Minnesota Amendment 1, Establishing Voter Eligibility Measure (1867)
| Minnesota Amendment 1 | |
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| Topic Citizenship voting requirements and Residency voting requirements |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Minnesota Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Minnesota on November 5, 1867. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported amendment establishing the following voting criteria for all men over the age of 21:
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A "no" vote opposed amendment establishing the following voting criteria for all men over the age of 21:
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Election results
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Minnesota Amendment 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 27,479 | 48.83% | ||
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28,794 | 51.17% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | Amendment to section one, article seven, of the constitution, Yes. Amendment to section one, article seven, of the constitution, No. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Minnesota Constitution
A simple majority vote was required during one legislative session for the Minnesota State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot.
Before 1898, when voters approved Amendment 2, a measure passed if it received a simple majority of votes cast on the measure itself, rather than a majority of all votes cast in the election.
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