Connecticut Election Procedure for State Executive Officials, Question 2 (1948)

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Connecticut Question 2 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Connecticut which was approved on the ballot on November 1948.

• The amendment was meant to amend the constitution concerning the election procedures for state executive officials.

Election results

Connecticut Question 2 (1948)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		52,106	65.15%
No		27,870	34.85%

Official results via: Connecticut Secretary of State, "Statement of Vote," accessed August 4, 2013

Text of measure

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SECTION 1. A general election for governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary, treasurer and comptroller shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1950, and quadrennially thereafter. SEC. 2. Said officers shall hold their respective offices from the Wednesday following the first Monday of the January next succeeding their election until the Wednesday following the first Monday of the fifth January succeeding their election and until their successors are duly qualified.

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See also

Suggest a link

• List of Connecticut ballot measures
• Connecticut 1948 ballot measures
• 1948 ballot measures
• List of ballot measures by year
• List of ballot measures by state

External links

• Connecticut Secretary of State, "1818 Connecticut State Constitution," accessed June 21, 2013
• Connecticut Secretary of State, "Connecticut 1948 Election Results," accessed August 4, 2013