Nebraska Amendment 2, Open Legislative Committees Measure (May 1998)
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| Topic Administration of government and State legislatures measures |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on May 12, 1998. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to require legislative committees to hold open meetings and to record and publish certain votes. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to require legislative committees to hold open meetings and to record and publish certain votes. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 2 |
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253,661 | 83.33% | ||
| No | 50,739 | 16.67% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:
| “ | A constitutional amendment to require legislative committees to hold open meetings and to require the recording and publishing of certain votes by members of legislative committees. [ ] For [ ] Against | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
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A vote FOR this proposal will make two changes to section 11 of Article III (the Legislative Power Article) of the state constitution. First, it will require that the doors of committees of the Legislature, as well as those of the Legislature itself, shall be kept open unless conducting business which should be kept secret; and second, will require that the yeas and nays of each committee member be recorded and published on every question to advance or indefinitely postpone any bill. A vote AGAINST this proposal will retain the present provision that only the doors of the committees of the whole, as well as that of the Legislature, shall be kept open, and will not add the constitutional mandate requiring the recording and publishing of the votes of all committee members on any question to advance or indefinitely postpone any bill. | ” |
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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