Nevadans for Nevada v. Beers

OPINION

This case is about providing Nevadans a clear and certain pathway for effecting constitutional change. In this, we adopt an unequivocal objective test for judicial review of this and future ballot petitions. In this appeal, we decide whether the district court properly denied a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief, which sought to prevent the Tax and Spending Control for Nevada Initiative from being placed on the November 2006 general election ballot. Because the initiative petition was not filed in compliance with mandatory requirements set forth in the Nevada Constitution,…