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Nebraska Remove Motorcycle Helmet Requirement Initiative (2022)
| Nebraska Remove Motorcycle Helmet Requirement Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Transportation | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Nebraska Remove Motorcycle Helmet Requirement Initiative was not on the ballot in Nebraska as an initiated state statute on November 8, 2022.
The initiative would have amended state law to remove the helmet requirement for motorcycles, autocycles, and mopeds and require the use of eye protection.[1][2]
Text of measure
Object statement
The object statement for the initiative would have been as follows:[1]
| “ | Eliminate the helmet requirement for autocycles, motorcycles, and mopeds.[3] | ” |
Full text
- The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Nebraska, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated state statute for the ballot is equal to 7 percent of registered voters as of the deadline for filing signatures. Because of the unique signature requirement based on registered voters, Nebraska is also the only state where petition sponsors cannot know the exact number of signatures required until they are submitted. Nebraska law also features a distribution requirement mandating that petitions contain signatures from 5 percent of the registered voters in each of two-fifths (38) of Nebraska's 93 counties.
Signatures must be submitted at least four months prior to the next general election. Signatures do not roll over; they become invalid after the next general election at least four months after the initial initiative application filing. Depending on when the initiative application is filed, petitioners can have up to just under two years to circulate petitions.
The requirements to get an initiated state statute certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 86,776
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 7, 2022.
Signatures are submitted to the secretary of state. The secretary of state sends the appropriate signature petitions to each county, where county election officials verify the signatures. Upon receiving the signatures back from county officials, the secretary of state determines whether or not the requirements were met.
Details about this initiative
- The initiative was filed by Robert Rhodes and Brenda Fourtner on October 19, 2021.[2]
- The sponsors of the initiative did not file the required number of signatures on July 7, 2022.[2]
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nebraska Secretary of State, "Full text," accessed November 15, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nebraska Secretary of State, "Petitions in circulation," accessed August 4, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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