Nebraska Amendment 3, Lieutenant Governor Candidacy Amendment (1962)

Nebraska Amendment 3
Election date November 6, 1962
Topic Election administration and governance
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 6, 1962. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the Lieutenant Governor to run for Governor.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the Lieutenant Governor to run for Governor.

Election results

Nebraska Amendment 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		307,740	78.20%
No		85,774	21.80%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:

“

Constitutional amendment to permit the Lieutenant Governor to be a candidate for the office of Governor.

”

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

1962 Measures

• 1962 Measures
• Election administration and governance on the ballot
• 1962 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