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Nevada
Capital: Carson City
Population: 2,106,074
Major Metropolitan Areas: Carson City, Reno, Las Vegas
Federal Transportation Spending: $233,592,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)

 
General Ballot Measure Information

State Ballot Process
Nevada has allowed initiative, referendum and recall procedures since 1912. Once a petition is submitted, the Nevada Division of Elections will forward any signed petition to the State Legislature, which has 40 days from its convening to act on a petition. If there is no action within 40 days, the initiative petition qualifies for the ballot in the next general election.

State Election Site: http://sos.state.nv.us/nvelection/

County & City Information
Contact your county elections office for more information: http://sos.state.nv.us/nvelection/county/co_clerks.htm

Ballot measure information
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/Nevada.htm

Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/nv.html

 
Specific Ballot Measure Information
 
Initiative Year Community/Region
for initiative
Type Of Measure Ballot Date Result
2002 Southern Nevada (Las Vegas) 1/8-cent sales tax increase. 11/5/2002
Description
For BRT, fixed route and paratransit expansion.

 
Outreach/Contact Information
 
Advocacy Groups
North West Nevada Regional Transit Coalition
Rail Passenger Group
No rail passenger association
State DOT
http://www.nevadadot.com/
Transit Agencies & MPOs
Regional Transportation Comm. of So. Nev. http://www.rtcsourthernnevada.com
Reno Citifare http://www.rtcwashoe.com/
Citizens Area Transit http://www.catride.com
 
Media Information
 
Newspaper(s)
Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.lvrj.com/
Las Vegas Sun http://www.lasvegassun.com/
Reno Gazette-Journal http://www.rgj.com/
Carson City Appeal http://www.nevadaappeal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
Elko Daily Free Press http://www.elkodaily.com/
Radio Television
KNPR NPR - Las Vegas http://www.knpr.org/
KUNV College/Public - Las Vegas http://kunv.unlv.edu/
KXNT Talk/News - North Las Vegas http://www.kxnt.com/
KVBC NBC - Las Vegas http://www.kvbc.com/
KLAS CBS - Las Vegas http://www.klas-tv.com/
KTNV ABC - Las Vegas http://www.ktnv.com/
 
Other Resources
 

STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=nevada

APTA State Page (Info. on transit agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/nv.cfm