Connecticut Question 1, Qualifications to Become an Elector Amendment (1865)
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| Topic Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements and Voter registration |
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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 October 2, 1865. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported amending the Connecticut Constitution to provide for the following qualifications to become an elector:
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A "no" vote opposed amending the Connecticut Constitution to provide for the following qualifications to become an elector:
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Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 27,217 | 44.83% | ||
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33,489 | 55.17% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:
| “ | Every male citizen of the United States who shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, who shall have resided in this State for a term of one year next preceding, and in the town in which he may offer himself to be admitted to the privileges of an elector, at least six months next preceding the time at which he may so offer himself, and shall be able to read any article of the Constitution, or any section of the Statutes of this State, and shall sustain a good moral character, shall, on taking such oath as may be prescribed by law, become an elector. | ” |
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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