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Nebraska Initiative Measure 300, Restrict Farm Land Ownership Measure (1982)
| Nebraska Initiative Measure 300 | |
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| Topic Agriculture policy and Property |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Initiative Measure 300 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 2, 1982. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to prohibit the purchase of farm and ranch lands by anyone other than Nebraska family farm corporations. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to prohibit the purchase of farm and ranch lands by anyone other than Nebraska family farm corporations. |
Election results
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Nebraska Initiative Measure 300 |
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290,377 | 56.39% | ||
| No | 224,555 | 43.61% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Initiative Measure 300 was as follows:
| “ | Shall a constitutional prohibition be created prohibiting ownership of Nebraska farm or ranch land by any corporation, domestic or foreign, which is not a Nebraska family farm corporation, or by any syndicate as defined, with certain exceptions? A family corporation would be defined in part as a corporation in which the majority of the voting stock is held by members of a family related to one another within the fourth degree of kindred or their spouses and where at least one member of the family resides on the land and where none of the family members are nonresident aliens. [ ] For [ ] Against | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
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A vote For will create a constitutional prohibition against further purchase of Nebraska farm and ranch lands by any corporation or syndicate other than a Nebraska family farm corporation. A vote Against will reject such a constitutional restriction on ownership of Nebraska farm and ranch land. | ” |
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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Footnotes
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