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Fair Maps Nevada PAC filed an appeal after a district court judge blocked initiative petitions that aimed to prevent gerrymandering. Nevada’s Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday.

Fair Maps Nevada PAC filed an appeal after a district court judge blocked initiative petitions that aimed to prevent gerrymandering. Nevada’s Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday.

Fair Maps Nevada PAC filed an appeal after a district court judge blocked initiative petitions that aimed to prevent gerrymandering. Nevada’s Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday.

Two initiative petitions aiming to change redistricting process proposed by Fair Maps Nevada PAC would require an unfunded mandate, a judge ruled last week.

LAS VEGAS — A Carson City District Court judge ruled last week that two initiative petitions aiming to change how the state redraws state and federal legislative districts were legally

In two separate cases, the judge found that the petitions would create an unfunded mandate not allowed under the state Constitution.

A Carson City judge ruled Thursday that a pair of proposed ballot questions seeking to establish an independent redistricting commission are legally deficient and cannot be placed on the ballot.

A Carson City judge ruled Thursday that a pair of proposed ballot questions seeking to establish an independent redistricting commission are legally deficient and cannot be placed on the ballot.

The organization backing the petitions, Fair Maps Nevada, began pushing the proposed ballot measures late last year — the third attempt by the group to put an independent redistricting commission before voters in as many election cycles.

Lawsuits were filed Thursday in District Court to block ballot initiatives that would create an independent redistricting commission and redraw the maps.