Arizona Constitution Ratification Measure (December 1911)

Arizona Constitution Ratification Measure
Election date December 12, 1911
Topic State constitution ratification
Status Approved
Type Constitutional convention referral	Origin Constitutional convention

Arizona Constitution Ratification Measure was on the ballot as a constitutional convention referral in Arizona on December 12, 1911. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported ratifying the proposed Arizona Constitution.

A "no" vote opposed ratifying the proposed Arizona Constitution.

Overview

Voters approved the Arizona Constitution. On February 9, 1911, voters approved an earlier version. President William Howard Taft vetoed legislation making Arizona a state due, in part, to that constitution's provision allowing for the recall of judges. The revised version did not include the recall provision. In the 1912, voters passed a ballot measure allowing for the recall of public officials.

Election results

Arizona Constitution Ratification Measure
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		14,963	88.79%
No		1,890	11.21%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Constitution Ratification Measure was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution for the proposed State of Arizona, as framed and adopted by the Constitutional Convention, be ratified?

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Support

Supporters

Political Parties

• Democratic Party of Arizona

Arguments

• Judge A.C. Baker of Phoenix: "Were we to reject the opportunity now offered us we would have neither a republican nor a representative form of government; we would be in an anomalous position and until congress could come to our aid at the next session we could neither elect our own officers nor could any be appointed till that time from Washington."

Path to the ballot

The revised Arizona Constitution was introduced after an earlier version, approved on February 9, 1911, was cited as a reason that President Taft vetoed legislation granting Arizona statehood.

See also

1911 Measures

• 1911 Measures
• State constitution ratification on the ballot
• 1911 legislative sessions

Arizona

• Arizona ballot measures
• Arizona ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls