Nebraska Amendment 17, Supreme Court Justice Elections Amendment (September 1920)

Nebraska Amendment 17
Election date September 21, 1920
Topic Elections and campaigns and State judiciary
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Nebraska Amendment 17 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on September 21, 1920. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported providing for the election of Supreme Court judges by districts.

A "no" vote opposed providing for the election of Supreme Court judges by districts.

Election results

Nebraska Amendment 17
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		56,912	72.72%
No		21,353	27.28%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 17 was as follows:

“

To amend Sections 4 and 5, Article VI.—Provides for election of Judges of the Supreme Court by districts.

”

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

1920 Measures

• 1920 Measures
• State judiciary on the ballot
• Elections and campaigns on the ballot
• 1920 legislative sessions

Nebraska

• Nebraska ballot measures
• Nebraska ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• List of Nebraska ballot measures, 1882-2012