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Nebraska Campaign Finance Regulations Initiative (2018)
| Nebraska Campaign Finance Regulations Initiative | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Campaign finance | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Nebraska Campaign Finance Regulations Initiative did not qualify for the ballot in Nebraska as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.
The measure was designed to prohibit for-profit entities, nonprofit organizations, labor organizations, professional and trade organizations, LLC businesses, LLC partnerships, religious organizations, independent and political party committees, or any group comprised of two or more individuals from doing to following:[1]
- making "contributions of money or services to any candidate or candidate committee;"
- making "contributions of money or services to any political party or political party committee;" and
- making independent expenditures to support, oppose, or publicize a candidate, political party, political committee, ballot question, or issue unless the entity's name is "prominently identified at the beginning of such advertisement or communication."
Violators of the initiative would have been fined $10,000 for each contribution made or received.[1]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the initiative is available here.
Path to the ballot
In order to qualify a citizen initiated statute for the ballot, supporters were required to collect valid signatures totaling a minimum of 7 percent of registered voters on the day that signatures were filed. Signatures were due four months prior to the election on November 6, 2018, which was around July 6, 2018. No signatures were filed.
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