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Nebraska Initiative Measure 418, Legislative Supermajority to Modify Initiatives Amendment (2004)
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| Topic Initiative and referendum process and State legislative vote requirements |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Initiative Measure 418 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 2, 2004. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to require a two-thirds supermajority vote by the state legislature to modify or repeal approved citizen initiatives. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to require a two-thirds supermajority vote by the state legislature to modify or repeal approved citizen initiatives. |
Election results
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Nebraska Initiative Measure 418 |
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402,709 | 54.82% | ||
| No | 331,908 | 45.18% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Initiative Measure 418 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Nebraska Constitution be amended to provide that the Legislature shall not amend, repeal, modify, or impair a law enacted by the people by initiative, except upon a vote of at least two -thirds of all the members of the Legislature? [ ] For [ ] Against | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
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A vote FOR will amend the Nebraska Constitution to provide that the Legislature shall not amend, repeal, modify, or impair a law enacted by the people by initiative, except upon a vote of at least two-thirds of all members of the Legislature. A vote AGAINST will not cause the Nebraska Constitution to be amended in such manner. | ” |
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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