Nebraska Amendment 2, Legislative Expenses Amendment (1966)

Nebraska Amendment 2
Election date November 8, 1966
Topic State legislatures measures
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, 1966. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the payment of travel expenses and a per diem to legislators while they are in session.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the payment of travel expenses and a per diem to legislators while they are in session.

Election results

Nebraska Amendment 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		162,020	38.79%
No		255,624	61.21%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

Constitutional amendment to authorize the payment of travel expenses and a per diem to members of the Legislature while the Legislature is in session.

”

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
• State legislatures measures on the ballot
• 1966 legislative sessions

Nebraska

• Nebraska ballot measures
• Nebraska ballot measure laws

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External links

• List of Nebraska ballot measures, 1882-2012