Michigan Absentee Voting Amendment (1914)

Michigan Absentee Voting Amendment
Election date November 3, 1914
Topic Absentee and mail voting
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Michigan Absentee Voting Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Michigan on November 3, 1914. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported revising provisions of the constitution relative to absentee voting.

A “no” vote opposed revising provisions of the constitution relative to absentee voting.

Election results

Michigan Absentee Voting Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		190,510	51.99%
No		175,948	48.01%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Absentee Voting Amendment was as follows:

“

To amend Sec. 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution of Michigan relative to the right of students while in attendance at any institution of learning, members of the legislature while in attendance at any session legislature, or commercial travelers, to vote.

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Michigan Constitution

A two-thirds vote is required during one legislative session for the Michigan State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 74 votes in the Michigan House of Representatives and 26 votes in the Michigan State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1914 Measures

• 1914 Measures
• Absentee and mail voting on the ballot
• 1914 legislative sessions

Michigan

• Michigan ballot measures
• Michigan ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• The L'Anse Sentinel, "Election Notice.," October 24, 1914
• University of Michigan Press, "The Initiative and Referendum in Michigan," 1940