Nebraska 1970 ballot measures

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Seventeen statewide ballot measures were on the November 3, 1970 ballot in Nebraska.

• All seventeen of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• Ten of the measures were approved.
• Seven of the measures were defeated.

On the ballot

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Suffrage	Reduces the voting age to 20	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Judiciary	Redistricts supreme court judicial districts	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Legislature	Eliminates the reading of an entire bill before legislative vote	d
LRCA	Amendment 4	Judiciary	Provides that retired judges may be called upon for temporary duty	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Bonds	Issues bonds for university facilities	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes	Repeals county limitations on mill levies	d
LRCA	Amendment 7	Admin of gov't	Creates a commission on legislative compensation	d
LRCA	Amendment 8	Local gov't	Changes the number of electors needed to amend home rule charters	d
LRCA	Amendment 9	Judiciary	Provides for various administrative changes to the court system	a
LRCA	Amendment 10	Taxes	Classifies or exempts personal property for taxation	a
LRCA	Amendment 11	Education	Provides for the investment of educational trust funds	a
LRCA	Amendment 12	Education	Provides financial grants to students of non-public schools	d
LRCA	Amendment 13a	State exec	Removes the lieutenant governor as the presiding officer of the legislature	d
LRCA	Amendment 13b	State exec	Allows the governor and lieutenant governor to run and be elected jointly	a
LRCA	Amendment 13c	State exec	Defines duties of the lieutenant governor	a
LRCA	Amendment 14	Admin of gov't	Creates the board of trustees of higher education	d
LRCA	Amendment 15	Legislature	Limits length of legislative sessions	a

See also

• List of Nebraska ballot measures
• 1970 ballot measures

External links

• Nebraska Legislature