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Nebraska Amendment 5, City Charters Amendment (1912)

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Nebraska Amendment 5

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Election date

November 5, 1912

Topic
Administration of government and County and municipal governance
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 November 5, 1912. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing cities with more than 5,000 inhabitants to establish their own city charter.

A "no" vote opposed allowing cities with more than 5,000 inhabitants to establish their own city charter.


Election results

Nebraska Amendment 5

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

164,579 83.70%
No 32,041 16.30%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

[ ] FOR proposed amendment to the constitution allowing cities of more than five thousand inhabitants in this state to frame their own city charter

[ ] AGAINST proposed amendment to the constitution allowing cities of more than five thousand inhabitants in this state to frame their own city charter

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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