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Kentucky Dates of Executive Elections Amendment (2016)
| Dates of Executive Elections Amendment | |
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| Type | Amendment |
| Origin | Kentucky legislature |
| Topic | Elections and campaigns |
| Status | Not on the ballot |
| Not on Ballot |
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
The Kentucky Dates of Executive Elections Amendment did not qualify for the November 8, 2016 ballot in Kentucky as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have provided for the election of executive officers to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November during presidential election years starting in 2024.[1]
The specific executive offices that would have been affected by this amendment include the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, Secretary of State and Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed measure would have appeared on the ballot as follows:[1]
| “ | Are you in favor of holding the election of all statewide Constitutional officers in even-numbered years beginning in 2024 to save substantial state and local funds?[2] | ” |
Constitutional changes
The proposed amendment would have amended Section 95 of the Kentucky Constitution. The following underlined text would have been added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]
(2) Following the election in November, two thousand and nineteen, the election under this Constitution for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics, shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, two thousand and twenty-four, and the same day every four years thereafter.[2]
Support
The amendment was sponsored by Sen. Christian McDaniel (R-23), Sen. Joe Bowen (R-8) and Sen. Chris Girdler (R-15).[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Kentucky Constitution
The amendment needed receive a 60 percent supermajority vote in both chambers of the Kentucky General Assembly to be placed on the ballot.
On February 23, 2015, the Kentucky Senate passed the amendment, with 27 senators voting in favor and 10 voting against.[1]
The 2015 legislative session ended on March 25, 2015, without the legislature passing the amendment.[3] Sponsors did not reintroduce the amendment during the 2016 legislative session.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Kentucky Legislature, "Senate Bill 93," accessed March 20, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ The State Journal, "The 2015 Legislative Session Has Ended," March 25, 2015
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