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Nebraska Amendment 5A, Single Subject Requirement for Initiatives Measure (May 1998)

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Nebraska Amendment 5A

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Election date

May 12, 1998

Topic
Initiative and referendum process
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Nebraska Amendment 5A was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on May 12, 1998. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to require citizen initiatives to address one single subject.

A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to require citizen initiatives to address one single subject.


Election results

Nebraska Amendment 5A

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

193,543 71.62%
No 76,707 28.38%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5A was as follows:

A constitutional amendment to require initiative measures to contain only one subject.

[ ] For

[ ] Against

Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

A vote FOR the first of the following two amendments (to sections 2 and 3 of Article III, the Legislative Power Article) of the state constitution will require that measures submitted to the people by initiative petitions contain only one subject.

A vote AGAINST this proposal will not install this constitutional requirement that initiated measures contain only one subject, and continue to allow such measures to have more than one.

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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