembly and 11 votes in the Nevada State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

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