California Proposition 21, Incumbents for Superior Courts Amendment (1962)

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California Proposition 21
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Election date
November 6, 1962
Topic
State judiciary
Status
Approveda Approved
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature

California Proposition 21 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on November 6, 1962. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported establishing that in counties with more than 5,000,000 people, an incumbent superior court judge's name does not need to appear on the ballot if they are unopposed unless a petition with over 100 signatures says there will be a write-in campaign against the incumbent.

A “no” vote opposed establishing that in counties with more than 5,000,000 people, an incumbent superior court judge's name does not need to appear on the ballot if they are unopposed unless a petition with over 100 signatures says there will be a write-in campaign against the incumbent.


Election results

California Proposition 21

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

2,799,594 64.54%
No 1,537,917 35.46%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 21 was as follows:

Superior Court Judges: Election in Counties Over 5 Million Population

Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 48. Provides that name of incumbent superior court judge shall not appear on ballot when he is only candidate filing nomination papers and petition not filed within 20 days after closing date for nomination signed by 1000 registered voters indicating a write-in campaign will be conducted. Provides procedures for petition to conduct write-in campaign at general election.

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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