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Nebraska Referendum 1, Workmen's Compensation Act Referendum (1914)
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| Topic Workers' compensation laws |
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| Type Veto referendum |
Origin |
Nebraska Referendum 1 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in Nebraska on November 3, 1914. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported establishing an elective compensation schedule for employees' injuries and determining employer liability. |
A "no" vote opposed establishing an elective compensation schedule for employees' injuries and determining employer liability. |
Election results
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Nebraska Referendum 1 |
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92,513 | 51.89% | ||
| No | 85,777 | 48.11% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Referendum 1 was as follows:
| “ | "The purpose of this act is to prescribe the liability of employers, to establish an elective schedule of compensation for injuries received by employees in the course of their employment, to modify common law and statutory defenses and remedies in such cases, to regulate the procedure for determining such liability and to provide the methods for paying compensation thereunder. When employer and employee elect to embrace its provisions, this act applies to every employer employing five or more persons, including the State and its governmental agencies, except employers of household servants, farm laborers and railroad companies subject to congressional regulation." Shall the Employers' Liability Bill and Workmen's Compensation Act being Chapter 198 of the Session Laws of 1913, be approved? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
A veto referendum is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that asks voters whether to uphold or repeal an enacted law. This type of ballot measure is also called statute referendum, popular referendum, people's veto, or citizen's veto. There are 23 states that allow citizens to initiate veto referendums.
In Nebraska, the number of signatures required for a veto referendum is equal to 5% of registered voters at the signature deadline for a referendum and 10% of registered voters to suspend the law until the referendum. Nebraska also has a distribution requirement that requires initiative proponents to collect signatures from 5% of the registered voters in two-fifths (38) of Nebraska's 93 counties. Signatures for veto referendums are due 90 days following the final adjournment of the legislative session at which the targeted bill was passed. 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.
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