Nebraska Amendment 2, Investment of Educational Funds Measure (1892)

Nebraska Amendment 2
Election date November 8, 1892
Topic Public education funding
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Nebraska Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 8, 1892. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to authorize the investment of the permanent school fund.

A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to authorize the investment of the permanent school fund.

Election results

Nebraska Amendment 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		84,426	88.23%
No		11,258	11.77%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 197,474 votes in the entire election (98,737 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

For proposed amendment to the constitution relating to the permanent school fund Against said proposed amendment to the constitution relating to the permanent school fund

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

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 of all voters in the election was required to approve the amendment.

See also

1892 Measures

• 1892 Measures
• Public education funding on the ballot
• 1892 legislative sessions

Nebraska

• Nebraska ballot measures
• Nebraska ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• List of Nebraska ballot measures, 1882-2012