Nebraska Amendment 4, Biennial Elections Amendment (1912)

Nebraska Amendment 4
Election date November 5, 1912
Topic Election administration and governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Nebraska Amendment 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 5, 1912. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported providing that a general election be held every two years.

A "no" vote opposed providing that a general election be held every two years.

Election results

Nebraska Amendment 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		174,151	87.43%
No		25,048	12.57%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:

“

[ ] FOR proposed amendment to the constitution providing for a general election once in two years [ ] AGAINST proposed amendment to the constitution providing for a general election once in two years

”

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
• Election administration and governance on the ballot
• 1912 legislative sessions

Nebraska

• Nebraska ballot measures
• Nebraska ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
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External links

• List of Nebraska ballot measures, 1882-2012