Nebraska Amendment 5, Retroactive Retirement Benefits Amendment (1978)
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| Topic Public employee retirement funds |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 7, 1978. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing surviving spouses of retired public employees to receive retroactive additional retirement benefits that might be provided to future retirees' spouses. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing surviving spouses of retired public employees to receive retroactive additional retirement benefits that might be provided to future retirees' spouses. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 5 |
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216,161 | 52.35% | ||
| No | 196,761 | 47.65% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:
| “ | Constitutional amendment to remove constitutional restrictions on the retroactive application of retirement benefits to spouses of public employees. | ” |
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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