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Nebraska Amendment 13, Adult Student Loans Amendment (1968)

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Nebraska Amendment 13

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Election date

November 5, 1968

Topic
Higher education funding and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Nebraska Amendment 13 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 5, 1968. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the state to guarantee or provide long-term, low-interest loans to Nebraska residents seeking adult education or post-high school education.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the state to guarantee or provide long-term, low-interest loans to Nebraska residents seeking adult education or post-high school education.


Election results

Nebraska Amendment 13

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

301,610 67.66%
No 144,182 32.34%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 13 was as follows:

Constitutional amendment to permit the state to guarantee or make longterm, low-interest loans to Nebraska residents seeking adult or post high school education.

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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