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1998 General Election



Constitutional Amendment No. 2, Part B, was the result of the passage of LR 45CA in 1998 by the Nebraska Legislature.

LR 45CA proposed to amend Article XV, section 18, to permit the Legislature to "provide for the merger or consolidation of counties or other local governments."  However, with respect to counties and municipalities, LR 45CA required any such combination to be approved by "a majority of the people voting in each municipality or county to be merged or consolidated as provided by law." Any merger or consolidation of local governments may be "initiated by petition as provided by law."  LR 45CA also provided that annexation will "not be considered a merger or consolidation for purposes of this section."  If the Legislature provides for the merger or consolidation of one or more municipalities with one or more counties, it must also provide for the "reversal" of the merger or consolidation.  However, a reversal must be approved by the voters.  If the proposal is for a merger or consolidation-or a reversal of a merger or consolidation of one or more municipalities with one or more counties, the vote must be "tabulated in each municipality in the county or counties separately from the areas of the county or counties outside the boundaries of the municipalities."  A proposed merger or consolidation will be deemed rejected if the merger or consolidation is not approved by a majority of voters voting in the election in a municipality proposed to be merged or consolidated or the areas of the county or counties outside the boundaries of the municipality or municipalities.  A proposed reversal will be deemed rejected if the reversal is not approved by a majority of voters voting in the election in the area within the boundaries of any proposed municipality or the areas outside the proposed municipalities.

LR 45CA was passed by the Legislature on a 38-6 vote and was presented to the Secretary of State on April 9, 1998.  The measure appear on the November 1998 general election ballot and was approved by the voters.

Constitutional Amendment No. 2, Part B
A constitutional amendment to authorize legislation relating
to mergers and consolidations by local governments.
County For % Against % Total
Adams 4,500 56.80% 3,423 43.20% 7,923
Antelope 923 39.92% 1,389 60.08% 2,312
Arthur 42 28.00% 108 72.00% 150
Banner 132 38.60% 210 61.40% 342
Blaine 92 36.51% 160 63.49% 252
Boone 832 43.79% 1,068 56.21% 1,900
Box Butte 1,637 47.22% 1,830 52.78% 3,467
Boyd 271 35.15% 500 64.85% 771
Brown 545 46.54% 626 53.46% 1,171
Buffalo 5,384 56.68% 4,115 43.32% 9,499
Burt 1,135 47.75% 1,242 52.25% 2,377
Butler 1,023 39.84% 1,545 60.16% 2,568
Cass 3,261 53.95% 2,783 46.05% 6,044
Cedar 1,115 40.93% 1,609 59.07% 2,724
Chase 582 45.68% 692 54.32% 1,274
Cherry 697 42.66% 937 57.34% 1,634
Cheyenne 1,304 48.42% 1,389 51.58% 2,693
Clay 800 38.31% 1,288 61.69% 2,088
Colfax 932 46.44% 1,075 53.56% 2,007
Cuming 1,151 43.38% 1,502 56.62% 2,653
Custer 1,306 40.89% 1,888 59.11% 3,194
Dakota 2,158 53.54% 1,873 46.46% 4,031
Dawes 1,008 44.82% 1,241 55.18% 2,249
Dawson 2,543 53.56% 2,205 46.44% 4,748
Deuel 300 44.38% 376 55.62% 676
Dixon 689 36.40% 1,204 63.60% 1,893
Dodge 4,819 55.30% 3,896 44.70% 8,715
Douglas 71,106 65.25% 37,873 34.75% 108,979
Dundy 254 37.85% 417 62.15% 671
Fillmore 898 43.55% 1,164 56.45% 2,062
Franklin 529 46.04% 620 53.96% 1,149
Frontier 439 47.77% 480 52.23% 919
Furnas 775 45.62% 924 54.38% 1,699
Gage 3,257 50.54% 3,187 49.46% 6,444
Garden 348 41.98% 481 58.02% 829
Garfield 223 37.67% 369 62.33% 592
Gosper 281 44.32% 353 55.68% 634
Grant 90 36.59% 156 63.41% 246
Greeley 297 37.08% 504 62.92% 801
Hall 6,627 56.62% 5,077 43.38% 11,704
Hamilton 1,425 49.60% 1,448 50.40% 2,873
Harlan 586 47.84% 639 52.16% 1,225
Haves 139 34.07% 269 65.93% 408
Hitchcock 493 44.25% 621 55.75% 1,114
Holt 1,267 35.19% 2,333 64.81% 3,600
Hooker 97 32.33% 203 67.67% 300
Howard 848 45.37% 1,021 54.63% 1,869
Jefferson 1,087 44.46% 1,358 55.54% 2,445
Johnson 626 43.29% 820 56.71% 1,446
Kearney 1,031 52.98% 915 47.02% 1,946
Keith 1,347 51.69% 1,259 48.31% 2,606
Keya Paha 117 33.62% 231 66.38% 348
Kimball 671 49.34% 689 50.66% 1,360
Knox 1,075 37.85% 1,765 62.15% 2,840
Lancaster 39,457 62.94% 23,233 37.06% 62,690
Lincoln 4,703 49.23% 4,851 50.77% 9,554
Logan 91 30.03% 212 69.97% 303
Loup 71 36.60% 123 63.40% 194
Madison 4,184 53.52% 3,634 46.48% 7,818
McPherson 44 24.72% 134 75.28% 178
Merrick 1,047 47.08% 1,177 52.92% 2,224
Morrill 659 44.26% 830 55.74% 1,489
Nance 451 44.57% 561 55.43% 1,012
Nemaha 1,156 49.89% 1,161 50.11% 2,317
Nuckolls 733 47.57% 808 52.43% 1,541
Otoe 2,089 52.17% 1,915 47.83% 4,004
Pawnee 406 35.90% 725 64.10% 1,131
Perkins 507 45.19% 615 54.81% 1,122
Phelps 1,734 54.89% 1,425 45.11% 3,159
Pierce 853 44.38% 1,069 55.62% 1,922
Platte 3,749 51.36% 3,550 48.64% 7,299
Polk 787 46.02% 923 53.98% 1,710
Red Willow 1,735 52.56% 1,566 47.44% 3,301
Richardson 1,108 49.00% 1,153 51.00% 2,261
Rock 211 38.57% 336 61.43% 547
Saline 1,536 47.58% 1,692 52.42% 3,228
Sarpy 16,060 61.36% 10,113 38.64% 26,173
Saunders 2,599 44.66% 3,221 55.34% 5,820
Scotts Bluff 5,695 56.51% 4,383 43.49% 10,078
Seward 2,242 50.89% 2,164 49.11% 4,406
Sheridan 688 41.22% 981 58.78% 1,669
Sherman 459 40.69% 669 59.31% 1,128
Sioux 222 37.69% 367 62.31% 589
Stanton 768 47.26% 857 52.74% 1,625
Thayer 935 47.88% 1,018 52.12% 1,953
Thomas 113 42.16% 155 57.84% 268
Thurston 599 42.54% 809 57.46% 1,408
Valley 642 44.58% 798 55.42% 1,440
Washington 3,108 55.84% 2,458 44.16% 5,566
Wayne 1,221 51.52% 1,149 48.48% 2,370
Webster 593 46.95% 670 53.05% 1,263
Wheeler 103 32.80% 211 67.20% 314
York 2,082 50.87% 2,011 49.13% 4,093
TOTAL 240,554 55.99% 189,077 44.01% 429,631
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