Article 11. Initiative and Referendum

§1-1101   Falls City Code   §1-1101

Article 11. Initiative and Referendum
§1-1101 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM; DEFINITIONS.
The powers of
initiative and referendum are reserved to the qualified electors of
the Municipality by State law. This Article shall govern the use of
initiative to enact, and the use of referendum to amend or repeal
measures affecting the governance of the Municipality. For
purposes of this Article, the definitions set out in this section,
unless the context otherwise requires, shall apply.
CIRCULATOR shall mean any person who solicits signatures for an
initiative or referendum petition.
CLERK shall mean the Municipal Clerk or the Municipal
Official in charge of elections.
GOVERNING BODY shall mean the legislative authority of
the Municipality.
MEASURE shall mean an ordinance, charter provision, or resolution
which is within the legislative authority of the Governing Body to
pass, and which is not excluded from the operation of
referendum by the exceptions in section 1-1112.
MUNICIPALITY shall mean the City of Falls City, Nebraska.
PETITION shall mean a document authorized for circulation pursuant
to section 1-1102, or any copy of such document.
PLACE OF RESIDENCE shall mean the street and number of the
residence. If there is no street and number for the residence,
place of residence shall mean the mailing address.
PROSPECTIVE PETITION shall mean a sample document containing the
information necessary for a completed petition, including a sample
signature sheet, which has not yet been authorized for circulation.
QUALIFIED ELECTORS shall mean all persons registered to vote, at
the time the prospective petition is filed, in the jurisdiction
governed or to be governed by any measure sought to be enacted by
initiative, or altered or repealed by referendum.
RESIDENCE shall mean that place at which a person has established
his or her home, where he or she is habitually present, and to
which, when he or she departs, he or she intends to return.
SIGNATURE SHEET shall mean a sheet of paper which is part of a
petition and which is signed by persons wishing to support the
petition effort. (Ref. 18-2501 through 18-2511 RS Neb.)
§1-1102 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM; PETITIONS, BALLOTS. Before
circulating an initiative or referendum petition, the petitioner
shall file with the Clerk a prospective petition. The Clerk shall
date the prospective petition immediately upon its receipt. The
Clerk shall verify that the prospective petition is in proper form
and shall provide a ballot title for the initiative or referendum
proposal, as described below. If the prospective petition is in
proper form, the Clerk shall authorize the circulation of the
petition and such authorization shall be given within three (3)
working days from the date the prospective petition was filed. If
the form of the prospective petition is incorrect, the Clerk shall,
within three (3) working days from the date the prospective
petition was filed, inform the petitioner of necessary changes and
request that those changes be made. When the requested changes
have been made and the revised prospective petition has been
submitted to the Clerk in proper form, the Clerk shall authorize
the circulation of the petition and such authorization shall be
given within two (2) working days from the receipt of the properly
revised petition. Verification by the Clerk that the prospective
petition is in proper form does not constitute an admission by the
Clerk, Governing Body, or Municipality that the measure is subject
to referendum or limited referendum or that the measure may be
enacted by initiative.
The ballot title of any measure to be initiated or referred
shall consist of:
A. A briefly-worded caption by which the measures commonly
known or which accurately summarizes the measure;
B. A briefly-worded question which plainly states the
purpose of the measure, and is phrased so that an affirmative
response to the question corresponds to an affirmative vote on the
measure; and
C. A concise and impartial statement, of not more than
seventy-five (75) words, of the chief purpose of the measure.
The ballots used when voting on an initiative or referendum
proposal shall contain the entire ballot title. Proposals for
initiative and referendum shall be submitted on separate ballots
and the ballots shall be printed in lower case ten point type,
except that the caption shall be in bold face type. All initiative
and referendum measures shall be submitted in a nonpartisan manner
without indicating or suggesting on the ballot that they have or
have not been approved or endorsed by any political party or
organization. (Ref. 18-2512, 18-2513 RS Neb.)
§1-1103 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM; PETITIONS; FORM; DECLARATORY
JUDGMENTS.
The Secretary of State shall design the form to be used
for initiative and referendum petitions, including signature
sheets. These forms shall be made available to the public by the
Clerk, and they shall serve as a guide for individuals preparing
prospective petitions. Substantial compliance with initiative and
referendum forms is required before authorization to circulate such
petition shall be granted by the Clerk pursuant to section 1-1102.
Chief petitioners or circulators preparing prospective petitions
shall be responsible for making copies of the petition for
circulation, once authorization for circulation has been granted,
and each petition presented for signature must be identical to the
petition authorized for circulation by the Clerk pursuant to
section 1-1102.
The Municipality or any chief petitioner may seek a
declaratory judgment regarding any questions arising under this
Article, as it may be from time to time amended, including, but not
limited to, determining whether a measure is subject to referendum
or limited referendum or whether a measure may be enacted by
initiative. If a chief petitioner seeks a declaratory judgment,
the Municipality shall be served by personal, residence, or
certified mail service upon the Chief Executive Officer, or Clerk.
If the Municipality seeks a declaratory judgment, only the chief
petitioner or chief petitioners shall be required to be served.
Any action brought for declaratory judgment for purposes of
determining whether a measure is subject to limited referendum or
referendum, or whether a measure may be enacted by initiative, may
be filed in the district court at any time after the filing of a
referendum or initiative petition with the Municipal Clerk for
signature verification until forty (40) days from the date the
Governing Body received notification pursuant to section 1-1106.
If the Municipality does not bring an action for declaratory
judgment to determine whether the measure is subject to limited
referendum or referendum, or whether the measure may be enacted by
initiative until after it has received notification pursuant to
section 1-1106, it shall be required to proceed with the initiative
or referendum election in accordance with the provisions of this
Article. If the Municipality does file such an action prior to
receiving notification pursuant to section 1-1106, it shall not be
required to proceed to hold such election until a final decision
has been rendered in the action. Any action for a declaratory
judgment shall be governed generally by sections 25-21,149 to 25-
21,164 RS Neb., except that only the Municipality and each chief
petitioner shall be required to be made parties. The Municipality,
Clerk, Governing Body, or any of the Municipality’s officers shall
be entitled to rely on any order rendered by the court in any such
proceeding. Any action brought for declaratory judgment pursuant
to this section shall be given priority in scheduling, hearings and
in disposition as determined by the court when an action is brought
to determine whether the measure is subject to limited referendum
or referendum, or whether a measure may be enacted by initiative,
a decision shall be rendered by the court no later than five (5)
days prior to the election. The pro visions of this section
relating to declaratory judgments shall not be construed as
limiting, but construed as supplemental and additional to other
rights and remedies conferred by law.
Every petition shall contain the name and place of residence
of not more than three (3) persons as chief petitioners or sponsors
of the measure. The chief petitioners or sponsors shall be
qualified electors of the Municipality potentially affected by the
initiative or referendum proposal. Every petition shall contain
the caption and ballot title required in section 1-1102, and only
qualified electors shall circulate petitions. When a special
election is being requested, such fact shall be stated on every
petition. (Ref. 25-510.02, 25-2514, 25-515 RS Neb.)
§1-1104 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM; SIGNATURE SHEETS. Every
signature sheet shall:
1. Contain the caption required in subdivision A. of section
1-1102 of this Article;
2. Be part of a complete and authorized petition when
presented to potential signatories;
3. Provide space for signatories to write their names,
residential addresses, and the date of signing; and
4. Contain a statement that anyone falsifying information on
a signature sheet shall be subject to penalties provided by law.
No more than twenty-five (25) signatures on each signature
sheet shall be counted. In order to be valid, a signature shall be
that of an individual registered to vote, at the time of signing,
in the jurisdiction governed or to be governed by the measure
addressed in the petition. A signature shall include the
signatory’s full name, his or her place of residence, and the date
of signing. No signatory shall use ditto marks as a means of
affixing his or her place of residence or date on any petition. A
wife shall not use her husband’s Christian or given name when she
signs a petition and she shall sign her own Christian or given name
along with her surname. (Ref. 18-2516 RS Neb.)
§1-1105 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM; PETITIONS, AFFIDAVIT. Included
in the contents of every petition shall be an affidavit, to be
signed by the circulator in the presence of a notary, which states
that the circulator is a qualified elector, that each person who
signed the petition did so in the presence of the circulator on the
date indicated, and that the circulator believes that each
signatory was registered to vote in the affected jurisdiction at
the time he or she signed the petition and that the circulator
believes that each signatory has stated his or her name and place
of residence correctly. (Ref. 18-2517 RS Neb.)
§1-1106 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM; PETITIONS, NOTIFICATION.
A. Signed petitions shall be filed with the Clerk for
signature verification. Upon the filing of a petition, and passage
of a resolution by the Governing Body, the Municipality and the
County Clerk or Election Commissioner of the County in which such
Municipality is located may by mutual agreement provide that the
County Clerk or Election Commissioner shall ascertain whether the
petition is signed by the requisite number of voters. The
Municipality shall reimburse the County for any costs incurred by
the County Clerk or Election Commissioner. When the verifying
official has determined that one hundred percent (100%) of the
necessary signatures required by this Article have been obtained,
he or she shall notify the Governing Body of that fact, and shall
immediately forward to the Governing Body a copy of the petition.
B. In order for an initiative or referendum proposal to be
submitted to the Governing Body and the voters, the necessary
signatures shall be on file with the Clerk within six (6) months
from the date the prospective petition was authorized for
circulation. If the necessary signatures are not obtained by such
date, the petition shall be void. (Ref. 18-2518 RS Neb.)
§1-1107 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM; FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE. The
same measure, either in form or in essential substance, may not be
submitted to the people by initiative petition, either
affirmatively or negatively, more often than once every two (2)
years. No attempt to repeal or alter an existing measure or
portion of such measure by referendum petition may be made within
two (2) years from the last attempt to do the same. Such
prohibition shall apply only when the subsequent attempt to repeal
or alter is designed to accomplish the same, or essentially the
same purpose as the previous attempt. (Ref. 18-2519 RS Neb.)
§1-1108 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM; DIRECT VOTE. The Executive
Officer and Governing Body of the Municipality may at any time, by
resolution, provide for the submission to a direct vote of the
electors of any measure pending before it, passed by it, including
an override of any veto, if necessary, or enacted by the electors
under this Article and may provide in such resolution that such
measure shall be submitted at a special election or the next
regularly scheduled primary or general election. Immediately upon
the passage of any such resolution for submission, the Clerk shall
cause such measure to be submitted to a direct vote of the
electors, at the time specified in such resolution and in the
manner provided in this Article for submission of measures upon
proposals and petitions filed by voters. Such matter shall become
law if approved by a majority of the votes cast. (Ref. 18-2520 RS
Neb.)
§1-1109 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM; ELECTIONS. The Clerk shall
call elections under this Article, either at a special election or
regularly scheduled primary or general election. He or she shall
cause notice of every such election to be printed in one (1) or
more newspapers of general circulation in such Municipality at
least once not less than thirty (30) days prior to such election
and also posted in the office of the Clerk and in at least three
(3) conspicuous places in such Municipality at least thirty (30)
days prior to such election. The notice shall be substantially as
follows:
Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, the ___________ day of
___________________, 19____, at___________________________
(identify polling place or precinct) of the Municipality
of_______________________________, Nebraska, an election will be
held at which there will be submitted to the electors of the
Municipality or their approval or rejection, the following
measures, propositions, or issue:
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(naming measures, propositions, or issues), which election will be
open at eight o’clock (8:00) A.M. and will continue open until
eight o’clock (8:00) P.M., of the same day.
Dated this ______ day of _________________, 19_____.
______________________________
Clerk of the City/Village of
___________________, Nebraska.
The Clerk shall make available for photocopying a copy in
pamphlet form of measures initiated or referred. Such notice
provided in this section shall designate where such a copy in
pamphlet form may be obtained. (Ref. 18-2521 RS Neb.)
§1-1110 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM; BALLOTS. All ballots for use
in special elections under this Article shall be prepared by the
Clerk and furnished by the Governing Body, unless the Governing
Body contracts with the County for such service, and shall be in
form the same as provided by law for election of the Executive
Officer and Governing Body of such Municipality. When ordinances
under such sections are submitted to the electors at a regularly
scheduled primary or general election they shall be placed upon the
official ballots as provided in this Article. (Ref. 18-2522 RS
Neb.)
§1-1111 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM; INITIATIVE.
A. The power of initiative allows citizens the right to
enact measures affecting the governance of the Municipality. An
initiative proposal shall not have as its primary or sole purpose
the repeal or modification of existing law except if such repeal or
modification is ancillary to and necessary for the adoption and
effective operation of the initiative measure.
B. An initiative shall not be effective if the direct or
in-direct effect of the passage of such initiative measure shall be
to repeal or alter an existing law, or portion thereof, which is
not subject to referendum or subject only to limited
referendum pursuant to section 1-1112.
C. Whenever an initiative petition bearing signatures equal
in number to at least fifteen percent (15%) of the qualified
electors of the Municipality has been filed with the Clerk and
verified, it shall be the duty of the Governing Body to consider
passage of the measure contained in the petition including an
override of any veto, if necessary. If the Governing Body fails to
pass the measure without amendment, including an override of any
veto, if necessary, within thirty (30) days from the date it
received notification, the Clerk shall cause the measure to be
submitted to a vote of the people at the next regularly scheduled
primary or general election held within the Municipality. If the
Governing Body desires to submit the measure to a vote of the
people at a special election prior to the next regularly scheduled
primary or general election held within the Municipality, the
Governing Body, shall, by resolution, direct the Clerk to cause the
measure to be submitted at a special election. Such resolution
shall not be subject to referendum or limited referendum.
D. Whenever an initiative petition bearing signatures equal
in number to at least twenty percent (20%) of the qualified
electors which requests that a special election be called to submit
the initiative measure to a vote of the people, has been filed with
the Clerk and verified pursuant to section 1-1106, it shall be the
duty of the Governing Body to consider passage of the measure
contained in the petition including an override of any veto, if
necessary. If the Governing Body fails to pass the measure,
without amendment, including an override of any veto, if necessary,
within thirty (30) days from the date it received notification, the
Clerk shall cause the measure to be submitted to a vote of the
people at a special election called for such purpose. The date of
such election shall not be less than thirty (30) nor more than
sixty (60) days from the date the Governing Body received
notification pursuant to section 1-1106.
E. If a majority of voters voting on the initiative measure
shall vote in favor of such measure, it shall become a valid and
binding measure of the Municipality thirty (30) days after
certification of the election results, unless the Governing Body by
resolution orders an earlier effective date or the measure itself
provides for a later effective date, which resolution shall not be
subject to referendum or limited referendum. A measure passed by
such method shall not be amended or repealed except by two-thirds
(2/3) majority of the members of the Governing Body. No such
attempt to amend or repeal shall be made within one (1) year from
the passage of the measure by the electors. (Ref. 18-2523 through
18-2526 RS Neb.)
§1-1112 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM; REFERENDUM LIMITATIONS. The
power of referendum allows citizens the right to repeal or amend
existing measures, or portions thereof, affecting the
governance of the Municipality.
1. The following measures shall not be subject to referendum
or limited referendum:
(a) Measures necessary to carry out contractual
obligations, including, but not limited to, those relating to
the issuance of or provided for in bonds, notes, warrants, or
other evidences of indebtedness, for projects previously
approved by a measure which was, or is, subject to referendum
or limited referendum or previously approved by a measure
adopted prior to the effective date of this Article;
(b) Measures relating to any industrial development
projects, subsequent to measures giving initial approval to
such projects;
(c) Measures adopting proposed budget statements
following compliance with procedures set forth in the Nebraska
Budget Act;
(d) Measures relating to the immediate preservation of
the public peace, health, or safety which have been designated
as urgent measures by unanimous vote of those present and
voting of the Governing Body and approved by its Executive
Officer;
(e) Measures relating to projects for which notice has
been given as provided for in subsection 4 of this section for
which a sufficient referendum petition was not filed within
the time limit stated in such notice or which received voter
approval after the filing of such petition;
(f) Resolutions directing the Clerk to cause measures to
be submitted to a vote of the people at a special elections
as provided in section 1-1111 subsection C and section 1-1113
subsection E;
(g) Resolutions ordering an earlier effective date for
measures enacted by initiative as provided in section 1-1111
subsection E; and
(h) Measures relating to any facility or system adopted
or enacted pursuant to the Integrated Solid Waste Management
Act by the Municipality and which are necessary to carry out
contractual obligations provided for in previously issued
bonds, notes, warrants, or other evidence of indebtedness.
2. The following measures shall be subject to limited
referendum:
(a) Measures in furtherance of a policy of the
Municipality or relating to projects previously approved by a
measure which was subject to referendum or which was enacted
by initiative or has been approved by the voters at an
election, except that such measures shall not be subject to
referendum or limited referendum for a period of one (1) year
after any such policy or project was approved at a referendum
election, enacted by initiative, or approved by the voters at
an election;
(b) Measures relating to the acquisition, construction,
installation, improvement, or enlargement, including the
financing or refinancing of the costs of public ways, public
property, utility systems, and other capital projects, and
measures giving initial approval for industrial development
projects;
(c) Measures setting utility system rates and charges,
except for measures necessary to carry out contractual
obligations provided for in previously issued bonds, notes,
warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness, and pay rates
and salaries for Municipal employees other than the members of
the Governing Body and the Executive Officer; and
(d) Measures relating to any facility or system adopted
or enacted pursuant to the Integrated Solid Waste Management
Act by the Municipality except for measures necessary to carry
out contractual obligations provided for in previously issued
bonds, notes, warrants, or other evidence of indebtedness.
3. Measures subject to limited referendum shall ordinarily
take effect thirty (30) days after their passage by the Governing
Body, including an override of any veto, if necessary. Referendum
petitions directed at measures subject to limited referendum shall
be filed for signature verification pursuant to section 1-1106
within thirty (30) days after such measure’s passage by the
Governing Body, including an override of any veto, if necessary, or
after notice is first published pursuant to subdivision 4(c) of
this section. If the necessary number of signatures as provided in
section 1-1111 has been obtained within the time limitation, the
effectiveness of the measure shall be suspended unless
approved by the voters.
4. For any measure relating to the acquisition,
construction, installation, improvement, or enlargement of public
ways, public property, utility systems, or other capital projects
or any measure relating to any facility or system adopted or
enacted pursuant to the Integrated Solid Waste Management Act, the
Municipality may exempt all subsequent measures relating to the
same project from the referendum and limited referendum procedures
provided for in this Article by the following procedure:
(a) By holding a public hearing on the project, the time and
place of such hearing being published at least once not less than
five (5) days prior to the date set for hearing in a newspaper of
general circulation within the Governing Body’s jurisdiction;
(b) By passage of a measure approving the project, including
an override of a veto, if necessary, at a meeting held on any date
subsequent to the date of hearing; and
(c) After passage of such measure, including an override of a
veto, if necessary, by giving notice as follows:
(i) For those projects for which applicable statutes require
an ordinance or resolution of necessity, creating a district or
otherwise establishing the project, notice shall be given for such
project by including either as part of such ordinance or resolution
or as part of any publicized notice concerning such ordinance or
resolution a statement that the project as described in the
ordinance or resolution is subject to limited referendum for a
period of thirty (30) days after the first (1st) publication of
such notice and that, after such thirty (30) day period, the
project and measures related to it will not be subject to any
further right of referendum; and
(ii) For projects for which applicable statutes do not require
an ordinance or resolution of necessity, notice shall be given by
publication of a notice concerning such projects stating in general
terms the nature of the project and the Engineer’s estimate of
costs of such project and stating that the project described in the
notice is subject to limited referendum for a period of thirty (30)
days after the first (1st) publication of such notice and that,
after such thirty (30) day period, the project and measures related
to it will not be subject to any further right of referendum. The
notice required by this subdivision shall be published in at least
one (1) newspaper of general circulation within the Municipality
and shall be published not later than fifteen (15) days after
passage by the Governing Body, including an override of a veto, if
necessary, of a measure approving the project.
The right to hold such a hearing prior to the passage of the
measure by the Governing Body and give such notice after passage of
such measure by the Governing Body to obtain exemption for any
particular project in a manner described in this subsection is
optional and the Municipality shall not be required to hold such a
hearing or give such notice for any particular project.
5. All measures, except as provided in subsections 1, 2, and
4 of this section, shall be subject to the referendum procedure at
any time after such measure has been passed by the Governing Body,
including an override of a veto, if necessary, or enacted by the
voters by initiative. (Ref. 18-2527, 18-2528 RS Neb.)
§1-1113 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM; REFERENDUM, PASSAGE.
A. Whenever a referendum petition bearing signatures equal
in number to at least fifteen percent (15%) of the qualified
electors of the Municipality has been filed with the Clerk and
verified pursuant to section 1-1106, it shall be the duty of the
Governing Body to reconsider the measure or portion of such measure
which is the object of the referendum. If the Governing Body fails
to repeal or amend the measure or portion thereof in the manner
proposed by the referendum, including an override of any veto, if
necessary, within thirty (30) days from the date the Governing
Body receives notification pursuant to section 1-1106, the Clerk
shall cause the measure to be submitted to a vote of the people at
the next regularly scheduled primary or general election held
within the Municipality. If the Governing Body desires to submit
the measure to a vote of the people at a special election prior to
the next regularly scheduled primary or general election held
within the Municipality, the Governing Body shall, by resolution,
direct the Clerk to cause the measure to be submitted at a special
election. Such resolution shall not be subject to referendum or
limited referendum.
B. Whenever a referendum petition bearing signatures equal
in number to at least twenty percent (20%) of the qualified voters
of the Municipality which requests that a special election be
called to submit the referendum measure to a vote of the people,
has been filed with the Clerk and verified, it shall be the duty of
the Governing Body to reconsider the measure or portion of such
measure which is the object of the referendum. If the Governing
Body fails to repeal or amend the measure or portion thereof, in
the manner proposed by the referendum, including an override of any
veto, if necessary, the Clerk shall cause the measure to be
submitted to a vote of the people at a special election called for
such purpose within thirty (30) days from the date the Governing
Body received notification. The date of such special election shall
not be less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days from the
date the Governing Body received notification.
C. If a majority of the electors voting on the referendum
measure shall vote in favor of such measure, the law subject to the
referendum shall be repealed or amended. A measure repealed or
amended by referendum shall not be reenacted or returned to its
original form except by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the members
of the Governing Body. No such attempt to reenact or return the
measure to its original form shall be made within one (1) year of
the repeal or amendment of the measure by the electors. If the
referendum measure does not receive a majority vote, the ordinance
shall immediately become effective or remain in effect. (Ref. 18-
2529 through 18-2531 RS Neb.)
§1-1114 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM; VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES.
A. Whoever knowingly or willfully makes a false affidavit or
takes a false oath regarding the qualifications of any person to
sign petitions under sections 18-2501 through 18-2531 RS Neb. shall
be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor with a limit of three hundred
dollars ($300.00) on the fine.
B. Whoever falsely makes or willfully destroys a petition or
any part thereof, or signs a false name thereto, or signs or files
any petition knowing the same or any part thereof to be falsely
made, or suppresses any petition, or any part thereof, which has
been duly filed, pursuant to sections 18-2501 through 18-2531 RS
Neb. shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor with a limit of five
hundred dollars ($500.00) on the fine.
C. Whoever signs any petition under sections 18-2501 through
18-2531 RS Neb. knowing that he or she is not a registered voter in
the place where such petition is made, aids or abets any other
person in doing any of the acts mentioned in this section, bribes
or gives or pays any money or thing of value to any person directly
or indirectly to induce him or her to sign such petition, or
engages in any deceptive practice intended to induce any person to
sign a petition, shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor with a
limit of three hundred dollars ($300.00) on the fine.
D. Any Clerk who willfully refuses to comply with the
provisions of sections 18-2501 through 18-2531 RS Neb. or who
willfully causes unreasonable delay in the execution of his or her
duties under such sections shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor
but imprisonment shall not be included as part of the punishment.
(Ref. 18-2532 through 18-2535 RS Neb.)
§1-1115 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM; APPLICABILITY. The provisions
of the statutes of the State of Nebraska relating to election
officers, voting places, election apparatus and blanks, preparation
and form of ballots, information to voters, delivery of ballots,
calling of elections, conduct of elections, manner of voting,
counting of votes, records and certificates of election, and
recounts of votes, so far as applicable, shall apply to voting on
ordinances by the electors pursuant to this Article.
Nothing in this Article shall apply to procedures for
initiatives or referendums provided in Nebraska Revised Statutes
sections 18-412 and 18-412.02 relating to Municipal light and power
plants, sections 70-504, 70-650.01 and 70-650.02, relating to
public power districts, and sections 80-203 to 80-205 relating to
soldiers and sailors monuments. (Ref. 18-2536, 18-2537 RS Neb.)