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Nebraska Amendment 1, Equal Protection Amendment (1998)

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Nebraska Amendment 1

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Election date

November 3, 1998

Topic
Constitutional rights
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Nebraska Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 3, 1998. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to provide that no person shall be denied equal protection under the law.

A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to provide that no person shall be denied equal protection under the law.


Election results

Nebraska Amendment 1

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

336,672 72.62%
No 126,951 27.38%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

A constitutional amendment to provide that no person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws.

[ ] For

[ ] Against

Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

A vote FOR this proposal will amend section 3, Article I (the Bill of Rights), by adding to the due process of law clause an equal protection clause providing that no person shall be denied "the equal protection of the laws."

A vote AGAINST this proposal will not add an equal protection of the laws clause to section 3 of Article I.

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Nebraska Constitution

A 60% supermajority vote is required during one legislative session for the Nebraska State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 30 votes in the unicameral legislature, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval. However, the number of affirmative votes cast for the measure must be greater than 35% of the total votes cast in the election. This also applies to citizen initiatives.

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