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Nebraska Amendment 8, Voting Age Amendment (May 1972)
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| Topic Voting age policy |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Amendment 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on May 9, 1972. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported reducing the minimum voting age to 18 years. |
A "no" vote opposed reducing the minimum voting age to 18 years. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 8 |
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218,569 | 70.19% | ||
| No | 92,838 | 29.81% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:
| “ | Constitutional amendment reducing age of electors to eighteen years. | ” |
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
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Footnotes
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