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Massachusetts Question 11, Retirement of Judges by the Governor Amendment (1918)
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| Topic Age limits for officials and State executive powers and duties |
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| Type Constitutional convention referral |
Origin |
Massachusetts Question 11 was on the ballot as a constitutional convention referral in Massachusetts on November 5, 1918. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing the Governor to retire judges for reasons of advanced age or mental or physical disability. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing the Governor to retire judges for reasons of advanced age or mental or physical disability. |
Election results
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Massachusetts Question 11 |
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156,796 | 64.57% | ||
| No | 86,023 | 35.43% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 11 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the Retirement of Judicial Officers, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified? Article of Amendment. Article I of Chapter III of Part the Second of the constitution is hereby amended by the addition of the following words: —and provided also that the governor, with the consent of the council, may after due notice and hearing retire them because of advanced age or mental or physical disability. Such retirement shall be subject to any provisions made by law as to pensions or allowances payable to such officers upon their voluntary retirement. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917–1919 referred the revised constitution to the ballot.
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Footnotes
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