Michigan Salaries of State Officers Amendment (April 1895)

Michigan Salaries of State Officers Amendment
Election date April 1, 1895
Topic Salaries of government officials
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Michigan Salaries of State Officers Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Michigan on April 1, 1895. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported amending the state constitution relative to the salaries of state officers.

A “no” vote opposed amending the state constitution relative to the salaries of state officers.

Election results

Michigan Salaries of State Officers Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		50,065	26.47%
No		139,039	73.53%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Salaries of State Officers Amendment was as follows:

“

Amendment to the Constitution relative to salaries of State officers,—Yes Amendment to the Constitution relative to salaries of State officers,—No

”

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

1895 Measures

• 1895 Measures
• Salaries of government officials on the ballot
• 1895 legislative sessions

Michigan

• Michigan ballot measures
• Michigan ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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

External links

• American Academy of Political and Social Science, "The Initiative, Referendum and Recall," 1912