Nebraska Amendment 1, Direct Primaries and Nonpartisan Elections Initiative (1924)
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| Topic Elections and campaigns |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Amendment 1 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 4, 1924. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported allowing the direct primary nomination of candidates for public offices and requiring ballots to exclude party names or symbols. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing the direct primary nomination of candidates for public offices and requiring ballots to exclude party names or symbols. |
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 163,932 | 41.77% | ||
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228,485 | 58.23% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution of the State of Nebraska be amended by adding the following: "The nomination of candidates for the office of United States Senator, member of Congress, member of the State Legislature, and for state and county elective offices shall be by direct primary. Ballots used in the nomination or the election of candidates for elective public offices created by the constitution or laws of this state shall have thereon no party name or circle, or any other designation relating to candidates." | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
An initiated constitutional amendment is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends a state's constitution. Eighteen (18) states allow citizens to initiate constitutional amendments.
In Nebraska, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 10% of registered voters at the signature deadline. Nebraska also has a distribution requirement that requires initiative proponents to collect signatures from 5% of the registered voters in two-fifths (38) of Nebraska's 93 counties. 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 legislative referrals.
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