Nebraska Marriage Definition Amendment, Initiative 416 (2000)

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Initiative 416 amended the Nebraska Constitution to "provide that only marriage between a man and a woman shall be valid or recognized in Nebraska, and to provide that the uniting of two persons of the same sex in a civil union, domestic partnership or other similar same-sex relationship shall not be valid or recognized in Nebraska."

Election results

Amendment
Result	Votes	Percentage
a Yes	477,571	67.5%
No	203,667	28.8%

Official results via: Nebraska Blue Book 2008-09 (p.263)

Text of measure

The language that appeared on the ballot:

A vote "FOR" will amend the Nebraska Constitution to provide that only marriage between a man and a woman shall be valid or recognized in Nebraska, and to provide that the uniting of two persons of the same sex in a civil union, domestic partnership or other similar same-sex relationship shall not be valid or recognized in Nebraska.

A vote "AGAINST" will not amend the Nebraska Constitution in the manner described above.

Shall the Nebraska Constitution be amended to provide that only marriage between a man and a woman shall be valid or recognized in Nebraska, and to provide further that the uniting of two persons of the same sex in a civil union, domestic partnership, or other similar same-sex relationship shall not be valid or recognized in Nebraska?.^[1]

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↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, Sample Ballot Nonpartisan Ticket General Election November 7, 2000 Proposed Constitutional Amendments

[0] Nebraska Secretary of State, Sample Ballot Nonpartisan Ticket General Election November 7, 2000 Proposed Constitutional Amendments

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