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Nebraska Amendment 5, Certification of Executive Officer Elections Amendment (May 1972)

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Nebraska Amendment 5

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Election date

May 9, 1972

Topic
State executive elections and State legislatures measures
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Nebraska Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on May 9, 1972. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported clarifying the legislature's duty to certify the election of the candidate with the highest number of votes for each elective executive office.

A "no" vote opposed clarifying the Legislature's duty to certify the election of the candidate with the highest number of votes for each elective executive office.


Election results

Nebraska Amendment 5

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

244,376 80.30%
No 59,945 19.70%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

Constitutional amendment clarifying the meaning thereof.

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.

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