Nebraska Amendment 3, Residence Requirements of Executive Officers Amendment (1954)

Nebraska Amendment 3
Election date November 2, 1954
Topic State executive official measures
Status Defeated
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 2, 1954. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported changing the residence requirements for certain executive officers.

A "no" vote opposed changing the residence requirements for certain executive officers.

Election results

Nebraska Amendment 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		149,447	49.95%
No		149,767	50.05%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:

“

Constitutional amendment to change the provisions requiring certain executive officers to reside at the seat of government.

”

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

1954 Measures

• 1954 Measures
• State executive official measures on the ballot
• 1954 legislative sessions

Nebraska

• Nebraska ballot measures
• Nebraska ballot measure laws

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External links

• List of Nebraska ballot measures, 1882-2012