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1996 Primary and General Elections


Overview of 1996 Primary and General Elections.

PRIMARY ELECTION

GENERAL ELECTION
  • Election Statistics.  Party affiliation/registration, total number voting, by county.
  • Initiative No. 409.  Term limits. (Passed)
  • Initiative No. 411.  Make "quality education" a fundamental right. (Failed)
  • Initiative No. 412.  Create property tax levy limits for political subdivisions. (Failed)
  • Amendment No. 3.  Provide for the merger of local governments. (Passed)



Initiative No. 411
Amend the Constitution of Nebraska so as to make "quality education" a fundamental constitutional right of each person; make "thorough and efficient education" of all persons between the ages of 5 and 21 in the common schools the "paramount duty" of the state; authorize the Legislature to provide for the education of other persons in state institutions; direct the Legislature to establish a school finance system which provides for thorough education in efficiently operated public schools; and require that for 1998-99 each school district shall receive at least as much per pupil finding as in 1997-98.
County For % Against % Total
Adams 2,725 23.18% 9,030 76.82% 11,755
Antelope 517 15.90% 2,734 84.10% 3,251
Arthur 27 11.44% 209 88.56% 236
Banner 70 17.81% 323 82.19% 393
Blaine 77 21.39% 283 78.61% 360
Boone 674 24.44% 2,084 75.56% 2,758
Box Butte 1,091 23.13% 3,626 76.87% 4,717
Boyd 251 20.66% 964 79.34% 1,215
Brown 333 19.59% 1,367 80.41% 1,700
Buffalo 3,272 21.42% 12,003 78.58% 15,275
Bun 769 23.51% 2,502 76.49% 3,271
Butler 649 18.57% 2,845 81.43% 3,494
Cass 2,141 23.38% 7,017 76.62% 9,158
Cedar 766 19.20% 3,224 80.80% 3,990
Chase 299 16.95% 1,465 83.05% 1,764
Cherry 669 25.06% 2,001 74.94% 2,670
Cheyenne 1,028 27.16% 2,757 72.84% 3,785
Clay 545 16.91% 2,678 83.09% 3,223
Colfax 727 21.46% 2,661 78.54% 3,388
Coming 737 19.02% 3,138 80.98% 3,875
Custer 1,176 22.84% 3,973 77.16% 5,149
Dakota 1,914 33.41% 3,814 66.59% 5,728
Dawes 937 29.20% 2,272 70.80% 3,209
Dawson 2,166 28.05% 5,555 71.95% 7,721
Deuel 254 26.38% 709 73.62% 963
Dixon 725 25.67% 2,099 74.33% 2,824
Dodge 3,330 23.60% 10,778 76.40% 14,108
Douglas 39,186 22.54% 134,698 77.46% 173,884
Dundy 285 28.59% 712 71.41% 997
Fillmore 612 20.30% 2,403 79.70% 3,015
Franklin 404 24.75% 1,228 75.25% 1,632
Frontier 336 25.36% 989 74.64% 1,325
Furnas 597 24.40% 1,850 75.60% 2,447
Gage 2,412 25.94% 6,885 74.06% 9,297
Garden 271 21.77% 974 78.23% 1,245
Garfield 257 27.75% 669 72.25% 926
Gosper 238 24.36% 739 75.64% 977
Grant 87 22.54% 299 77.46% 386
Greeley 277 22.67% 945 77.33% 1,222
Hall 4,221 22.76% 14,322 77.24% 18,543
Hamilton 890 21.74% 3,204 78.26% 4,094
Harlan 456 25.84% 1,309 74.16% 1,765
Hayes 90 16.30% 462 83.70% 552
Hitchcock 382 25.48% 1,117 74.52% 1,499
Holt 959 18.93% 4,108 81.07% 5,067
Hooker 84 17.57% 394 82.43% 478
Howard 607 24.52% 1,869 75.48% 2,476
Jefferson 1,049 27.18% 2,810 72.82% 3,859
Johnson 549 27.35% 1,458 72.65% 2,007
Kearney 673 22.90% 2,266 77.10% 2,939
Keith 742 19.48% 3,067 80.52% 3,809
Keys Paha 212 42.48% 287 57.52% 499
Kimball 426 24.68% 1,300 75.32% 1,726
Knox 926 25.12% 2,761 74.88% 3,687
Lancaster 20,841 21.80% 74,767 78.20% 95,608
Lincoln 2,812 19.62% 11,517 80.38% 14,329
Logan 75 17.32% 358 82.68% 433
Loup 79 25.08% 236 74.92% 315
Madison 2,087 16.97% 10,210 83.03% 12,297
McPherson 24 7.62% 291 92.38% 315
Merrick 852 25.34% 2,510 74.66% 3,362
Morrill 374 18.02% 1,701 81.98% 2,075
Nance 461 29.59% 1,097 70.41% 1,558
Nemaha 848 24.40% 2,628 75.60% 3,476
Nuckolls 525 22.30% 1,829 77.70% 2,354
Otoe 1,526 24.40% 4,729 75.60% 6,255
Pawnee 409 27.79% 1,063 72.21% 1,472
Perkins 247 16.76% 1,227 83.24% 1,474
Phelps 882 19.80% 3,573 80.20% 4,455
Pierce 492 17.26% 2,359 82.74% 2,851
Platte 2,267 19.11% 9,596 80.89% 11,863
Polk 427 17.32% 2,038 82.68% 2,465
Red Willow 1,108 22.91% 3,728 77.09% 4,836
Richardson 1,123 28.29% 2,847 71.71% 3,970
Rock 183 21.16% 682 78.84% 865
Saline 1,164 24.16% 3,654 75.84% 4,818
Sarpy 8,321 21.53% 30,328 78.47% 38,649
Saunders 1,903 22.76% 6,459 77.24% 8,362
Scotts Bluff 3,068 23.70% 9,877 76.30% 12,945
Seward 1,443 22.04% 5,104 77.96% 6,547
Sheridan 630 24.55% 1,936 75.45% 2,566
Sherman 468 29.51% 1,118 70.49% 1,586
Sioux 183 24.14% 575 75.86% 758
Stanton 453 19.19% 1,907 80.81% 2,360
Thayer 845 29.64% 2,006 70.36% 2,851
Thomas 94 22.98% 315 77.02% 409
Thurston 659 33.62% 1,301 66.38% 1,960
Valley 485 21.74% 1,746 78.26% 2,231
Washington 1,527 20.80% 5,816 79.20% 7,343
Wayne 765 21.88% 2,731 78.12% 3,496
Webster 451 23.79% 1,445 76.21% 1,896
Wheeler 95 23.93% 302 76.07% 397
York 1,133 17.33% 5,404 82.67% 6,537
TOTAL 146,426 22.43% 506,246 77.57% 652,672