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Alaska Amendment 1, Votes on Constitutional Amendments at General Elections Measure (August 1974)

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Alaska Amendment 1

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Election date

August 27, 1974

Topic
Ballot measure process and Election administration and governance
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Alaska Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Alaska on August 27, 1974. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the Alaska Constitution to require that proposed constitutional amendments be submitted to voters at the next general election, rather than the next statewide election.

A "no" vote opposed amending the Alaska Constitution to require that proposed constitutional amendments be submitted to voters at the next general election, rather than the next statewide election.


Election results

Alaska Amendment 1

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

56,017 73.30%
No 20,403 26.70%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

As Proposed By

House Joint Resolution No. 20

TITLE: TIME OF VOTING ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

Proposition: Shall section 1, article XIII of the Alaska Constitution be amended to provide that amendments to the Alaska Constitution shall be submitted to the voters, not at the next statewide election following their proposal by the legislature, but at the next general election.

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Alaska Constitution

A two-thirds vote in each legislative chamber of the Alaska State Legislature during one legislative session to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 27 votes in the Alaska House of Representatives and 14 votes in the Alaska State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also


Footnotes