Nebraska Amendment 3, Board of Commissioners of State Institutions Amendment (1912)

Nebraska Amendment 3
Election date November 5, 1912
Topic Administration of government
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Nebraska Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 5, 1912. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported creating a Board of Commissioners for State Institutions.

A "no" vote opposed creating a Board of Commissioners for State Institutions.

Election results

Nebraska Amendment 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		174,939	87.30%
No		25,439	12.70%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:

“

[ ] FOR proposed amendment to the constitution creating a board of Commissioners of State Institutions [ ] AGAINST proposed amendment to the constitution creating a Board of Commissioners of State 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

1912 Measures

• 1912 Measures
• Administration of government on the ballot
• 1912 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