Nebraska Amendment 8, Increase the Number of Executive Officers Measure (1896)
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| Topic State executive branch structure |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Amendment 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 3, 1896. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to require a three-fourths vote by the state legislature to create any additional executive state offices. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to require a three-fourths vote by the state legislature to create any additional executive state offices. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 8 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 60,246 | 57.76% | ||
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44,063 | 42.24% | ||
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
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:
| “ | A joint resolution proposing to amend section twenty-six (26) of article five (5) of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, limiting the number of executive state officers. Be it resolved and enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 26. No other executive state officers except those named in section one (1) of this article shall be created, except by an act of the legislature which is concurred in by not less than three-fourths of the members elected to each house thereof. Provided, That any office created by an act of the legislature may be abolished by the legislature, two-thirds of the members elected to each house thereof concurring. Approved March 30, A. D., 1895. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
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 of all voters in the election was required to approve the amendment.
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Footnotes
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