STATE BALLOT QUESTIONS
2020 GENERAL ELECTION
STATE QUESTION 1
Amendment to the Nevada Constitution
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 5 of the 79th Session
Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended to: (1) remove provisions governing the election and duties of the Board of Regents and its control and management of the State University and require the Legislature to provide by law for the State University’s governance, control, and management and the reasonable protection of individual academic freedom at Nevada’s public higher education institutions; and (2) revise the administration of certain federal land grant proceeds dedicated for the benefit of certain departments of the State University?
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STATE QUESTION 2
Amendment to the Nevada Constitution
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 2 of the 79th Session
Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended to: (1) remove an existing provision recognizing marriage as only between a male person and a female person and require the State of Nevada and its political subdivisions to recognize marriages of and issue marriage licenses to couples, regardless of gender; (2) require all legally valid marriages to be treated equally under the law; and (3) establish a right for religious organizations and clergy members to refuse to perform a marriage and provide that no person is entitled to make any claim against them for exercising that right?
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STATE QUESTION 3
Amendment to the Nevada Constitution
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 1 of the 79th Session
Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended to: (1) require the State Board of Pardons Commissioners—whose members are the Governor, the justices of the Nevada Supreme Court, and the Nevada Attorney General—to meet at least quarterly; (2) authorize each member of the Board to submit matters for consideration by the Board; and (3) authorize the Board to grant pardons and make other clemency decisions by a majority vote of its members without requiring the Governor to be part of the majority of the Board that votes in favor of such decisions?
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STATE QUESTION 4
Amendment to the Nevada Constitution
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 3 of the 79th Session
Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended by adding a new section guaranteeing specific voting rights to all qualified and registered voters in the State?
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NO STATE QUESTION 5
will be on the 2020 General Election ballot
STATE QUESTION 6
Amendment to the Nevada Constitution