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Nebraska 1968 ballot measures
Seventeen statewide ballot measures were on the November 5, 1968 ballot in Nebraska.
- Sixteen of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
- One of the measures was an initiated constitutional amendment.
- Thirteen of the measures were approved.
- Four of the measures were defeated.
On the ballot
November 5
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Suffrage | Reduces the voting age to 19 | ![]() |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Education | Renames normal schools as colleges | ![]() |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Local gov't | Authorizes the legislature to provide for the consolidation of county offices | ![]() |
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Elections | Gives the supreme court jurisdiction over elections of state officers | ![]() |
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Elections | Allows the legislature to call special elections for constitutional amendments | ![]() |
LRCA | Amendment 6 | Taxes | Classifies or exempts personal property for taxation | ![]() |
LRCA | Amendment 7 | Education | Allows the legislature to increase the number of university regents | ![]() |
LRCA | Amendment 8 | Lottery | Regulates the use of lotteries, raffles and gift enterprises | ![]() |
LRCA | Amendment 9 | Law enforcement | Establishes a board of parole | ![]() |
LRCA | Amendment 10 | Utilities | Creates public electrical corporations | ![]() |
LRCA | Amendment 11a | Legislature | Changes restrictions on the appointment of legislators to other offices | ![]() |
LRCA | Amendment 11b | Legislature | Provides guidelines for when legislative salaries may be increased | ![]() |
LRCA | Amendment 12 | Taxes | Provides tax exemptions for homesteads | ![]() |
LRCA | Amendment 13 | Education | Allows the state to make long-term loans to state residents | ![]() |
LRCA | Amendment 14 | Bonds | Authorizes the state to issue bonds for highway construction | ![]() |
LRCA | Amendment 15 | Gov't salaries | Increases legislative salaries | ![]() |
CICA | Amendment 16 | Taxes | Prohibits the state income tax | ![]() |
See also
External links
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