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Nebraska Increasing the Number of State Officers, Amendment 8 (1896)

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The Nebraska Increasing the Number of State Officers Amendment, also known as Amendment 8, was on the ballot in Nebraska on November 3, 1896, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The measure would have provided guidelines for the manner of increasing the number of state officers.[1]

Election results

Nebraska Amendment 8 (1896)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No44,06342.24%
Yes60,24657.76%

Election results via: Nebraska Legislature
Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 217,763 votes in the entire election (108,882 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.

Text of measure

The text of the measure can be read here.

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