Nebraska Amendment 13a, Legislative Apportionment Amendment (1966)

Nebraska Amendment 13a
Election date November 8, 1966
Topic Proportional representation and Redistricting policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Nebraska Amendment 13a was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 8, 1966. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported changing how the members of the legislature are apportioned for election.

A "no" vote opposed changing how the members of the legislature are apportioned for election.

Election results

Nebraska Amendment 13a
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		201,130	57.26%
No		150,149	42.74%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 13a was as follows:

“

Constitutional amendment changing the method of apportionment of the members to be elected to the Legislature.

”

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.

See also

1966 Measures

• 1966 Measures
• Proportional representation on the ballot
• Redistricting policy on the ballot
• 1966 legislative sessions

Nebraska

• Nebraska ballot measures
• Nebraska ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
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External links

• List of Nebraska ballot measures, 1882-2012