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Michigan Proposal No. 1, Constitutional Convention Question (1942)
| Michigan Proposal No. 1 | |
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| Topic State constitutional conventions |
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| Type Automatic constitutional convention question |
Origin |
Michigan Proposal No. 1 was on the ballot as an automatic constitutional convention question in Michigan on November 3, 1942. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported calling a state constitutional convention. |
A “no” vote opposed calling a state constitutional convention. |
Election results
Before 1960, constitutional convention questions in Michigan needed to receive a majority of total votes cast in the election, not just a majority of votes cast on the question.
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Michigan Proposal No. 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 408,188 | 46.56% | ||
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468,506 | 53.44% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposal No. 1 was as follows:
| “ | (Proposal No.1) REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. No. 1 Article XVII, Section 4, of the Constitution, provides that in 1926 and each sixteenth year thereafter, the question of a general revision of the Constitution shall be submitted to the electors. If a majority of the electors voting thereon vote in favor of revision, a constitutional convention will be called to draft and propose to the electors a general revision of the Constitution. Shall there be a general revision of the State Constitution pursuant to Article XVII, Section 4, of said Constitution? Yes No | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: State constitutional conventions
A question about whether to hold a state constitutional convention was to automatically appear on the state's ballot every 16 years starting in 1926.
See also
External links
- State of Michigan, "Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual"
- Library of Michigan Digital Repository, "Michigan ballot proposals," April 19, 2012
Footnotes
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