Nebraska Amendment 2, Salaries of Judges Measure (1896)

Nebraska Amendment 2
Election date November 3, 1896
Topic Salaries of government officials
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 3, 1896. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to provide that compensation of Supreme Court and district judges be established by the legislature, no more than once every four years.

A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to provide that compensation of Supreme Court and district judges be established by the legislature, no more than once every four years.

Election results

Nebraska Amendment 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		61,119	55.74%
No		48,533	44.26%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 217,763 votes in the entire election (108,882 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to section thirteen (13) of article six of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, relating to compensation of supreme and district court judges. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. That section thirteen (13) of article six (6) of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 13. The judges of the supreme and district courts shall receive for their services such compensation as may be provided by law, payable quarterly. The legislature shall at its first session after the adoption of this amendment, three-fifths of the members elected to each house concurring, establish their compensation. The compensation so established shall not be changed oftener than once in four years, and in no event unless two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the legislature concur therein. Approved March 30, A. D., 1895.

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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

1896 Measures

• 1896 Measures
• Salaries of government officials on the ballot
• 1896 legislative sessions

Nebraska

• Nebraska ballot measures
• Nebraska ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• List of Nebraska ballot measures, 1882-2012