Nebraska Amendment 23, State Aid for Sectarian Institutions Amendment (September 1920)

Nebraska Amendment 23
Election date September 21, 1920
Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Nebraska Amendment 23 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on September 21, 1920. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported prohibiting state aid to sectarian institutions.

A "no" vote opposed prohibiting state aid to sectarian institutions.

Election results

Nebraska Amendment 23
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		60,995	79.88%
No		15,365	20.12%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 23 was as follows:

“

To amend Section 11, Article VIII.—Prohibits state aid to sectarian institutions.

”

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

1920 Measures

• 1920 Measures
• State and local government budgets on the ballot
• spending on the ballot
• and finance on the ballot
• 1920 legislative sessions

Nebraska

• Nebraska ballot measures
• Nebraska ballot measure laws

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External links

• List of Nebraska ballot measures, 1882-2012