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1996 Primary and General Elections


Overview of 1996 Primary and General Elections.

PRIMARY ELECTION

  • Election Statistics.  Party affiliation/registration, total number voting, by county.
  • Amendment No. 4.  Create the Tax Equalization and Review Commission. (Passed) ♣
GENERAL ELECTION

Constitutional Amendment No. 4 was the result of the passage of LR 3CA by the Nebraska Legislature.  LR 3CA proposed to amend Article IV, section 28, of the Nebraska Constitution by eliminating the State Board of Equalization and Assessment and establishing the Tax Equalization and Review Commission in its place.  Commission members would be appointed by the Governor "as provided by law," and terms of office and members' compensation would also be "as provided by law."

The commission would review and equalize property tax assessments within the state as well as carry out any additional duties prescribed to it by the Legislature.

However, the Tax Commissioner would continue to be appointed by the Governor with the approval of the Legislature and serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  Also under the provisions of LR 3CA, the Tax Commissioner would continue to have jurisdiction over the administration of the state's revenue laws and would have other powers and duties "as provided by law."

LR 3CA was approved by the Legislature by a 42-5 vote and was presented to the Secretary of State on June 1, 1995.  The resolution appeared on the primary election ballot in May 1996.


Constitutional Amendment No. 4
A constitutional amendment to establish and provide powers and duties for the Tax Equalization and Review Commission, to eliminate the equalization powers of the Tax Commissioner, Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, and State Treasurer, and to provide for appointment of a Tax Commissioner and provide for powers and duties.
County For % Against % Total
Adams 1,874 51.85% 1,740 48.15% 3,614
Antelope 600 46.95% 678 53.05% 1,278
Arthur 61 45.19% 74 54.81% 135
Banner 64 38.79% 101 61.21% 165
Blaine 73 44.51% 91 55.49% 164
Boone 524 48.03% 567 51.97% 1,091
Box Butte 787 51.81% 732 48.19% 1,519
Boyd 153 36.69% 264 63.31% 417
Brown 543 41.80% 756 58.20% 1,299
Buffalo 3,331 55.63% 2,657 44.37% 5,988
Burt 652 50.94% 628 49.06% 1,280
Butler 518 46.21% 603 53.79% 1,121
Cass 1,746 58.93% 1,217 41.07% 2,963
Cedar 508 48.66% 536 51.34% 1,044
Chase 316 48.24% 339 51.76% 655
Cherry 683 50.44% 671 49.56% 1,354
Cheyenne 654 51.17% 624 48.83% 1,278
Clay 701 48.21% 753 51.79% 1,454
Colfax 637 50.20% 632 49.80% 1,269
Coming 661 51.76% 616 48.24% 1,277
Custer 1,010 50.17% 1,003 49.83% 2,013
Dakota 533 55.93% 420 44.07% 953
Dawes 667 50.04% 666 49.96% 1,333
Dawson 1,361 54.37% 1,142 45.63% 2,503
Deuel 208 46.33% 241 53.67% 449
Dixon 432 48.11% 466 51.89% 898
Dodge 2,983 58.02% 2,158 41.98% 5,141
Douglas 33,260 55.53% 26,638 44.47% 59,898
Bundy 241 51.06% 231 48.94% 472
Fillmore 640 49.19% 661 50.81% 1,301
Franklin 375 51.30% 356 48.70% 731
Frontier 314 53.68% 271 46.32% 585
Furnas 492 49.15% 509 50.85% 1,001
Gage 3,364 58.36% 2,400 41.64% 5,764
Carden 326 44.84% 401 55.16% 727
Garfield 271 53.66% 234 46.34% 505
Gosper 263 55.25% 213 44.75% 476
Grant 111 52.11% 102 47.89% 213
Greeley 315 54.31% 265 45.69% 580
Hall 4,529 61.34% 2,855 38.66% 7,384
Hamilton 760 52.38% 691 47.62% 1,451
Harlan 384 46.89% 435 53.11% 819
Hayes 141 48.96% 147 51.04% 288
Hitchcock 349 50.14% 347 49.86% 696
Holt 1,076 44.28% 1,354 55.72% 2,430
Hooker 72 42.35% 98 57.65% 170
Howard 486 52.65% 437 47.35% 923
Jefferson 804 51.51% 757 48.49% 1,561
Johnson 487 52.20% 446 47.80% 933
Kearney 648 54.14% 549 45.86% 1,197
Keith 648 50.74% 629 49.26% 1,277
Keys Paha 83 34.87% 155 65.13% 238
Kimball 427 54.46% 357 45.54% 784
Knox 660 52.05% 608 47.95% 1,268
Lancaster 17,241 55.23% 13,976 44.77% 31,217
Lincoln 3,639 56.24% 2,832 43.76% 6,471
Logan 100 42.55% 135 57.45% 235
Loup 78 51.66% 73 48.34% 151
Madison 1,849 45.61% 2,205 54.39% 4,054
McPherson 70 44.03% 89 55.97% 159
Merrick 965 49.21% 996 50.79% 1,961
Morrill 337 45.30% 407 54.70% 744
Nance 334 53.44% 291 46.56% 625
Nemaha 729 52.94% 648 47.06% 1,377
Nuckolls 357 50.71% 347 49.29% 704
Otoe 1,597 53.70% 1,377 46.30% 2,974
Pawnee 382 49.74% 386 50.26% 768
Perkins 352 49.37% 361 50.63% 713
Phelps 1,168 55.78% 926 44.22% 2,094
Pierce 426 47.76% 466 52.24% 892
Platte 1,907 49.82% 1,921 50.18% 3,828
Polk 469 48.25% 503 51.75% 972
Red Willow 1,020 51.80% 949 48.20% 1,969
Richardson 900 48.13% 970 51.87% 1,870
Rack 208 44.07% 264 55.93% 472
Saline 905 50.45% 889 49.55% 1,794
Sarpy 6,603 53.84% 5,661 46.16% 12,264
Saunders 1,734 55.28% 1,403 44.72% 3,137
Seen$ Bluff 2,559 53.00% 2,269 47.00% 4,828
Seward 1,010 50.25% 1,000 49.75% 2,010
Sheridan 596 51.34% 565 48.66% 1,161
Sherman 336 53.25% 295 46.75% 631
Sioux 180 45.45% 216 54.55% 396
Stanton 412 49.70% 417 50.30% 829
Thayer 670 55.93% 528 44.07% 1,198
Thomas 118 61.14% 75 38.86% 193
Thurston 285 49.22% 294 50.78% 579
Valley 481 47.67% 528 52.33% 1,009
Washington 1,253 54.43% 1,049 45.57% 2,302
Wayne 926 45.82% 1,095 54.18% 2,021
Webster 358 48.64% 378 51.36% 736
Wheeler 106 49.07% 110 50.93% 216
York 1,252 51.50% 1,179 48.50% 2,431
TOTAL 127,718 53.59% 110,594 46.41% 238,312
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