Nebraska Amendment 15, Legislative Sessions Amendment (1970)
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| Topic State legislative processes and sessions |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Amendment 15 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 3, 1970. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported limiting annual legislative sessions to 90 days in odd-numbered years and 60 days in even-numbered years and allowing bills from odd-numbered years to be carried over to the next even-numbered session. |
A "no" vote opposed limiting annual legislative sessions to 90 days in odd-numbered years and 60 days in even-numbered years and allowing bills from odd-numbered years to be carried over to the next even-numbered session. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 15 |
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194,971 | 52.98% | ||
| No | 173,064 | 47.02% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 15 was as follows:
| “ | Constitutional amendment to provide for annual sessions of the Legislature limited to ninety legislative days in odd-numbered years and sixty legislative days in even-numbered years unless extended by a four-fifths vote of all members elected to the Legislature and to provide that bills and resolutions being considered upon adjournment of a regular session held in an odd-numbered year may be considered at the next regular session. | ” |
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.
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Footnotes
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