Nebraska Amendment 1, Optional County Government Amendment (1942)
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| Topic County and municipal governance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 3, 1942. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported allowing counties to choose their form of government for county officers. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing counties to choose their form of government for county officers. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 125,513 | 43.84% | ||
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160,801 | 56.16% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | [ ] FOR an amendment to Section 4 of Article IX of the Constitution of Nebraska, authorizing the legislature to provide by law for a form of county government in which county officers may be elected or appointed, but which form of government shall be optional with each county and shall obtain in any county only upon the adoption thereof by the electors of such county, and shall not be in force in any county of this state unless submitted to the electors of such county and adopted by them, and providing that said amendment shall be effective, if adopted, on and after the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January, 1943. [ ] AGAINST an amendment to Section 4 of Article IX of the Constitution of Nebraska, authorizing the legislature to provide by law for a form of county government in which county officers may be elected or appointed, but which form of government shall be optional with each county and shall obtain in any county only upon the adoption thereof by the electors of such county, and shall not be in force in any county of this state unless submitted to the electors of such county and adopted by them, and providing that said amendment shall be effective, if adopted, on and after the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January, 1943. | ” |
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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