Minnesota Amendment 3, Change Policies for Home Rule for Cities Measure (1898)

Minnesota Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Minnesota on November 8, 1898. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported changing how cities and villages can institute home rule, including allowing citizens to initiate amendments to city charters with a number of signatures equal to 5% of voters, and reclassifying cities based on population size.

A "no" vote opposed changing how cities and villages can institute home rule, including allowing citizens to initiate amendments to city charters with a number of signatures equal to 5% of voters, and reclassifying cities based on population size.

Election results

Minnesota Amendment 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		68,754	68.19%
No		32,068	31.81%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:

“

Amendment to section thirty-six (36) of article four (4) of the constitution, allowing cities and villages in this state to frame their own city charters and classifying cities.

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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.

See also

1898 Measures

• 1898 Measures
• Ballot measure process on the ballot
• Local government organization on the ballot
• 1898 legislative sessions

Minnesota

• Minnesota ballot measures
• Minnesota ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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

External links

• Minnesota Constitutional Amendments