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Nebraska Amendment 12, Elimination of Legislative Apportionment Provision Amendment (September 1920)

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Nebraska Amendment 12

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Election date

September 21, 1920

Topic
Constitutional wording changes and Redistricting policy
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Nebraska Amendment 12 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on September 21, 1920. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported eliminating obsolete provisions for legislative apportionment.

A "no" vote opposed eliminating obsolete provisions for legislative apportionment.


Election results

Nebraska Amendment 12

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

58,835 82.11%
No 12,820 17.89%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 12 was as follows:

To amend Article IV.—Eliminates obsolete legislative apportionment.

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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