Ballot measure · Nebraska · November 3, 2026

Proposed Amendment No. 1

On Nebraska's statewide ballot on November 3, 2026.1,2,3,4

Research draftReferred by the legislatureConstitutional amendment
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
Constitutional amendment
To pass
More than one condition
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would let state senators serve three consecutive four-year terms, or 12 years, before they must sit out four years, instead of two terms.2,3

A no vote

A no vote would keep the current limit of two consecutive four-year terms, or 8 years, after which a state senator cannot serve in the Legislature for four years.2,3

§2How it got on the ballot

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2,3,4

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,2,3,4

The Legislature placed this amendment on the ballot as Legislative Resolution 19CA, passed May 28, 2025; the Secretary of State lists it as LR19CA, and county ballots print it as Proposed Amendment No. 1.1,2,4

It is on Nebraska's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,4,5 One of these official sources itself calls the list certified or final. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Nebraska's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

More than one condition. Needs more yes votes than no votes, and the yes votes must also equal at least 35 percent of all votes cast in the election.6 Neb. Const. art. XVI, § 1