Minnesota Amendment 3, Establish and Construct Public Grain Elevators Amendment (1924)

Minnesota Amendment 3
Election date November 4, 1924
Topic Agriculture policy and Public economic investment policy
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Minnesota Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Minnesota on November 4, 1924. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported amending the Minnesota Constitution to: establish state-owned and operated public terminal grain elevators; and provide for the acquisition of sites and facilities for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the grain elevators.

A "no" vote opposed amending the Minnesota Constitution to: establish state-owned and operated public terminal grain elevators; and provide for the acquisition of sites and facilities for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the grain elevators.

Election results

Minnesota Amendment 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		253,732	49.63%
No		257,492	50.37%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:

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"Amendment to constitution by adding thereto a new article to be known as Article 17, authorizing the establishing of a state owned public terminal grain elevator, the acquisition by the stale of a site and facilties for and the construction, maintenance and operation by the state of a public terminal grain elevator, and the issuance and sale of bonds of the state therefor. Yes No"

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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 is required during one legislative session for the Minnesota State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 68 votes in the Minnesota House of Representatives and 34 votes in the Minnesota State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

Ratifying an amendment requires a 'Yes' vote from a simple majority of all voters casting a ballot in the election, rather than a simple majority of those voting on the question.

See also

1924 Measures

• 1924 Measures
• Agriculture policy on the ballot
• Public economic investment policy on the ballot
• 1924 legislative sessions

Minnesota

• Minnesota ballot measures
• Minnesota ballot measure laws

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External links

• Minnesota Constitutional Amendments