Nebraska Two Votes to Amend Constitution, Amendment 3A (2000)
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The Nebraska Two Votes to Amend Constitution Amendment, also known as Amendment 3A, was on the ballot in Nebraska on November 7, 2000, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The measure would have changed the procedure for passage of constitutional amendments by requiring two separate votes by electors.[1]
Election results
| Nebraska Amendment 3A (2000) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 365,793 | 61.84% | ||
| Yes | 225,690 | 38.16% | ||
Election results via: Nebraska Legislature
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| "A vote FOR this proposal will add a new section to Article XVI (the Amendments Article), to change the procedure used to amend the Constitution. The change will require two separate votes at two separate elections by the people before an amendment can take effect. The first vote will be to adopt the amendment. If the first vote is affirmative, the second vote will be at a subsequent election to ratify the amendment.
A vote AGAINST this proposal will leave the election procedures for constitutional amendments unchanged. A constitutional amendment to change election procedures for constitutional amendments to require two separate votes by the electorate."[2][3] |
See also
- Nebraska 2000 ballot measures
- 2000 ballot measures
- List of Nebraska ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Nebraska
External links
References
- ↑ Nebraska Legislature, "Statistics on Constitutional Amendments, Initiated and Referred Measures," accessed July 10, 2015
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Sample Ballot Nonpartisan Ticket General Election November 7, 2000 Proposed Constitutional Amendments," accessed August 4, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributed to the original source.
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