Nebraska Amendment 4, Initiative and Referendum Signature Requirements Amendment (September 1920)

Nebraska Amendment 4
Election date September 21, 1920
Topic Initiative and referendum process
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 September 21, 1920. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported reducing the percentage of signatures required for initiatives and referendums.

A "no" vote opposed reducing the percentage of signatures required for initiatives and referendums.

Election results

Nebraska Amendment 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		56,046	73.86%
No		19,834	26.14%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:

“

To amend Sections 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d, Article III.—Initiative and Referendum. Reduces percentages in number of signatures required.

”

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

1920 Measures

• 1920 Measures
• Initiative and referendum process on the ballot
• 1920 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