Massachusetts Question 8, Presidential Term Limit Advisory Question (1948)
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| Type Legislatively referred advisory question |
Origin |
Massachusetts Question 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred advisory question in Massachusetts on November 2, 1948. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported imposing a term limit for the office of President. |
A “no” vote opposed imposing a term limit for the office of President. |
Election results
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Massachusetts Question 8 |
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1,005,915 | 64.37% | ||
| No | 556,838 | 35.63% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 8 was as follows:
| “ | Is it desirable that the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States,- "ARTICLE- "SECTION 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term. "SECTION 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three- fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress,"-be ratified by the general court? | ” |
Path to the ballot
A simple majority vote of a resolve is required during one legislative session of the Massachusetts State Legislature to place an advisory question on the ballot. That amounts to 81 votes in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and 21 votes in the Massachusetts State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Advisory questions 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"
- Athol Daily News, "LEGAL NOTICE," October 25, 1948
Footnotes
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