Minnesota Amendment 1, Establishing Biennial Legislative Sessions Measure (1877)
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| Topic State legislative processes and sessions |
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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 6, 1877. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported establishing biennial legislative sessions and limiting session length to sixty days. |
A "no" vote opposed establishing biennial legislative sessions and limiting session length to sixty days. |
Election results
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Minnesota Amendment 1 |
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37,995 | 64.59% | ||
| No | 20,833 | 35.41% | ||
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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 of article four of the constitution, providing for biennial sessions of the Legislature— Yes. Amendment to section one of article four of the constitution, providing for biennial sessions of the Legislature— 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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