List of Nebraska ballot measures

This page provides a list of ballot measures that have appeared on the statewide ballot in Nebraska.

List of ballot measures by year

Measures are listed in reverse-chronological order, with the most recent and upcoming elections appearing first. Tables include brief summaries, relevant topics, and the election results for each measure.

2026

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Change State Legislative Term Limits from Two to Three Consecutive Terms Amendment	State legislative term limits	Change the legislative term limit from two consecutive terms to three

2024

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Initiative 434	Abortion policy	Prohibit abortion after the first trimester, except in cases of medical emergencies or if the pregnancy is the result of sexual assault or incest	a	509,288 (55%)	417,624 (45%)
CISS	Initiative 436	Paid sick leave laws	Require employers to provide earned paid sick leave for employees	a	662,348 (75%)	225,974 (25%)
CISS	Initiative 437	Marijuana laws	Legalize the medical use of marijuana in the state	a	637,126 (71%)	259,643 (29%)
CISS	Initiative 438	Marijuana laws	Establish the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission to regulate the state's medical marijuana program	a	600,481 (67%)	291,867 (33%)
CICA	Initiative 439	Abortion policy; Constitutional rights	Provide for a state constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability	d	455,184 (49%)	473,652 (51%)
VR	Referendum 435	School choice policy	Uphold the law providing for an education scholarship program for students to attend accredited private schools	d	382,921 (43%)	508,140 (57%)

2022

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize local governments to spend revenue to develop commercial air travel service at local airports	a	481,702 (79%)	129,699 (21%)
CICA	Initiative 432	Voter ID policy	Require photo identification in order to vote	a	432,028 (65%)	228,031 (35%)
CISS	Initiative 433	Minimum wage laws	Increase the minimum wage from $9 to $15 by 2026	a	386,756 (59%)	272,603 (41%)

2020

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional wording changes	Repeals language allowing slavery or involuntary servitude as criminal punishments	a	603,204 (68%)	280,898 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes	Allows TIF for 20 years for extreme blight	a	520,236 (61%)	330,445 (39%)
CISS	Initiative 428	Banking policy	Limits the interest rate that payday lenders charge to 36 percent per year	a	723,521 (83%)	150,330 (17%)
CICA	Initiative 429	Gambling policy	Changes the constitution to allow statutes authorizing games of chance at licensed racetracks	a	588,405 (65%)	316,298 (35%)
CISS	Initiative 430	Gambling policy	Authorizes games of chance at licensed racetracks and establishes a governing commission	a	591,086 (65%)	318,094 (35%)
CISS	Initiative 431	Gambling policy	Enacts a tax on any games of chance operated at racetracks	a	620,835 (69%)	282,703 (31%)

2018

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CISS	Initiative 427	Public health insurance; Public assistance programs	The Nebraska Medicaid Expansion Initiative is on the ballot in Nebraska as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.	a	356,891 (54%)	309,533 (46%)

2016

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Referendum 426	Death penalty	Repeal or maintain a law eliminating the death penalty in Nebraska	d

2014

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CISS	Initiative 425	Minimum wage laws	a	311,401 (59%)	212,215 (41%)

2012

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Impeachment rules; State executive official measures		a	606,433 (83%)	124,467 (17%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Right to hunt and fish; Constitutional rights	Provide for a state constitutional right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife	a	557,534 (77%)	169,250 (23%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State legislative term limits	Increase the consecutive term limit from two terms to three terms	d	263,394 (35%)	481,574 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Salaries of government officials		d	236,566 (32%)	513,230 (68%)

2010

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public economic investment policy; County and municipal governance	Authorize municipalities to fund economic and industrial development through property taxes, local option sales taxes, or other general taxes	a	221,295 (51%)	216,419 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State executive branch structure	Abolish the office of state treasurer	d	146,935 (33%)	299,882 (67%)

May 11

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues	Authorize nonprofit organizations to use bonds for certain construction projects and equipment needs	a	129,018 (53%)	116,708 (47%)

2008

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes; County and municipal governance	Remove requirement that municipalities and villages can only use general tax revenue to fund economic and industrial development projects	d	312,125 (46%)	371,664 (54%)
CICA	Measure 424	Constitutional rights; Affirmative action	Prohibit any political subdivision and institutions of higher learning from discriminating against or giving preferential treatment to any person based on their race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin	a	404,766 (58%)	298,401 (42%)

May 13

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize cities to invest public endowment funds	a	137,047 (58%)	99,920 (42%)

2006

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues; Property	Authorize the use of bonds to develop and lease property by nonprofit organizations	d	244,535 (47%)	280,471 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize the investment of public endowment funds in such manner as the governing body of political subdivisions determined	d	221,499 (43%)	292,456 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Gambling policy	Increase the allocation of state lottery proceeds from $500,000 to $1 million for the Compulsive Gamblers Assistance Fund	d	215,827 (39%)	336,410 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State judicial authority; State executive powers and duties; Parole policy	Authorize executive and judicial departments to supervise individuals on probation, released on parole, or enrolled in court programs	a	283,639 (56%)	221,148 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Early childhood education; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Create an early childhood education endowment fund	a	291,454 (54%)	243,988 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Extend TIF authority to county governments and municipalities, remove "substandard and blighted" requirement for TIF, and extend repayment time from 15 to 30 years	d	151,041 (30%)	344,483 (70%)
CISS	Initiative Measure 421	Gambling policy	Authorize the use of video keno gaming devices	d	224,182 (39%)	351,270 (61%)
CICA	Initiative Measure 423	Taxes; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Impose a spending limit on the state budget calculated using the previous appropriations, the rate of inflation, and population change	d	172,859 (30%)	406,419 (70%)
VR	Referendum Measure 422	Public education funding; Public education governance	Repeal LB 125, which dissolved all Class I school districts	d	224,922 (44%)	290,136 (56%)

May 9

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials	Increase the annual salary of legislators to $21,000 and allow the salary to increase annually based on changes in the Consumer Price Index	d	168,635 (45%)	208,187 (55%)

2004

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Property; Taxes	Authorize the state legislature to exempt from property tax improvements in whole or in part made to historically significant real property	a	406,230 (58%)	288,544 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State executive powers and duties; State legislative structure	Remove the lieutenant governor as the presiding officer of the state legislature, designate the speaker as the presiding officer, and eliminate the provision that allows the lieutenant governor to vote on issues in the case of a tie	d	262,040 (39%)	408,515 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Gambling policy	Defines casino gaming and allows the legislature to authorize up to two casino locations upon approval of voters in the affected counties	d	267,655 (36%)	482,301 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Gambling policy	Require the legislature to appropriate 10% of state lottery proceeds to the Nebraska State Fair Board	a	403,073 (56%)	321,410 (44%)
CICA	Initiative Measure 417	Gambling policy; Initiative and referendum process	Authorize citizen initiatives to enact laws to authorize, operate, regulate, and tax all forms of casino gaming	d	363,478 (49%)	380,424 (51%)
CICA	Initiative Measure 418	Initiative and referendum process; State legislative vote requirements	Require a two-thirds supermajority vote by the state legislature to modify or repeal approved citizen initiatives	a	402,709 (55%)	331,908 (45%)
CISS	Initiative Measure 419	Taxes; Gambling policy	Levy an annual tax on gaming revenue, distribute percentages of gaming revenue to the state and other communities, and establish an annual fee on gaming operators	a	380,161 (51%)	362,673 (49%)
CISS	Initiative Measure 420	Gambling policy	Create a state gaming commission and allow communities to authorize games of chance and the use of gaming devices at casinos, racetracks, and establishments that sell alcoholic liquor on the premises	d	353,248 (47%)	394,865 (53%)

2002

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	English language policy; School choice policy	Eliminates an English language requirement for private, denominational, and parochial schools	d	186,667 (43%)	244,363 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues; County and municipal governance	Authorize municipalities to issue revenue bonds to acquire, own, develop, lease, or finance property to be used by nonprofit enterprises	d	167,255 (41%)	245,139 (59%)

2000

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State executive elections	Change the method of nominating and electing the lieutenant governor by having the governor and lieutenant governor be elected jointly	a	322,554 (52%)	299,849 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Constitutional wording changes	Require that the language of the constitution be changed to gender neutral terms and direct the secretary of state to revise the constitution to reflect this change	d	257,932 (43%)	344,052 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 3A	Initiative and referendum process; Ballot measure process	Require two separate votes at two separate elections for a constitutional amendment to be ratified	d	225,690 (38%)	365,793 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 3B	Initiative and referendum process	Define the powers of the initiative and referendum and remove obsolete language	a	388,402 (70%)	169,580 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 3C	Initiative and referendum process	Change filing requirements for initiative petitions by increasing the timeframe by which petitions filed with the secretary of state must be submitted to electors from four to nine months	d	212,383 (37%)	356,144 (63%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Salaries of government officials; State judiciary	Change the procedures for increasing judicial compensation by requiring that the changes take place for all judges at the beginning of a term rather than for each court individually	a	316,008 (56%)	245,782 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State legislative elections	Require legislators to resign upon election to other state or local offices	a	449,656 (78%)	126,364 (22%)
CICA	Initiative Measure 415	State legislative term limits	Provide that legislators not be eligible for office in the legislature for four years after serving two consecutive terms	a	355,030 (56%)	280,985 (44%)
CICA	Initiative Measure 416	Family-related policy; LGBTQ issues	Define marriage as between one man and one woman		477,571 (70%)	203,667 (30%)

May 9

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	English language policy; School choice policy	Repeal an English language requirement for private, denominational, and parochial schools	d	68,234 (23%)	226,762 (77%)

1998

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional rights	Provide that no person shall be denied equal protection under the law	a	336,672 (73%)	126,951 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 2A	Transportation; Taxes	Require that vehicle tax revenue be allocated to the local jurisdictions where the tax is levied	a	266,513 (59%)	188,390 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 2B	Administration of government; County and municipal governance	Authorize legislation that relates to mergers and consolidations of local governments	a	240,554 (56%)	189,077 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 2C	Taxes; Property	Provide that government property is exempt from taxation to the extent the property is used for public purposes	a	248,179 (58%)	181,220 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 2D	Constitutional wording changes; County and municipal governance	Repeal references to townships and towns in the state constitution	d	150,394 (37%)	255,093 (63%)
LRCA	Amendment 3A	State judiciary	Allows Supreme Court justices to reside anywhere in the state	a	222,659 (51%)	213,458 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 3B	State judicial selection	Provide for statewide retention elections of supreme court and appellate court judges	d	198,656 (47%)	222,991 (53%)
CICA	Initiative Measure 413	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Taxes	Limit government spending by limiting state and local tax revenue increases by the rate of inflation, population growth, costs of temporary emergencies, and new unfunded federal mandates	d	191,046 (36%)	340,862 (64%)
CISS	Initiative Measure 414	Business regulations	Authorize the Public Service Commission to set access charges imposed by local telephone carriers	d	223,421 (42%)	306,052 (58%)

May 12

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State executive official measures	Requires state executive officers to reside in the state	a	236,717 (78%)	67,127 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Administration of government; State legislatures measures	Require legislative committees to hold open meetings and to record and publish certain votes	a	253,661 (83%)	50,739 (17%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Criminal sentencing	Eliminate language permitting imprisonment for debt in cases of fraud	a	141,077 (50%)	140,372 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Criminal trials; Constitutional rights	Eliminate language allowing the suspension of habeas corpus in certain cases	a	134,357 (53%)	119,889 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 5A	Initiative and referendum process	Require initiative measures to address only one subject	a	193,543 (72%)	76,707 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 5B	Initiative and referendum process	Require referendum measures to address only one act of the legislature	a	174,016 (68%)	83,780 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State legislative structure; State executive branch structure	Provide that the lieutenant governor no longer serve as the presiding officer of the legislature	d	118,495 (45%)	145,133 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 7A	State legislatures measures; Administration of government	Eliminate a requirement that session laws be published in book form	a	150,817 (59%)	106,837 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 7B	Constitutional wording changes	Transfer Section 6 of Article 17 to Section 30 of Article 3 related to the state legislature	a	160,964 (66%)	84,410 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 7C	Constitutional wording changes	Repeal a requirement that books containing laws of the state also contain printed copies of the constitution as a prefix	a	150,652 (60%)	101,488 (40%)

1996

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Gambling policy	Remove restriction that pari-mutuel betting on horse races occur only at licensed racetracks	d	236,600 (38%)	388,462 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	County and municipal governance; Administration of government	Provide for the merging and consolidation of counties and other local governments	d	268,418 (47%)	301,064 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State legislatures measures; Public employee retirement funds	Authorize state legislators to participate in the state employee benefits and retirement programs	d	194,662 (33%)	389,637 (67%)
CICA	Initiative Measure 409	Congressional term limits	Instruct Nebraska's members of Congress and state legislators to support the ratification of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that limits U.S. Representatives to three terms and U.S. Senators to two terms	a	345,071 (58%)	246,665 (42%)
CICA	Initiative Measure 410	Initiative and referendum process	Provide that the number of signatures needed for initiative and referendum petitions be based on the number of votes in the previous gubernatorial election	d	242,687 (42%)	330,112 (58%)
CICA	Initiative Measure 411	Public education governance; Public education funding; Constitutional rights	Establish "quality education" as a fundamental constitutional right and require the legislature to establish a school finance system to provide sufficient education in all public schools	d	146,426 (22%)	506,246 (78%)
CICA	Initiative Measure 412	Taxes; Property	Establish property tax levy limits for governmental subdivisions and require the legislature to establish efficiency standards for the delivery of local governmental services	d	167,204 (25%)	490,113 (75%)

May 14

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislatures measures; Law enforcement	Authorize the state legislature to provide for mediation, binding arbitration agreements, and other forms of dispute resolution	a	172,882 (71%)	69,218 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislatures measures	Authorize state legislature to not read bills before final passage if three-fifths of the members vote to do so	a	160,443 (65%)	88,208 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Crime victims' rights	Establish crime victims' rights in the state constitution, including being informed of all criminal court proceedings and the right to be present at the trial, among others	a	194,964 (78%)	54,950 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Administration of government; State executive official measures	Establish the powers and duties for the Tax Equalization and Review Commission	a	127,718 (54%)	110,594 (46%)

1994

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Initiative Measure 408	Congressional term limits; State legislative term limits; Executive official term limits	Set term limits for certain state and federal congressional officials		359,774 (68%)	171,894 (32%)

1992

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1A	Gambling policy	Establish a state lottery system	a	440,973 (62%)	267,928 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 1B	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Gambling policy	Authorize proceeds from the lottery to be used to compensate depositors of industrial loan and investment companies for losses	d	230,273 (35%)	429,656 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Alcohol laws; Business regulations	Authorize counties and municipalities to approve, deny, suspend, cancel, or revoke retail and bottle club liquor licenses	a	357,927 (55%)	292,619 (45%)
CICA	Initiative Measure 407	Congressional term limits; State legislative term limits; Executive official term limits	Set term limits for certain state and federal congressional officials		481,048 (68%)	224,114 (32%)

May 12

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes; Property	Separate tangible personal property from the uniform and proportionate provision that applied to real property for tax purposes	a	204,147 (57%)	155,918 (43%)

1990

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Property; Taxes	Provide that agricultural and horticultural lands be classified separately for tax purposes	a	317,534 (61%)	200,744 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary	Provide the right of direct appeal to the Supreme Court in capital cases and the right of appeal to the appellate court in all other cases	a	337,667 (67%)	166,185 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public economic investment policy; County and municipal governance	Authorize municipalities to use local sources of revenue for economic and industrial development, upon voter approval	a	302,981 (60%)	202,155 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Administrative organization; Higher education governance	Creates the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education	a	268,037 (56%)	210,599 (44%)
CICA	Initiative Measure 404	Gambling policy	Establish a state lottery system	d	202,814 (35%)	371,711 (65%)
CICA	Initiative Measure 405	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Limits budgets of state and local governments to an increase of 2% each year	d	178,749 (31%)	400,872 (69%)
VR	Referendum 406	Public education funding; Taxes	Retain a law that increased state support for public schools and reduced reliance on property taxes through increased sales and income taxes	a	313,215 (56%)	244,741 (44%)

1988

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	County and municipal governance; Public economic investment policy	Change provisions relating to the redevelopment of blighted property by municipalities to further define the project area to allow just a portion of the property to be eligible for financing	a	317,614 (60%)	208,076 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Gambling policy	Authorize pari-mutuel wagering on horse races conducted at licensed racetracks	a	366,682 (63%)	219,438 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 3A	Initiative and referendum process	Provide that only registered voters, instead of all electors, are eligible to sign petitions for initiatives and referendums	a	380,863 (68%)	177,861 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 3B	Voting age policy	Authorize individuals who turn 18 years old on or before a general election date to vote during the calendar year of their 18th birthday	a	297,125 (51%)	288,935 (49%)
CISS	Initiative Measure 402	Nuclear energy	Withdraw Nebraska from the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact	d	225,174 (35%)	414,394 (65%)
CICA	Initiative Measure 403	Constitutional rights; Firearms policy	Establish the right to keep and bear arms for lawful purposes in the state constitution	a	393,829 (65%)	216,528 (35%)

May 10

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials	Increase state senator salaries from $400 to $1,000 per month	a	206,065 (55%)	166,026 (45%)

1986

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislatures measures	Change the date on which the legislature convened as well as the date of when a member's term commenced	d	223,673 (49%)	228,808 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Impeachment rules	Change the legislature's impeachment procedures to allow proceedings to begin in a regular or special session, require that impeachment resolutions give notice of acts or omissions alleged to constitute the impeachments, and change the time in which the chief justice has to convene the supreme court to try the case from 10 days to "in an expeditious fashion"	a	257,398 (60%)	173,281 (40%)
VR	Referendum 400	Public education governance	Repeal a law that required elementary school only districts to merge with districts that contained a high school	d	173,498 (33%)	344,445 (67%)
VR	Referendum 401	Vehicle and driver regulations	Repeal a law that would have required drivers and front seat passengers of vehicles to wear seat belts	d	266,944 (50%)	268,127 (50%)

1984

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Law enforcement funding; Property	Allow proceeds from forfeited or confiscated property to be divided among school funds and counties for the purpose of drug enforcement	a	392,824 (69%)	180,137 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary oversight	Change provisions and procedures relating to disciplinary actions against judges	a	411,193 (78%)	119,207 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Land use and development policy; County and municipal governance	Allow municipalities to incur indebtedness to rehabilitate, acquire, and redevelop blighted property	a	352,346 (66%)	177,515 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Agriculture policy; Property	Authorize the legislature to classify agricultural and horticultural land separately	a	411,868 (70%)	175,546 (30%)

1982

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislatures measures	Require an at-large reading of all legislative bills before final passage	d	210,647 (44%)	264,826 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues; Property; Land use and development policy	Authorize the use of bonds to develop blighted property	a	220,771 (51%)	215,083 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Property taxes; Property	Limit the right of redemption of real estate sold for nonpayment of taxes to a period of six months when the real estate is located within an incorporated city, village, or in a sanitary and improvement district	d	196,131 (44%)	248,255 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State legislatures measures; Salaries of government officials	Allow legislators to be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties	d	178,549 (38%)	289,459 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Water; Water storage; Bond issues	Authorize the issuance of bonds to provide for the construction of water retention or impoundment structures for conservation	a	247,607 (58%)	179,550 (42%)
CICA	Initiative Measure 300	Agriculture policy; Property	Prohibit the purchase of farm and ranch lands by anyone other than Nebraska family farm corporations	a	290,377 (56%)	224,555 (44%)

May 11

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials; State legislatures measures	Provide that legislators receive a salary of not more than one-third of the governor's salary	d	105,421 (35%)	194,951 (65%)

1980

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary structure	Change the number and formation of the Supreme Court judicial districts	d	265,791 (50%)	271,110 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary; Administrative organization	Change the membership of the Commission on Judicial Qualifications and provide for additional disciplinary measures for judges	a	358,264 (70%)	153,925 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Property tax exemptions; Energy conservation and efficiency	Authorize the legislature to provide tax exemptions for energy conservation improvements	a	314,354 (59%)	221,024 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Enact a system of public education financing that did not impose unfair or excessive property tax burdens	d	245,845 (44%)	311,203 (56%)

May 13

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State executive official measures	Allow the governor to fill vacancies in the office of lieutenant governor	a	203,135 (64%)	114,254 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Administrative organization; Salaries of government officials	Create a compensation review commission, which would have had the authority to recommend changes in salaries and expenses for state officials	d	134,589 (44%)	173,515 (56%)

1978

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues; County and municipal governance	Allow cities and villages to issue bonds for the redevelopment of properties, with repayment funded by increased property tax revenue from the redeveloped properties.	a	233,872 (56%)	186,879 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public economic investment policy; Bond issues	Allow cities and counties to issue revenue bonds for non-manufacturing commercial or business enterprises.	d	200,314 (50%)	200,711 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Solar energy; Property tax exemptions	Provide property tax exemptions for the increased value of property due to the installation of direct alternate energy systems.	d	198,980 (49%)	204,544 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Salaries of government officials	Maintain the monthly salary of legislators at $400 and allow legislators to receive per diem compensation	d	195,015 (46%)	229,053 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Public employee retirement funds	Allow surviving spouses of retired public employees to receive retroactive additional retirement benefits that might be provided to future retirees' spouses.	a	216,161 (52%)	196,761 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Bail policy; Criminal trials	Add certain sexual assaults to the list of non-bailable crimes	a	355,949 (82%)	79,179 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Administrative powers and rulemaking; Property taxes	Require the Board of Equalization to provide state-set separate tax levies and annual equalization for multi-county subdivisions	a	210,109 (56%)	163,718 (44%)
CISS	Initiative Measure 301	Pollution, waste, and recycling policy	Require that all beverage containers offered for sale have a refund value of at least five cents	d	211,732 (43%)	280,522 (57%)
CISS	Initiative Measure 302	County and municipal governance; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Limit the percentage to 5% by which a political subdivision's budget could increase each year	d	211,106 (45%)	262,949 (55%)
VR	Referendum 300	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public education funding	Repeal law that increased financial support from the state for public schools	d	190,963 (42%)	266,578 (58%)

1976

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislatures measures; State legislative processes and sessions	Remove the constitutional requirement for reading every bill in full before the final vote, providing the legislature the authority to determine the reading process.	d	207,816 (40%)	315,089 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislatures measures; State legislative processes and sessions	Allow individual voting on specific items within appropriations bills when overriding the governor's veto.	a	284,796 (58%)	205,732 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State legislatures measures; State legislative processes and sessions	Change the legislative convening date to the second Monday in December, with session lengths depending on whether it was an odd or even year.	d	225,247 (47%)	256,594 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State legislative authority; State executive powers and duties	Remove the Lieutenant Governor as the presiding officer of the legislature, allowing the legislature to determine its own presiding officer.	d	156,554 (32%)	329,347 (68%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Housing development funding; Bond issues	Allow the legislature to authorize cities and counties to issue bonds for redeveloping properties, paid off through increased property taxes.	d	210,684 (43%)	277,671 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 6a	Public assistance programs; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Allow the state or political subdivisions to contract with non-public institutions for nonsectarian services to handicapped children.	a	289,683 (56%)	229,824 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 6b	Higher education funding	Allow the legislature to provide loans or grants to students attending non-public post-secondary institutions for nonsectarian purposes.	d	255,394 (49%)	267,315 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Property; Bond issues	Allow cities and counties to use revenue bonds for non-manufacturing commercial or business enterprises.	d	195,008 (41%)	283,674 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Salaries of government officials	Set the salary of legislators at $675 per month.	d	241,032 (46%)	286,017 (54%)

1974

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administrative organization; Higher education governance	Add three nonvoting student members, including student body presidents from various University of Nebraska campuses, to the Board of Regents.	a	198,737 (50%)	198,024 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislative processes and sessions	Change the date and time for the legislature's annual convening to 10:00 A.M. on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January.	a	199,036 (53%)	175,221 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Constitutional wording changes; State executive official measures; State legislatures measures	Remove obsolete language concerning the submission of orders, resolutions or votes of the legislature to the governor.	a	186,736 (51%)	176,669 (49%)
VR	Referendum 1	Public education funding	Provide increased financial support from the state to public schools.	d	177,704 (41%)	250,908 (59%)

May 14

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials; State legislatures measures	Increase the salary for legislators to a maximum of $675 per month.	d	141,205 (47%)	162,364 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State executive official measures; State legislatures measures	Remove the Lieutenant Governor as the presiding officer of the legislature, allowing the legislature to choose a new officer in their place.	d	99,052 (35%)	180,100 (65%)

1972

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislatures measures; Constitutional wording changes	Require legislators to be 21 years old and make necessary terminology corrections.	a	368,109 (72%)	140,448 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Public education governance; Constitutional wording changes	Revise constitutional provisions relating to education and clarify the authority of the legislature regarding the education of persons not between the ages of five and 21 years of age.	a	320,909 (72%)	126,737 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Local transportation; Transportation taxes and fees	Authorize the legislature to grant municipalities the power to finance and maintain off-street parking through special assessments or taxes.	a	246,893 (54%)	210,173 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	State judicial selection	Increase the judicial nominating commissions, change voting rules, require public release of candidates' names, and clarify voting procedures for Supreme Court nominations.	a	261,380 (59%)	184,193 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Public employee retirement funds	Allow the legislature to adjust retirement benefits for public employees based on changes in cost of living and wage levels after retirement.	a	283,686 (60%)	190,093 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Tax and revenue administration	Remove the State Tax Commissioner from the State Board of Equalization and Assessment and add a new member to the Board by the legislature.	d	218,761 (49%)	227,652 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	State legislatures measures	Remove exceptions for legislative eligibility and provide standards and definitions for determining conflicts of interest from the legislature.	a	237,263 (54%)	200,183 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Administrative organization	Change the name of the State Railway Commission to the Public Service Commission.	a	282,678 (61%)	177,575 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judicial selection; State judiciary structure	Reduce the required vote for changing the number of judges and judicial district boundaries to a simple majority.	a	247,609 (52%)	224,907 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Salaries of government officials	Allow the legislature to set its own salary, removing the fixed $400 per month limit.	d	169,310 (34%)	326,063 (66%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Constitutional rights; Criminal trials	Provide the right of appeal in all felony cases.	a	291,348 (65%)	155,048 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State legislatures measures; State executive official measures; Government continuity policy	Rearrange provisions for handling vacancies in office and the line of succession to the governor.	a	266,481 (59%)	186,734 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Constitutional wording changes	Clarify language concerning the eligibility of persons for public office.	a	334,085 (74%)	116,558 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Agriculture policy; Property	Allow the legislature to base land valuations for agricultural and horticultural use solely on its current use, without considering potential non-farm development value.	a	250,672 (53%)	220,656 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	State legislatures measures; Public employee retirement funds	Allow members and employees of the legislature to be included in the state retirement system that covers other state officers and employees.	d	222,724 (48%)	244,581 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	State legislatures measures; Salaries of government officials	Provide per diem compensation for legislators when the legislature is not in session.	d	177,554 (38%)	292,472 (62%)

May 9

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislatures measures; Constitutional wording changes	Remove obsolete language about a bicameral legislature.	a	255,656 (80%)	62,482 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	State legislative elections	Repeal the obsolete provision regarding the election of U.S. Senators.	a	234,047 (79%)	62,842 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Constitutional wording changes; State legislative elections	Revise Article 17 to remove obsolete language and sections related to elections and terms of office.	a	220,803 (77%)	66,448 (23%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Constitutional wording changes; Bond issues	Transfer provisions for industrial development bonds to a new section and remove outdated provisions concerning donations to railroads and internal improvements.	a	178,140 (63%)	104,162 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	State National Guard and militia	Clarify constitutional provisions concerning the militia.	a	202,172 (70%)	85,073 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Business regulations; Constitutional wording changes	Clarify and revise constitutional provisions concerning corporations, including retaining regulatory powers and transferring certain sections.	a	178,361 (65%)	97,246 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 15a	Election administration and governance; Residency voting requirements	Remove the six-month residency requirement, allowing the legislature to determine proper residency and expanding voting methods to include electronic voting.	a	180,208 (61%)	113,567 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 15b	Military service policy; Election administration and governance	Eliminate the requirement that individuals be exempt from military duty on election day and clarify the use of voting machines.	a	164,230 (60%)	109,508 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 15c	Election administration and governance; Military service policy	Allow the legislature to determine the residency of members of the U.S. armed forces stationed in Nebraska and voting methods other than paper ballots.	a	167,375 (61%)	107,260 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Public education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Provide that state public funds not be appropriated to private schools not owned or controlled by the state.	a	173,405 (51%)	163,683 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislative processes and sessions; State legislatures measures; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Remove restrictions on the duration of legislative appropriations and the limitation on deficiency appropriations.	a	150,352 (51%)	145,460 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; State executive powers and duties	Require the governor to submit a budget bill, change veto powers, and require a three-fifths vote to override vetoes and amendments exceeding the budget.	a	198,201 (65%)	108,024 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Juvenile criminal justice	Allow the creation or abolishment of juvenile court judicial districts by a majority of voters, rather than requiring a majority vote of all electors in the district.	a	174,096 (58%)	125,622 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State legislatures measures; State executive elections	Clarify the Legislature's duty to certify the election of the candidate with the highest number of votes for each elective executive office.	a	244,376 (80%)	59,945 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State legislative structure; Constitutional wording changes	Remove outdated language in the constitution that related to the bicameral, or two-house, legislature.	a	240,046 (80%)	60,994 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State judiciary; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Remove language requiring a biennial budget for the Supreme Court and require the Supreme Court to conform their budget preparation with the annual sessions of the legislature.	a	228,368 (77%)	66,496 (23%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Voting age policy	Reduce the minimum voting age to 18 years.	a	218,569 (70%)	92,838 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	County and municipal governance	Allow state and local governments to work jointly or cooperatively with other governmental entities.	a	183,458 (63%)	107,092 (37%)

1970

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Voting age policy	Lowering the minimum voting age to 20 years.	a	235,548 (55%)	194,301 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Property tax exemptions	Authorize the legislature to classify and exempt personal property from taxation.	a	215,418 (52%)	199,637 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Public education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize the legislature to determine the investment of educational funds and the approval of the members of the board of educational lands and funds.	a	213,233 (58%)	152,155 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	School choice policy	Allow the Legislature to grant financial assistance to nonpublic school students for tuition related to state-approved courses	d	182,827 (42%)	250,529 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 13a	State legislative structure	Remove the Lieutenant Governor’s role as the presiding officer of the legislature and their right to vote in case of a tie.	d	164,946 (45%)	200,085 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 13b	State executive elections	Allow the Governor and Lieutenant Governor to be elected as a team from the same political party with one vote.	a	187,147 (56%)	146,695 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 13c	State executive powers and duties	Provide that the Lieutenant Governor perform duties in lieu of the Governor when needed and perform duties as delegated by the Governor.	a	214,906 (65%)	115,803 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Higher education governance	Create a nine-member Board of Trustees for Higher Education to govern all higher education institutions in Nebraska.	d	129,628 (35%)	243,637 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	State legislative processes and sessions	Limit annual legislative sessions to 90 days in odd-numbered years and 60 days in even-numbered years and allow bills from odd-numbered years to be carried over to the next even-numbered session.	a	194,971 (53%)	173,064 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Redistricting policy; State judiciary structure	Require the legislature to reapportion the Supreme Court judicial districts every ten years based on the federal census.	a	230,589 (61%)	148,941 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State legislative processes and sessions	Eliminate the requirement to read bills in full before a final vote in the legislature.	d	170,873 (43%)	222,788 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State judiciary structure	Allow the Supreme Court to call retired judges for temporary duty to fill vacancies.	a	260,349 (67%)	127,900 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Bond issues; Public education funding	Issue revenue bonds for educational facilities, including dormitories, athletic, and medical facilities.	a	233,330 (62%)	143,373 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes; County and municipal governance	Remove the constitutional limit on county property tax levies and allow the legislature to set mill levy limits.	d	93,251 (24%)	288,288 (76%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Salaries of government officials; State legislatures measures	Create a commission to set legislative salaries and expenses every two years.	d	112,443 (30%)	266,446 (70%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Home rule charter; Election administration and governance	Increase the petition requirement for charter amendments in home-rule cities to 10% of registered voters instead of 5% of the total vote for governor.	d	156,650 (45%)	194,008 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	State judicial authority; State judiciary structure	Provide the Nebraska Supreme Court administrative authority over all courts and eliminate justices of the peace.	a	198,450 (55%)	165,087 (45%)

1968

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Voting age policy	Redue the voting age to 19 years.	d	246,672 (49%)	255,051 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Utility policy	Create public corporations for the generation, transmission, or sale of electricity.	d	176,339 (45%)	217,094 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 11a	State legislatures measures; State executive official measures	Change the restriction on legislators being appointed to other state offices to prohibit such appointments while holding legislative office.	a	254,876 (63%)	149,333 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 11b	Salaries of government officials; State legislatures measures	Allow legislative compensation to be increased or decreased at the same time when legislators' terms begin at different times.	a	226,298 (60%)	152,752 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Homestead tax exemptions	Provide property tax exemptions for a portion of the value of any residence occupied as a homestead, based on a classification of owners.	a	238,143 (57%)	178,037 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Higher education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Allow the state to guarantee or provide long-term, low-interest loans to Nebraska residents seeking adult education or post-high school education.	a	301,610 (68%)	144,182 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Transportation; Bond issues	Authorize bonds for highway construction three-fifths legislative approval and use state revenue related to highway use for repayment.	a	224,927 (52%)	208,758 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	State legislatures measures; Salaries of government officials	Limit the salary of legislators to $400 per month.	a	282,039 (63%)	168,165 (37%)
CICA	Amendment 16	Income taxes	Prohibit Nebraska from levying an income tax for state purposes.	d	183,328 (36%)	331,987 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Higher education governance	Rename normal schools as colleges and authorize the legislature to designate the name of their governing body.	a	249,809 (58%)	182,508 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	County and municipal governance; Local government officials and elections	Create laws for consolidating county offices across multiple counties, with disapproval rights granted to each affected county.	a	256,346 (59%)	178,736 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State judicial authority; Election administration and governance	Provide the Supreme Court original jurisdiction in election contests concerning state officers, excluding legislators.	a	250,863 (60%)	165,795 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Ballot measure process	Authorize the legislature to call special elections for submitting proposed constitutional amendments to the electors.	a	258,178 (61%)	162,880 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Property tax exemptions; Property taxes	Allow the legislature to classify personal property and to exempt any classes of personal property from taxation.	d	206,126 (47%)	230,705 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Public education governance; Redistricting policy	Increase the number of regents for the University of Nebraska and require the legislature to redistrict the state for their election.	a	221,625 (53%)	194,995 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Gambling policy	Permit lotteries, raffles, and gift enterprises that are solely intended for business promotions or charitable/community betterment purposes without profit for the promoter.	a	306,577 (69%)	139,260 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Administrative organization; Parole policy	Establish a Board of Parole, setting the qualifications for its members, and granting the power to pardon to the Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State acting as a board.	a	318,446 (76%)	101,216 (24%)

1966

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State executive elections; Election administration and governance	Eliminate the ineligibility of executive state officers to hold any other state office during their elected term.	a	238,417 (59%)	167,874 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Allow the legislature to manage the payment or cancellation of taxes on real estate owned or acquired by the state or its subdivisions.	a	219,424 (58%)	161,547 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Property	Deduct the costs of administering unsold school lands before distributing income from these lands.	a	230,970 (61%)	144,856 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 12a	Higher education funding; Public education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Allow the legislature to determine how educational funds should be invested.	a	223,845 (61%)	142,903 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 12b	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Allow the legislature to determine how funds from the state and local political subdivisions should be invested.	a	193,215 (56%)	153,163 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 13a	Proportional representation; Redistricting policy	Change how the members of the legislature are apportioned for election.	a	201,130 (57%)	150,149 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 13b	Redistricting policy; Proportional representation; State legislatures measures	Authorize the legislature to specify representation in districts that have been changed by reapportionment.	a	181,403 (56%)	144,644 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Public education funding; Property taxes	Prohibit the state from levying a property tax for state purposes once a general sales or income tax is adopted and require at least 20% of the revenue to be allocated to public schools.	d	182,364 (46%)	218,061 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Property tax exemptions	Exempt life insurance, annuity contracts, and rights to pension or retirement payments from the intangible property tax.	a	270,377 (71%)	112,067 (29%)
CICA	Amendment 16	Property taxes	Prohibit the state from levying a property tax for state purposes.	a	223,969 (51%)	216,093 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislatures measures	Authorize the payment of travel expenses and a per diem to legislators while they are in session.	d	162,020 (39%)	255,624 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	School choice policy; Administrative organization	Allow the state or governmental subdivisions to enter into contracts for services or training with private, commercial, and vocational schools.	d	174,704 (43%)	231,587 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public education governance; Administrative organization; Executive official term limits	Increase the number of members on the State Board of Education from six to eight and reduce the terms from six to four years.	a	268,029 (65%)	141,722 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Agriculture policy; Taxes	Authorize the legislature to fix the value of land actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural use.	d	153,127 (39%)	240,083 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Public education funding	Provide transportation services for children attending any elementary or secondary school.	d	191,986 (43%)	253,945 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State judiciary oversight	Provide a procedure for the removal or retirement of any Justice or judge of any court in the state.	a	323,244 (81%)	77,877 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Income taxes	Allow the legislature to base the state's income tax on federal laws.	a	215,696 (55%)	176,326 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Executive official term limits	Limit the Governor to two consecutive terms.	a	258,332 (63%)	150,405 (37%)
VR	Referendum 1	Income taxes	Establish a state income tax.	d	133,594 (30%)	310,681 (70%)

1964

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 1	Public education governance; Administrative organization	Provide four-year terms for the Commissioner of Education and supervisory authority over the state school system.	d	222,667 (41%)	324,266 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Executive official term limits	Increase the term of office for the Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, Treasurer, and Attorney General to four years.	a	306,408 (62%)	187,692 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Homestead tax exemptions; Veterans policy	Provide tax exemptions for homes substantially contributed to by the Veterans' Administration for a paraplegic or multiple amputee veteran.	a	368,913 (75%)	120,714 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Property tax exemptions	Classify intangible property for taxation purposes and exempt intangible property held for employee benefit plans, such as pensions or profit-sharing, from taxation.	a	251,035 (55%)	204,613 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Transportation taxes and fees	Authorize a different method for taxing motor vehicles held for resale by dealers and those owned by state residents, registered in the state, and operating in interstate commerce.	a	236,607 (52%)	215,173 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State executive powers and duties	Realign the duties of certain state executive officers.	a	270,280 (63%)	159,942 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State legislative authority; Banking policy	Authorize the legislature to define, classify, and regulate loans and installment sales, establishing maximum rates for them.	a	260,922 (53%)	233,387 (47%)

1962

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Gambling policy	Allow lottery or gift enterprises.	a	342,695 (80%)	85,926 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Elections and campaigns; Administrative organization	Provide for three to seven members for the State Railway Commission, elected from districts with equal populations.	a	227,709 (63%)	135,556 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Election administration and governance	Allow the Lieutenant Governor to run for Governor.	a	307,740 (78%)	85,774 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Executive official term limits	Increase the term of office of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor to four years.	a	198,601 (50%)	195,177 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State legislative elections	Increase state senators’ terms from two years to four years	a	214,651 (56%)	168,618 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State judicial selection	Establish a merit plan for selecting judges and determining their terms of office.	a	220,181 (59%)	150,212 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Redistricting policy; State legislatures measures	Use lines other than county lines for legislative redistricting, prioritizing population with consideration of area.	a	218,019 (55%)	175,613 (45%)

1960

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Government continuity policy	Allow the legislature to create laws to ensure government continuity in emergencies from enemy attacks or threats.	a	388,813 (83%)	82,281 (17%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Business regulations	Authorize the legislature to decide whether preferred stockholders have voting rights and whether their stock is of equal par value with other stock.	a	230,472 (57%)	170,442 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Agriculture policy; Taxes	Authorize the legislature to establish a new method for taxing livestock, including proportional taxation for livestock in the state for part of the year.	a	245,503 (57%)	185,186 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State executive official measures; Elections and campaigns	Authorize the legislature to define how elections for executive offices may be contested.	a	283,128 (69%)	126,805 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Property tax exemptions	Authorize the establishment of bonded warehouses and exempt goods in transit from ad valorem taxation while stored there.	a	221,405 (53%)	193,191 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State judiciary structure; State judicial selection	Allow multiple county judges to be elected and form judicial districts for county judges.	a	234,990 (54%)	198,158 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Salaries of government officials	Limit legislative salaries to a maximum of $200 per month.	a	298,716 (67%)	145,113 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Property; County and municipal governance	Allow local governments to acquire, develop, and lease property to private enterprises, including issuing bonds for the purpose.	a	336,631 (72%)	129,312 (28%)
CICA	Amendment 9	Public education governance	Establish the election of a Commissioner of Education by non-political ballot.	d	228,321 (43%)	304,014 (57%)

1958

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State executive official measures	Change the residency requirement for certain executive officers to reside at the seat of government.	a	183,915 (59%)	126,938 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Property taxes; Property	Authorize the legislature to clear property titles by releasing property from unpaid tax and assessment charges after a period of 15 years.	a	206,055 (66%)	107,152 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Government continuity policy	Provide for succession to the office of Governor when the Speaker of the Legislature cannot perform the duties.	a	243,913 (78%)	68,673 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State legislative authority; Administrative organization	Authorize the legislature to manage, control, and govern state charitable, mental, reformatory, and penal institutions.	a	218,062 (69%)	98,109 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Salaries of government officials	Increase the salary of members of the legislature.	d	111,447 (35%)	209,122 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State judiciary structure	Establish a separate juvenile court.	a	238,290 (71%)	98,813 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	County and municipal governance; Property	Permit municipal corporations to acquire, lease property, and issue revenue bonds for private enterprises.	d	124,026 (41%)	175,874 (59%)
CICA	Amendment 8	Taxes; Utility policy	Provide a tax on electricity and irrigation corporations' retail sales, with revenues allocated to local governments and the state.	a	197,348 (62%)	123,342 (38%)
CICA	Amendment 9	Gambling policy	Authorize the legislature to regulate and license bingo games for non-profits with a five-year existence.	a	214,923 (59%)	151,350 (41%)

1956

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Transportation taxes and fees	Change the allocation of penalties and regulations for overloading vehicles on public roads and highways.	a	238,008 (52%)	219,552 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Agriculture policy; Taxes	Change the basis for taxing grain and seed.	a	251,513 (57%)	193,282 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Property taxes	Allow the legislature to forgive unpaid taxes and assessment charges on real property after a specified period.	d	194,858 (49%)	206,006 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Salaries of government officials; State executive official measures	Remove the restriction on how often the salaries of certain officers can be adjusted.	a	236,364 (53%)	209,162 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes; Administrative organization	Authorize the legislature to appoint a Tax Commissioner or Commission and define its jurisdiction and powers.	d	194,812 (48%)	213,936 (52%)
CISS	Initiative 1	Transportation taxes and fees	Establish a highway use tax on large trucks and buses, with revenue directed to road maintenance and related infrastructure.	d	241,128 (44%)	311,528 (56%)

1954

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State executive official measures; Salaries of government officials	Remove the restriction on changing the salaries of certain officers more than once every eight years.	d	159,361 (49%)	163,006 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public education governance; Public education funding; State legislative authority; Administrative organization	Authorize the legislature to determine how members of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds are appointed.	a	163,108 (53%)	144,743 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State executive official measures	Change the residence requirements for certain executive officers.	d	149,447 (50%)	149,767 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Property	Allow the legislature to establish methods for valuing real or tangible property at uniform values.	a	167,979 (56%)	134,006 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	County and municipal governance; Administrative organization	Authorize the legislature to appoint county assessors and boards of equalization for counties or other taxing districts.	d	134,938 (43%)	175,621 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Property tax exemptions	Allow the exemption of household goods and personal effects from taxation and the legislature to establish a formula for their valuation.	a	185,972 (57%)	139,238 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Sales taxes; Property taxes; Income taxes	Prohibit the state from levying a property tax for state purposes if a general sales tax, income tax, or a combination of both is enacted.	a	189,444 (60%)	128,250 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Taxes; Administrative organization	Allow the legislature to appoint a Tax Commissioner or establish a Tax Commission with defined powers.	d	149,108 (50%)	149,134 (50%)

1952

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials	Allow for changes in compensation for members of a court, board, or commission when their terms start and end at different times.	a	224,452 (60%)	151,977 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Transportation; Taxes	The measure related to the motor vehicle tax.	a	248,292 (60%)	166,767 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Salaries of government officials	Increase the annual salary for legislators to $1,250. Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, 35 percent of the total 616,236 votes in the entire election (215,683 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	196,842 (52%)	184,940 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Administrative organization; Public education governance	Create a State Department of Education, with a Board of Education, and a Commissioner of Education.	a	243,116 (63%)	144,426 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Election administration and governance; State constitutional conventions	Authorize the legislature determining the number of members for a constitutional convention and defining election districts.	a	229,919 (65%)	126,438 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Elections and campaigns	Require publishing constitutional amendment notices in newspapers for three consecutive weeks.	a	277,033 (75%)	93,280 (25%)

1950

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislative processes and sessions	Allow either annual or biennial legislative sessions, with restrictions on business transacted in even-numbered years and four-year terms for legislators.	d	71,173 (35%)	129,677 (65%)
VR	Referendum 1	Fuel taxes	Reject the provisions of Legislative Bill No. 399, which proposed increasing gasoline and excise taxes on motor vehicle fuels and changing their allocation.	a	207,408 (52%)	195,130 (48%)
VR	Referendum 2	Transportation taxes and fees	Reject Legislative Bill No. 401, which proposed increasing registration fees for vehicles burning fuel subject to motor vehicle fuel tax laws and changing their allocation.	a	202,098 (52%)	186,854 (48%)

1948

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Mineral resources; Taxes	Allow taxation on reservations of mineral rights and fissionable materials in land and royalties.	d	150,071 (44%)	190,526 (56%)
CISS	Initiative 1	Veterans policy	Provide compensation and eligibility terms for World War II veterans, create a veteran's compensation fund, and a property tax levy for funding.	d	196,318 (48%)	212,340 (52%)

1946

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 1	Right-to-work laws	Prohibit employment discrimination based on labor organization membership.	a	212,443 (60%)	142,702 (40%)
CICA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public education funding	Require the legislature to raise funds for public schools from sources other than property taxes, ensuring a minimum of $40 per pupil for daily attendance.	d	101,881 (28%)	260,345 (72%)

1944

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 1	Transportation taxes and fees	Provide that all proceeds from motor vehicle registration fees, license taxes, and fuel taxes go towards the construction and maintenance of public highways in Nebraska.	d	205,262 (43%)	271,901 (57%)
CISS	Initiative 1	Alcohol laws	Prohibit the manufacture, sale, and use of intoxicating liquors.	d	130,947 (25%)	397,190 (75%)

1942

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	County and municipal governance	Allow counties to choose their form of government for county officers.	d	125,513 (44%)	160,801 (56%)

1940

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administrative organization; Public education governance	Provide that the the Superintendent of Public Instruction be a member of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds.	a	239,805 (57%)	179,600 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	County and municipal governance; State legislative authority	Allow the legislature to provide an optional form of county government with elective or appointive officers.	d	173,107 (40%)	254,639 (60%)

1938

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 1	Gambling policy	Authorize the regulation of slot machines and coin-operated devices, with license revenue directed to state funds and local school districts.	d	115,189 (26%)	333,120 (74%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Banking policy; Business regulations	Repeal the provision fixing individual liability of stockholders in banking corporations.	a	190,328 (52%)	178,998 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State executive official measures	Provide that the offices of attorney general, secretary of state, and state treasurer be appointive offices instead of elective offices.	d	89,357 (28%)	233,319 (72%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Administrative organization; Public education governance	Add the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the Board of Educational Lands and Funds.	d	145,345 (46%)	168,035 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Law enforcement; Administrative organization	Change the Board of Pardons to include the Governor, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Auditor of Public Accounts.	d	111,284 (37%)	189,056 (63%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State executive official measures; Recall process	Allow the recall of elective executive state officers, requiring a petition signed by 25% of the voters who voted for Governor.	d	124,829 (42%)	170,883 (58%)

1936

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administrative organization	Eliminate the office of Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings in Nebraska.	a	246,682 (54%)	210,143 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Banking policy; Business regulations	Repeal the provision fixing individual liability of stockholders in banking corporations or institutions in Nebraska.	d	204,904 (47%)	234,908 (53%)

1934

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Alcohol laws	Repeal the prohibition on the manufacture, sale, and keeping for sale of alcoholic beverages in Nebraska.	a	328,074 (60%)	218,107 (40%)
CICA	Amendment 2	State legislative structure	Establish a a non-partisan, unicameral legislature in Nebraska with 30 to 50 members.	a	286,086 (60%)	193,152 (40%)
CICA	Amendment 3	Gambling policy	Provide for the legalization, licensing, and regulation of wagering on horse races by the pari-mutuel or certificate method.	a	251,111 (57%)	187,455 (43%)

1932

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CISS	Initiative 1	Administrative organization; Law enforcement	Create the Nebraska Public Safety Commission to oversee law enforcement duties and training, funded by state taxes and fees.	d	203,393 (40%)	306,682 (60%)

1930

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Banking policy; Business regulations	Provide that stockholders are personally liable in the event of banking institution failure, with immediate collection of the liability.	a	182,536 (66%)	92,593 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislatures measures; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Allow the state to use up to $8 million in treasury funds to pay any deficit of the Depositors Guaranty Fund and to stabilize the banking system.	d	120,554 (45%)	144,882 (55%)
CISS	Initiative 1	Utility policy; County and municipal governance	Allow cities and public electric utilities to extend power systems to serve rural areas and finance the expansion.	d	144,595 (48%)	157,107 (52%)
CISS	Initiative 2	Utility policy; County and municipal governance	Allow cities to extend power lines to rural areas, fund the project with earnings, and impose restrictions on the sale of public utilities.	a	240,579 (73%)	89,205 (27%)
CISS	Initiative 3	Utility policy; County and municipal governance	Prohibit the sale of public utilities without voter approval.	d	118,617 (42%)	162,050 (58%)

1928

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administrative organization; Public education governance	Transfer jurisdiction over the Nebraska School for the Deaf and the Nebraska School for the Blind to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.	a	240,995 (57%)	185,410 (43%)

1924

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 1	Elections and campaigns	Allow the direct primary nomination of candidates for public offices and require ballots to exclude party names or symbols.	d	163,932 (42%)	228,485 (58%)

1922

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	Referendum 1	Business regulations; Banking policy	Require that the establishment of a bank must demonstrate public convenience, advantage, and necessity.	a	172,675 (54%)	149,240 (46%)
VR	Referendum 2	Labor disputes and strikes	Prohibit interference with people seeking work, including picketing, loitering, and other forms of intimidation.	a	186,101 (57%)	140,419 (43%)
VR	Referendum 3	Elections and campaigns	Change the delegate selection processes, primary election timing, and the nomination procedures for political parties.	d	95,494 (31%)	208,261 (69%)
VR	Referendum 4	Voter registration	Allow voter registration at any time before an election and clarify requirements for casting a ballot, including a 30-day prior registration deadline.	d	106,314 (35%)	195,066 (65%)

1920

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	Referendum 1	Elections and campaigns; Primary election systems	Repeal the direct primary law for certain state offices and allow their nominations to be made by party conventions.	d	49,410 (27%)	133,115 (73%)

September 21

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Jury rules; Criminal trials; Civil trials	Authorize five-sixths jury verdicts in civil cases.	a	64,550 (78%)	17,834 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Salaries of government officials	Prohibit raising salaries during a legislator's term of office.	a	65,399 (80%)	15,961 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Mineral resources; Public land policy	Reserve mineral rights in state lands.	a	67,513 (86%)	11,164 (14%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Redistricting policy; Constitutional wording changes	Eliminate obsolete provisions for legislative apportionment.	a	58,835 (82%)	12,820 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Administrative organization; State executive official measures	Allow the creation of new executive offices with a two-thirds legislative vote, transfer pardoning power to a board, and establish the executive budget.	a	60,484 (79%)	16,110 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Administrative organization; Taxes	Create the office of Tax Commissioner and establish a Board of Equalization.	a	58,136 (77%)	17,796 (23%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	State judiciary structure; State judiciary oversight	Revise court procedures to allow the Supreme Court to sit in division, with the chief justice presiding over each division.	a	56,334 (78%)	15,908 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	State judiciary	Require the concurrence of five Supreme Court judges to declare laws unconstitutional.	a	65,142 (84%)	12,444 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	State judiciary; Elections and campaigns	Provide for the election of Supreme Court judges by districts.	a	56,912 (73%)	21,353 (27%)
CCRCA	Amendment 18	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provide for women's suffrage in state constitution	a	65,483 (81%)	15,416 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Absentee and mail voting; Military service policy	Allow soldiers to vote while out of the state on duty.	a	71,979 (89%)	8,686 (11%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Immigration policy; Property	Allow regulation by law of property rights of immigrants.	a	65,921 (81%)	15,223 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public education funding; Education	Provide for the distribution of the temporary school fund.	a	66,040 (85%)	11,861 (15%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	Property	Prohibit the sale of school lands except at public auction.	a	66,543 (82%)	14,403 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Higher education governance; Elections and campaigns	Provide for the election of University Regents by districts.	a	54,862 (72%)	21,208 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Prohibit state aid to sectarian institutions.	a	60,995 (80%)	15,365 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	Labor and unions; Public education governance	Increase the age for admission to reform schools from 16 to 18.	a	66,913 (84%)	13,199 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 25	Higher education governance; Administrative organization	Add a Board of Education for Normal Schools.	a	59,024 (78%)	17,084 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 26	Taxes; Property	Provide uniform and proportional taxes on tangible property and franchises, allowing classification of other property and taxes other than property taxes.	a	59,105 (79%)	15,561 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 27	Taxes; Property tax exemptions	Provide tax exemptions, including $200 of household goods to each family.	a	68,903 (85%)	12,591 (15%)
LRCA	Amendment 28	County and municipal governance; Taxes	Set the county tax limit at 50 cents per one hundred dollars of actual valuation.	a	63,463 (81%)	14,692 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 29	Incorporation, merging, and boundaries of local jurisdictions; County and municipal governance	Require a majority vote to approve changes in county boundaries.	a	55,539 (76%)	17,365 (24%)
CCRCA	Amendment 3	English language policy; Public education governance	Designate English as the official language of Nebraska	a	69,626 (84%)	13,624 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 30	Utility policy	Require public utility corporations to report to the Railway Commission.	a	61,776 (83%)	12,987 (17%)
LRCA	Amendment 31	Utility policy	Prohibit the consolidation of competing public utility corporations without the permission of the Railway Commission.	a	66,543 (82%)	14,403 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 32	Utility policy; Business regulations	The measure regulated the stocks and dividends of public utility corporations.	a	62,082 (85%)	11,028 (15%)
LRCA	Amendment 33	County and municipal governance	Allow metropolitan cities to adopt their present charter as a home rule charter.	a	58,582 (81%)	13,456 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 34	Business regulations	Provide for co-operative features in specific associations, limitations on shares and voting, foreign corporations regulations, and that stocks and bonds be issued only for their actual value.	a	64,443 (87%)	9,701 (13%)
LRCA	Amendment 35	Water	Define priority rights in water.	a	64,353 (87%)	9,444 (13%)
LRCA	Amendment 36	Water	Provide for public rights in the use of water power.	a	69,861 (90%)	7,377 (10%)
LRCA	Amendment 37	Sex and gender issues; Child labor regulations; Gender-based labor regulations	Permit regulation of minimum wage and employment conditions for women and children.	a	57,504 (73%)	21,473 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 38	Administrative organization; Labor and unions	Create an Industrial Commission to administer laws related to labor disputes and profiteering.	a	68,013 (87%)	10,318 (13%)
CCRCA	Amendment 39	Ballot measure process; Initiative and referendum process; Ballot measure supermajority requirements	Change the vote requirement for amendments to a simple majority with 35% participation.	a	60,244 (80%)	14,655 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Initiative and referendum process	Reduce the percentage of signatures required for initiatives and referendums.	a	56,046 (74%)	19,834 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 40	Salaries of government officials	Fix increased salaries of state officers, including judges, for at least eight years.	a	61,393 (80%)	15,510 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 41	Constitutional wording changes	Eliminate obsolete provisions and provide a continuing schedule in Article XVI by substituting new sections.	a	54,694 (79%)	14,262 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State legislatures measures; Redistricting policy	Require counties with two or more representatives or senators into districts, each electing its own member.	a	59,494 (75%)	20,082 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State legislatures measures	Increase the number of state senators up to 50.	a	41,083 (51%)	38,738 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Salaries of government officials	Increase legislative salaries from $600 to $800.	a	56,333 (74%)	19,573 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	State legislative processes and sessions	Require a majority vote by roll call on all legislation, including amendments.	a	52,473 (75%)	17,414 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	State legislatures measures; State executive official measures	Prohibit the appointment of members of the legislature to state offices.	a	63,575 (81%)	14,503 (19%)

1918

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Suffrage	Limit the right to vote to full citizens.	a	123,292 (70%)	51,600 (30%)
CICA	Amendment 2	State constitutional conventions	Call a constitutional convention to amend Nebraska's constitution, with any proposed amendments to be submitted separately if demanded by 25% of the convention's elected delegates.	a	121,830 (96%)	4,491 (4%)

1916

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 1	Alcohol laws	Prohibit the manufacture, sale, or keeping of intoxicating liquors in Nebraska, except for specified purposes.	a	146,574 (56%)	117,132 (44%)
CICA	Amendment 2	Food policy; Administrative organization	Create the position of Food, Drug, Dairy, and Oil Commissioner, transferring authority from the governor to the appointed commissioner to oversee relevant laws and commissions.	d	91,215 (46%)	105,993 (54%)

1914

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Tax and revenue administration	Establish uniform and progressive taxation in the state.	d	88,068 (52%)	82,136 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Civil trials; Criminal trials; Jury rules	Allow five-sixths of the jury to render a verdict in civil cases and criminal cases less than felonies.	d	102,891 (62%)	63,596 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Salaries of government officials; State executive official measures; Executive official term limits	Set the term of office and salary for the governor and other executive officers.	d	89,385 (54%)	76,013 (46%)
CICA	Amendment 4	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provide women with the right to vote.	d	90,738 (47%)	100,842 (53%)
CISS	Initiative 1	Higher education governance	The measure would have removed a university campus.	d	66,883 (31%)	148,110 (69%)
VR	Referendum 1	Workers' compensation laws	Establish an elective compensation schedule for employees' injuries and determining employer liability.	a	92,513 (52%)	85,777 (48%)
VR	Referendum 2	State National Guard and militia; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Defense-related funding	Provide $20,000 to establish and construct an armory building at Nebraska City for the state militia, using land from old Fort Kearney.	d	40,520 (23%)	133,457 (77%)

1912

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Initiative and referendum process	Authorizes the use of the initiative and referendum process	a	189,200 (93%)	15,315 (7%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Salaries of government officials; State legislative term limits	Set the term of office and salary for members of the legislature in the constitution.	a	173,225 (87%)	26,355 (13%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Administration of government	Create a Board of Commissioners for State Institutions.	a	174,939 (87%)	25,439 (13%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Election administration and governance	Provide that a general election be held every two years.	a	174,151 (87%)	25,048 (13%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Administration of government; County and municipal governance	Allow cities with more than 5,000 inhabitants to establish their own city charter.	a	164,579 (84%)	32,041 (16%)

1910

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Residency voting requirements	The measure would have limited the right to vote to male citizens over the age of 21 who had been residents of their state for the six months prior to an election.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 243,390 votes in the entire election (121,696 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	100,450 (57%)	74,878 (43%)

1908

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary	The measure provided for the election of a seven-member Supreme Court, with six-year term limits. The measure also provided that Supreme Court justices receive a salary of $4,500 and dsitrict court judges receive a salary of $3,000.	a	214,218 (93%)	16,271 (7%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Higher education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public education funding	The measure provided guidelines for the investment of educational funds.	a	213,000 (94%)	14,395 (6%)

1906

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administration of government	The measure created the Board of Railway Commissioners and provided for the duties and six year term limits of its members.	a	147,472 (94%)	8,896 (6%)

1904

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional wording changes	The measure would have provided for revising, amending and changing the Nebraska Constitution.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 232,457 votes in the entire election (116,229 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	32,820 (58%)	23,497 (42%)

1896

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary	The measure would have provided Supreme Court justices with five year term limits. The measure also would have increased the size of the court to five justices.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 217,763 votes in the entire election (108,882 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	84,579 (69%)	37,896 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Elections and campaigns; County and municipal governance	The measure would have required that all questions regarding the merging of county and metropolitan governments be submitted to voters.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 217,763 votes in the entire election (108,882 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	56,960 (54%)	47,634 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Elections and campaigns	The measure would have provided for lawful methods of voting.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 217,763 votes in the entire election (108,882 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	62,303 (58%)	44,370 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Elections and campaigns	The measure would have required that all questions related to donations for internal improvements and manufacturers be submitted to voters and be ratified by a two-thirds vote.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 217,763 votes in the entire election (108,882 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	60,479 (57%)	45,669 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Salaries of government officials; State judiciary	The measure would have provided that compensation of Supreme Court and district judges be established by the legislature, no more than once every four years.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 217,763 votes in the entire election (108,882 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	61,119 (56%)	48,533 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Salaries of government officials; State executive official measures	The measure would have provided that compensation of state executive officers be established by the legislature, no more than once every four years.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 217,763 votes in the entire election (108,882 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	59,496 (56%)	47,611 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State judiciary	The measure would have vested judicial power in the Supreme Court, district, county and other inferior courts as created by law.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 217,763 votes in the entire election (108,882 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	60,094 (57%)	45,377 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State judiciary; State legislatures measures	The measure would have allowed judges and the legislature to increase the number of judges on state courts once every four years.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 217,763 votes in the entire election (108,882 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	59,343 (56%)	46,576 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Jury rules; State legislative authority	The measure would have required a five-sixths jury verdict. The measure also would have allowed the legislature to provide trials by juries of less than 12 men in inferior courts.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 217,763 votes in the entire election (108,882 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	73,573 (65%)	39,006 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State executive official measures	The measure would have provided terms of office for all state executive officers.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 217,763 votes in the entire election (108,882 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	67,045 (62%)	40,597 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	State executive official measures	The measure would have provided guidelines for the manner of increasing the number of state officers.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 217,763 votes in the entire election (108,882 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	60,246 (58%)	44,063 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Public education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The measure would have related to the investment of permanent educational funds.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 217,763 votes in the entire election (108,882 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	78,447 (68%)	36,619 (32%)

1892

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administration of government	The measure would have created a Board of Railway Commissioners with three year term limits.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 197,474 votes in the entire election (98,737 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	80,032 (85%)	14,185 (15%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public education funding	The measure would have related to the investment of permanent educational funds.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 197,474 votes in the entire election (98,737 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	84,426 (88%)	11,258 (12%)

1890

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Alcohol laws	The measure would have prohibited the trafficking of liquor.	d	82,292 (42%)	111,728 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Alcohol laws; Business regulations	The measure would have provided for liquor trafficking licenses.	d	75,462 (45%)	91,084 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State judiciary	The measure would have increased the number of justices on the Nebraska Supreme Court from three to five. The measure also would have made justices have term limits of five years.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 214,861 votes in the entire election (107,431 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	86,418 (62%)	53,022 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State judiciary; Salaries of government officials	The measure would have increased the salaries of supreme court justices from $2,500 to $3,500 and the salaries of district court justices from $2,500 to $3,000.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 214,861 votes in the entire election (107,431 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	69,192 (53%)	61,519 (47%)

1886

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislatures measures	The measure provided that state legislators have term limits of two years, salaries of $5 per day while in session and that legislative sessions last no more than 60 days at one time.	a	72,497 (77%)	22,135 (23%)

1884

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislatures measures	The measure would have provided that state legislators have term limits of two years, salaries of $300 and that legislative sessions last no more than 60 days.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 133,555 votes in the entire election (66,778 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.	d	51,959 (75%)	17,766 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Administration of government	The measure would have provided that the Nebraska Board of Railway Commissioners have term limits of two years and provided for residence requirements.	d	22,297 (33%)	44,488 (67%)

1882

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	d	25,756 (34%)	50,693 (66%)

1871

September 18

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Women's Suffrage Amendment	Women's suffrage; Sex and gender issues	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	d	3,502 (22%)	12,668 (78%)

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