Minnesota Limit Legislative Sessions to Sixty Days Amendment (1860)
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| Topic State legislative processes and sessions |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Minnesota Limit Legislative Sessions to Sixty Days Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Minnesota on November 6, 1860. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported this amendment to limit annual legislative sessions to 60 days. |
A "no" vote opposed this amendment, thereby retaining no specific limits on the length of legislative sessions. |
Election results
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19,785 | 97.81% | ||
| No | 442 | 2.19% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Limit Legislative Sessions to Sixty Days Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Those in favor of this amendment limiting legislative sessions, 'yes'. Those against the amendment limiting legislative sessions, '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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