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Massachusetts Question 2, Allow Women to Hold Public Office Amendment (1924)
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| Topic Election administration and governance and Sex and gender issues |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Massachusetts Question 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Massachusetts on November 4, 1924. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing women to hold any state, county, or municipal office, and permitting a woman to change her name without invalidating her commission as a notary public. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing women to hold any state, county, or municipal office, and permitting a woman to change her name without invalidating her commission as a notary public. |
Election results
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Massachusetts Question 2 |
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473,744 | 64.01% | ||
| No | 266,377 | 35.99% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 2 was as follows:
| “ | Shall an amendment to the constitution to enable women to hold any state, county or municipal office, and which further provides that a change of name of any woman, holding a Notary Public Commission, shall not render her commission void but she shall re- register under her new name and shall pay such fee therefor as shall be established by the general court, which received in a joint session of the two Houses held May 24, 1921. 216 votes in the affirmative and none in the negative, and at a joint session of the two Houses held May 10, 1923, received 258 votes in the affirmative and none in the negative, be approved? | ” |
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
External links
- William Francis Galvin Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts Statewide Ballot Measures: 1919-Present"
- The Springfield Daily Republican, "Legal Notices," October 28, 1924
Footnotes
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