Minnesota Amendment 1, Transfer Pardoning Power to Board of Pardons Measure (1896)
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Minnesota Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Minnesota on November 3, 1896. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to transfer the pardoning power from the governor to a board of pardons comprising of the governor, the attorney general, and the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to transfer the pardoning power from the governor to a board of pardons comprising of the governor, the attorney general, and the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota. |
Election results
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130,354 | 74.30% | ||
| No | 45,097 | 25.70% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
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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