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Nebraska Legislative Term Limits, Salaries and Sessions, Amendment 1 (1884)

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The Nebraska Legislative Term Limits, Salaries and Sessions Amendment, also known as Amendment 1, was on the ballot in Nebraska on November 4, 1884, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The measure would have provided that state legislators have term limits of two years, salaries of $300 and that legislative sessions last no more than 60 days.[1]

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Nebraska Amendment 1 (1884)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No17,76625.48%
Yes51,95974.52%

Election results via: Nebraska Legislature
Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 133,555 votes in the entire election (66,778 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.

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  1. ↑ Nebraska Legislature, "Statistics on Constitutional Amendments, Initiated and Referred Measures," accessed July 10, 2015
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