Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended 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 offices of U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Controller, Attorney General, and State Legislators?

EXPLANATION—This initiative, if enacted, changes Articles 5 and 15 of Nevada’s Constitution for U.S. Congressional, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Controller, Attorney General, and State Legislator elections, eliminating partisan primaries and establishing an open top-five primary election and a ranked-choice voting general election.

For these offices, all candidates and voters participate in a single primary election regardless of party affiliation or non-affiliation. The top five finishers advance to the general election, and the general election winner is determined by ranked-choice voting:

• General election voters will rank the candidates in order of preference from first to last, if

they wish to rank more than just their first preference.

• As currently provided for during certain primary races, a general election candidate

receiving first-choice votes of more than 50% is declared winner.

• If no candidate is the first choice of more than 50% of the voters in the general election,

the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated. Each voter who had ranked the noweliminated candidate as their first choice, has their single vote transferred to their next

highest choice candidate.

• This tabulation process repeats until the one candidate with more than 50% support is

determined as the winner.

If passed, the Legislature would need to adopt implementing legislation by July 1, 2025. These

changes would go into effect for the 2026 election cycle, starting with the primary election in June

2026.

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

20 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 would retain the provisions of Articles 5 & 15 of the Nevada Constitution in their

current form.