Minnesota Amendment 2, Require Majority of Votes Cast in Election to Approve Constitutional Amendments Measure (1898)
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| Topic Ballot measure supermajority requirements |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Minnesota Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Minnesota on November 8, 1898. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported requiring constitutional amendments to be approved by a simple majority of all votes cast at the election. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring constitutional amendments to be approved by a simple majority of all votes cast at the election, thus maintaining that a proposed constitutional amendment is enacted when approved by a simple majority of votes cast for or against the measure. |
Election results
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Minnesota Amendment 2 |
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69,760 | 67.97% | ||
| No | 32,881 | 32.03% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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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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