Nebraska Amendment 13, Militia Provisions Amendment (May 1972)

Nebraska Amendment 13
Election date May 9, 1972
Topic State National Guard and militia
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Nebraska Amendment 13 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on May 9, 1972. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported clarifying constitutional provisions concerning the militia.

A "no" vote opposed clarifying constitutional provisions concerning the militia.

Election results

Nebraska Amendment 13
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		202,172	70.38%
No		85,073	29.62%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 13 was as follows:

“

Constitutional amendment clarifying the provisions of the article concerning the militia.

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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
• State National Guard and militia 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