California Proposition 24, Charter Election Amendment (1936)
| California Proposition 24 | |
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| Election date November 3, 1936 | |
| Topic County and municipal governance | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
California Proposition 24 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on November 3, 1936. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported requiring that the first question on a ballot for the adoption of a city or city and county charter be "Shall a board of freeholders be elected to frame a proposed new charter?", requiring that the 15 freeholder candidates receiving the most votes will be elected if the first question is approved, and allowing the legislature to frame a charter to be submitted to electors. |
A “no” vote opposed requiring that the first question on a ballot for the adoption of a city or city and county charter be "Shall a board of freeholders be elected to frame a proposed new charter?", requiring that the 15 freeholder candidates receiving the most votes will be elected if the first question is approved, and allowing the legislature to frame a charter to be submitted to electors. |
Election results
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California Proposition 24 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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834,864 | 52.63% | ||
| No | 751,314 | 47.37% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 24 was as follows:
| “ | Charters of Cities and Cities and Counties | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Assembly Constitutional Amendment 58. Amends section 8 of Article XI of Constitution. Declares that at election for adoption of charter by cities, or cities and counties, electors shall first vote on question, "Shall I a board of freeholders be elected to frame a proposed' new charter?" and secondly for freeholders, provided that the fifteen candidates for freeholder receiving highest number of vot8S shall be elected only if first question receives majority vote of electors voting thereon. Authorizes legislative body of city, or city and county, to frame a charter for submission to electors. | ” |
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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