Nebraska Referendum 2, City Armory Construction Referendum (1914)
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| Topic Defense-related funding and State National Guard and militia |
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| Type Veto referendum |
Origin |
Nebraska Referendum 2 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in Nebraska on November 3, 1914. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported providing $20,000 to establish and construct an armory building at Nebraska City for the state militia, using land from old Fort Kearney. |
A "no" vote opposed providing $20,000 to establish and construct an armory building at Nebraska City for the state militia, using land from old Fort Kearney. |
Election results
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Nebraska Referendum 2 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 40,520 | 23.29% | ||
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133,457 | 76.71% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Referendum 2 was as follows:
| “ | "This act appropriates twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to establish and construct an armory building at Nebraska City, to be known as 'The Fort Kearney Memorial Armory,' and to be used by the company of the regular state militia now or hereafter located at Nebraska City. The construction of said building shall be under the supervision of the commissioner of public lands and buildings, but no state expense shall be incurred until land originally occupied by old Fort Kearney shall be gratuitously deeded to the state as a site for said armory." Shall the Act be approved providing for the location of a Memorial Armory at Nebraska City, and an appropriation of $20,000 for the erection of the same, being Chapter 128 of the Session Law of 1913? | ” |
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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