Nevada Property Tax Petition Advances
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Las Vegas Review Journal: Secretary of State Ross Miller on Thursday rejected a challenge to Sharron Angle's initiative petition to cap property tax rates, sending it to the November general election. The constitutional amendment, which would limit annual property tax increases to 2 percent per year on all property, faced a challenge from the state teachers union aimed at keeping it off the ballot. After a review of the complaint and the response from Angle's attorney, the concerns over the affidavits filed by signature gatherers were rejected, said Matt Griffin, deputy secretary of state for elections. Barring a successful legal challenge by the Nevada State Education Association in the courts, the measure will be on the ballot, he said. It will have to pass twice, in November and again in 2010, before it can take effect. In a letter to Miller earlier this month, an attorney representing the teachers union challenged the legitimacy of some of the signatures collected in Clark County and Carson City because of the affidavits submitted by petition circulators who collected the signatures. The affidavits are required to prevent fraud. The letter said defects with some of the affidavits should disqualify the measure in those jurisdictions. Because the measure must qualify in all 17 counties, failure in any single county would make the petition invalid. But Griffin said the affidavits in question complied with state law. Angle needed 58,628 signatures; Miller found that 64,166 qualified.
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