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Nebraska Initiative Measure 423, State Spending Limit Amendment (2006)
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| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance and Taxes |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Initiative Measure 423 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 7, 2006. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to impose a spending limit on the state budget calculated using the previous appropriations, the rate of inflation, and population change. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to impose a spending limit on the state budget calculated using the previous appropriations, the rate of inflation, and population change. |
Election results
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Nebraska Initiative Measure 423 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 172,859 | 29.84% | ||
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406,419 | 70.16% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Initiative Measure 423 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Nebraska Constitution be amended to limit state spending based upon a calculation involving previous appropriations, the inflation rate and population change? The Legislature could seek voter authorization to exceed the spending limit. Appropriations subject to the limit would not include emergency appropriations and appropriations of monies from the federal government, monies from nongovernmental entities, proceeds from the sale of property, monies dedicated to pro-rata taxpayer relief and refunds, monies from user charges, income from certain permanent funds such as endowment and pension funds, and surplus funds held in reserve. Taxpaying residents could enforce the spending limit. [ ] For [ ] Against | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
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A vote FOR will amend the Nebraska Constitution to impose a state spending limit based upon a calculation involving previous appropriations, the inflation rate and population change in Nebraska. A vote AGAINST will not amend the Nebraska Constitution to impose such a state spending limit. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
An initiated constitutional amendment is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends a state's constitution. Eighteen (18) states allow citizens to initiate constitutional amendments.
In Nebraska, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 10% of registered voters at the signature deadline. Nebraska also has a distribution requirement that requires initiative proponents to collect signatures from 5% of the registered voters in two-fifths (38) of Nebraska's 93 counties. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval. However, the number of affirmative votes cast for the measure must be greater than 35% of the total votes cast in the election. This also applies to legislative referrals.
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Footnotes
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