California Proposition 15, County Superior Courts Amendment (1934)
| California Proposition 15 | |
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| Election date November 6, 1934 | |
| Topic State judiciary | |
Status Defeated | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
California Proposition 15 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on November 6, 1934. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported requiring that every county and that every city and county have a superior court with at least one judge selected as the Constitution prescribes and allowing the legislature to divide counties with over one million people into judicial election districts with prescribed apportionment of such judges. |
A “no” vote opposed requiring that every county and that every city and county have a superior court with at least one judge selected as the Constitution prescribes and allowing the legislature to divide counties with over one million people into judicial election districts with prescribed apportionment of such judges. |
Election results
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California Proposition 15 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 567,432 | 43.19% | ||
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746,253 | 56.81% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 15 was as follows:
| “ | Superior Court - Judicial Election Districts | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Assembly Constitutional Amendment 73. Amends Constitution, Article VI, Section 6. Requires there be in each county, and city and county, a superior court for which at least one judge be elected by electors thereof or selected as Constitution elsewhere provides. In selecting such judges in county having population exceeding one million empowers Legislature to divide county into judicial election districts. and provide for apportioning number of such judges of said county among said districts, number so apportioned to each district being selected from residents thereof as provided for selecting such judges in said county. | ” |
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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