Nevada 1978 ballot measures

1979 →

← 1976

Six statewide ballot measures were on the November 7, 1978 ballot in Nevada.

• Four measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments and two measures were initiated state statutes.
• Five measures were approved.

On the ballot

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Elections	Proposes amending Section 3 of Article 15 of the Constitution relating to eligibility for public office to remove restrictions to dueling and restrictions concerning female electors.	a
LRCA	Question 2	Judicial issues	Proposes amending the Constitution to empower the legislature to fix the limit of jurisdiction for the justice courts by law.	a
LRCA	Question 3	Property	Proposes amending Section 31 of Article 4 of the Constitution to specify that both husbands and wives may hold separate property.	a
LRCA	Question 4	Property	Proposes amending Section 1 of Article 10 of the Constitution to exempt business inventories and other personal property from property taxation.	a
AQ	Question 5	Constitutional rights	Proposes ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment of the United States Constitution.	d
CISS	Question 6	Taxes	Proposes amending Article 10 of the Constitution to limit the general tax on real property to 1% of full cash value and a 2% per year limit on the inflation of market value.	a

See also

• List of Nevada ballot measures
• 1978 ballot measures

External links

• Nevada Legislature