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Michigan Funding for Landing Field Improvements Amendment (April 1931)
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| Topic Airport infrastructure |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Michigan Funding for Landing Field Improvements Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Michigan on April 6, 1931. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported allowing the state to fund the improvement of landing fields. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing the state to fund the improvement of landing fields. |
Election results
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| Yes | 263,508 | 41.21% | ||
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375,935 | 58.79% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Funding for Landing Field Improvements Amendment was as follows:
| “ | PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Relative to Authorizing the state to improve or aid in the improvement of landing fields. Amendment to Section 14 of Article X of the Constitution, authorizing the state to improve or aid in the improvement of landing fields. Section 14. The state shall not be a party to, nor be interested in any work of internal improvement, nor engage in carrying on any such work, except in the improvement of, or aiding in the improvement of the public wagon roads, landing fields, in the restoration, and protection of lands owned by the state and in the expenditure of grants to the state of land or other property. Shall section fourteen of article ten of the state constitution be amended to authorize the state to improve or aid in the improvement of landing fields? Yes No | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
A veto referendum is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that asks voters whether to uphold or repeal an enacted law. This type of ballot measure is also called statute referendum, popular referendum, people's veto, or citizen's veto. There are 23 states that allow citizens to initiate veto referendums.
In Michigan, the number of signatures required for a veto referendum is equal to 5% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election. Signatures for veto referendums are due 90 days following the final adjournment of the legislative session at which the targeted bill was passed. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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