Nebraska Amendment 1, Legislative Clarifications Amendment (May 1972)

Nebraska Amendment 1
Election date May 9, 1972
Topic Constitutional wording changes and State legislatures measures
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Nebraska Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on May 9, 1972. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported removing obsolete language about a bicameral legislature.

A "no" vote opposed removing obsolete language about a bicameral legislature.

Election results

Nebraska Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		255,656	80.36%
No		62,482	19.64%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

“

Constitutional amendment clarifying the meaning and eliminating obsolete matter.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Nebraska Constitution

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 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 citizen initiatives.

See also

1972 Measures

• 1972 Measures
• Constitutional wording changes on the ballot
• State legislatures measures on the ballot
• 1972 legislative sessions

Nebraska

• Nebraska ballot measures
• Nebraska ballot measure laws

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External links

• List of Nebraska ballot measures, 1882-2012