Nebraska Amendment 12, Require Voter Approval for Internal Improvement and Manufacturing Donations Measure (1896)
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| Topic County and municipal governance and Election administration and governance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Amendment 12 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 3, 1896. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to require local jurisdiction to receive a two-thirds vote from the electorate before making donations to internal improvements or manufacturers. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to require local jurisdiction to receive a two-thirds vote from the electorate before making donations to internal improvements or manufacturers. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 12 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 60,479 | 56.98% | ||
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45,669 | 43.02% | ||
Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 217,763 votes in the entire election (108,882 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 12 was as follows:
| “ | A joint resolution proposing to amend section two (2) of article fourteen (14) of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, relative to donations to works of internal improvement and manufactories. Be it resolved and enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 2. No city, county, town, precinct, municipality, or other subdivision of the state, shall ever make donations to any works of internal improvement, or manufactory, unless a proposition so to do shall have been first submitted to the qualified electors and ratified by a two-thirds vote at an election by authority of law; Provided, That such donations of a county with the donations of such subdivisions in the aggregate shall not exceed ten per cent of the assessed valuation of such county; Provided, further, That any city or county may, by a three-fourths vote, increase such indebtedness five per cent, in addition to such ten per cent and no bonds or evidences of indebtedness so issued shall be valid unless the same shall have endorsed thereon a certificate signed by the secretary and auditor of state, showing that the same is issued pursuant to law. Approved March 29, A. D., 1895. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
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 of all voters in the election was required to approve the amendment.
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