Connecticut Question 1, Allowing Civil War Volunteers and Drafted Individuals to Temporarily Cast Absentee Ballots (1864)
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| Topic Absentee and mail voting and Military service policy |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Connecticut Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Connecticut on August 15, 1864. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the Connecticut Constitution to allow volunteers and people who were drafted to join the Union in the Civil War to cast absentee ballots throughout the duration of the war. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the Connecticut Constitution to allow volunteers and people who were drafted to join the Union in the Civil War to cast absentee ballots throughout the duration of the war. |
Election results
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24,280 | 63.04% | ||
| No | 14,237 | 36.96% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:
| “ | Every elector of this State who shall be in the military service of the United States, either as a drafted person or volunteer, during the present rebellion, shall, when absent from this State because of such service, have the same right to vote in any election of State officers, representatives in Congress, and electors of president and vice president of the United States, as he would have if present, at the time appointed for such election, in the town in which he resided at the time of his enlistment into such service. This provision shall in no case extend to persons in the regular army of the United States, and shall cease, and become inoperative and void, upon the termination of the present war. The General Assembly shall prescribe by law, in what manner and at what time, the votes of electors absent from this State, in the military service of the United States, shall be received, counted, returned, and canvassed. | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Connecticut Constitution
In Connecticut, a constitutional amendment can be referred to the ballot after one legislative session or two legislative sessions depending on the vote count.
When an amendment receives a 75% vote in both legislative chambers, the amendment goes on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 114 votes in the Connecticut House of Representatives and 27 votes in the Connecticut State Senate, assuming no vacancies.
When an amendment receives a simple majority vote in both legislative chambers, the amendment must pass during two successive legislative sessions to go on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 76 votes in the Connecticut House of Representatives and 19 votes in the Connecticut State Senate, assuming no vacancies.
Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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