Nebraska Amendment 3, Salaries of State Executive Officers Measure (1896)
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| Topic Salaries of government officials |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Amendment 3 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 state executive officers 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 state executive officers be established by the legislature, no more than once every four years. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 3 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 59,496 | 55.55% | ||
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47,611 | 44.45% | ||
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 3 was as follows:
| “ | A joint resolution proposing to amend section twenty-four (24) of article five (5) of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, relating to compensation of the officers of the executive department. Be it resolved and enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 24. The officers of the executive department of the state government shall receive for their services a compensation to be established by law, which shall be neither increased nor diminished during the term for which they shall have been commissioned and they shall not receive, to their own use any fees, costs, interests, upon public moneys in their hands or under their control, perquisites of office or other compensation, and all fees that may hereafter be payable by law for services performed by an officer provided for in this article shall be paid in advance into the state treasury. The legislature shall at its first session after the adoption of this amendment, three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the legislature concurring, establish the salaries of the officers named in this article. 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 29, A. D., 1895. | ” |
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.
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