Washington Supermajority Required for Lotteries, Amendment 56 (1972)

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Amendments

Amendment 56 (Senate Joint Resolution 5), a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment to the Washington State Constitution, was on the November 7, 1972 ballot in the State of Washington, where it was approved.

Amendment 56 was a change to Section 24 of Article II of the Washington State Constitution. It was the 56th amendment approved to the (second) Washington State Constitution subsequent to its ratification in October 1889.

Election results

Amendment 56
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		787,251	61.67%
No		489,282	38.33%

Before Amendment 56

Before Amendment 56 was approved, Section 24 of Article II said:

"LOTTERIES AND DIVORCE - The legislature shall never authorize any lottery or grant any divorce."

Amendment 56

Once Amendment 56 passed, Section 24 said:

"The legislature shall never grant any divorce. Lotteries shall be prohibited except as specifically authorized upon the affirmative vote of sixty percent of the members of each house of the legislature or, notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, by referendum or initiative approved by a sixty percent affirmative vote of the electors voting thereon."

See also

• Washington 1972 ballot measures
• List of Washington ballot measures
• 1972 ballot measures
• List of ballot measures by year
• List of ballot measures by state

Suggest a link

External links

• Washington 1972 ballot measure election results
• Washington State Constitution
• 1972 Washington Voter Guide

Information discrepancy

The official Washington State Constitution says that Amendment 56 was on the November 7, 1972 ballot. However, as of January 2010, the election results list for the state, for 1972, lists SJR 5 as being about county home rule.

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