Ballot measure seeking to defund A's stadium rejected by Nevada Supreme Court
The Nevada Supreme Court has rejected a ballot referendum that would have allowed voters to overturn a $380 million public financing deal that would fund a portion of a proposed $1.5 billion stadium to help move the Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas.
The Monday decision, issued 44 days before the petition signature deadline, upheld a lower court order that rejected the language of the proposed referendum from the Schools Over Stadiums political action committee for being “legally deficient” and, at points, “confusing.”
“The petition violates the full-text requirement of the Nevada Constitution,” the Monday order stated, also noting that the petition’s description of effect (a 200-word explanation of the measure included on signature gathering forms) is “misleading.” The order stated that the petition does not comply with statutory requirements because it “explains the general effect of a referendum but it does not describe the practical effects of this specific referendum.”
The decision was a split vote, with five justices affirming the lower court’s order, one justice dissenting and another justice filing a concurrence disagreeing and agreeing with portions of the majority’s opinion.
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