Massachusetts Allow Women to Serve as Notary Publics Amendment (1913)

Massachusetts Allow Women to Serve as Notary Publics Amendment
Election date November 4, 1913
Topic Sex and gender issues
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Massachusetts Allow Women to Serve as Notary Publics Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Massachusetts on November 4, 1913. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported allowing women to be appointed as notary publics.

A "no" vote opposed allowing women to be appointed as notary publics.

Election results

Massachusetts Allow Women to Serve as Notary Publics Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		154,691	46.03%
No		181,343	53.97%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Allow Women to Serve as Notary Publics Amendment was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment to the constitution, making women eligible to appointment as notaries public, be approved and ratified?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Massachusetts Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during two successive joint legislative sessions for the Massachusetts State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 101 votes in the joint session of the state legislature, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1913 Measures

• 1913 Measures
• Sex and gender issues on the ballot
• 1913 legislative sessions

Massachusetts

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