Nebraska Conceal and Open Carry Firearms in Public Amendment (2022)

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Nebraska Conceal and Open Carry Firearms in Public Amendment
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Election date
November 8, 2022
Topic
Firearms
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
Citizens

The Nebraska Conceal and Open Carry Firearms in Public Amendment was not on the ballot in Nebraska as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.

The initiative would have amended the Nebraska Constitution to authorize concealed or open carry firearms on non-Federal public property. The measure would have taken effect on January 9, 2023.[1][2]

Text of measure

Object statement

The object statement for the initiative would have been as follows:[1]

Allow legally concealed or open carry weapons to be carried wherever the public is allowed to be, through a constitutional amendment.[3]

Constitutional changes

See also: Article I, Nebraska Constitution

The measure would have amended Article I of the state constitution by adding a new section. The following underlined text would have been added:[1]

Any individual who is legally carrying one or more concealed or open carry weapons shall be allowed to carry such weapons in every non-Federal location in the State of Nebraska at times and locations where the public is normally invited to attend or be present.

If a private property owner does not allow weapons on the property of that owner, the weapon carrier, if asked to leave the area, is required to leave in order to avoid legal repercussions sought by the private property owner.

Any governmental body may only request a weapon carrier to leave the area controlled by that governmental body if an armed security personnel is present to ensure the safety of all individuals present.[3]

Full text

  • The full text of the measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Nebraska

The state process

In Nebraska, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 10 percent of registered voters as of the deadline for filing signatures. Because of the unique signature requirement based on registered voters, Nebraska is also the only state where petition sponsors cannot know the exact number of signatures required until they are submitted. Nebraska law also features a distribution requirement mandating that petitions contain signatures from 5 percent of the registered voters in each of two-fifths (38) of Nebraska's 93 counties.

Signatures must be submitted at least four months prior to the next general election. Signatures do not roll over and become invalid after the next general election at least four months after the initial initiative application filing. Depending on when the initiative application is filed, petitioners can have up to just under two years to circulate petitions.

The requirements to get an initiated constitutional amendment certified for the 2022 ballot:

Signatures are submitted to the secretary of state. The secretary of state sends the appropriate signature petitions to each county, where county election officials verify the signatures. Upon receiving the signatures back from county officials, the secretary of state determines whether or not the requirements were met.

Details about this initiative

  • The initiative was filed by Michael Connely and Kelli Brady on September 2, 2021.[2]
  • The initiative sponsors did not submit signatures on July 7, 2022.[2]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nebraska Secretary of State, "Full text," accessed November 8, 2021
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nebraska Secretary of State, "Petitions in circulation," accessed November 8, 2021
  3. 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content