Michigan Compensation for Members of the Legislature Amendment (1926)

Michigan Compensation for Members of the Legislature Amendment
Election date November 2, 1926
Topic Salaries of government officials
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Michigan Compensation for Members of the Legislature Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Michigan on November 2, 1926. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported setting the compensation rate for members of the legislature.

A “no” vote opposed setting the compensation rate for members of the legislature.

Election results

Michigan Compensation for Members of the Legislature Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		189,739	40.46%
No		279,241	59.54%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Compensation for Members of the Legislature Amendment was as follows:

“

Compensation of members of the Legislature of Michigan.     Amendment to Section 9 of Article V of the Constitution relative to the compensation of members of the legislature.     Sec. 9. The compensation of the members of the Legislature shall be twelve hundred dollars for the regular session. When convened in extra session their compensation shall be ten dollars per day for the first twenty days and nothing thereafter. Members shall be entitled to ten cents per mile and no more for one round trip to each regular and special session of the Legislature by the usually traveled route. Each member shall be entitled to one copy of the laws, journals and documents of the Legislature of which he is a member, but shall not receive, at the expense of the State, books or newspapers not expressly authorized by this Constitution.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

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

1926 Measures

• 1926 Measures
• Salaries of government officials on the ballot
• 1926 legislative sessions

Michigan

• Michigan ballot measures
• Michigan ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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

External links

• University of Michigan Press, "The Initiative and Referendum in Michigan," 1940