California Proposition 11, County Charters to Provide for Officers Amendment (October 1915)
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| Topic County and municipal governance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
California Proposition 11 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on October 26, 1915. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supports amending the state constitution to allow county charters to provide for elections, appointment, and tenure of county officers. |
A "no" vote opposes amending the state constitution to allow county charters to provide for elections, appointment, and tenure of county officers. |
Election results
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California Proposition 11 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 95,571 | 38.50% | ||
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152,697 | 61.50% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 11 was as follows:
| “ | County Charters | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Assembly Constitutional Amendment 34 amending section 7 ½ of article XI of constitution. Present section unchanged except as follows: such charters may provide for election, appointment and tenure of all county officers, number of justices, constables and officers of inferior courts, qualifications of all such officers, if appointed, assignment to new officers of certain functions of certain officers, delegation to executive committee of supervisors of certain administrative functions, and creation of additional boards and offices. Determines tenure of elective officers in office on approval of charter. Validates charters and amendments adopted under present section | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the California Constitution
A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the California State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
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