Minnesota Two-Thirds Vote on Constitutional Changes Amendment (2016)
| Two-Thirds Vote on Constitutional Changes Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Constitutional language | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
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The Minnesota Two-Thirds Vote on Constitutional Changes Amendment did not make the November 8, 2016 ballot in Minnesota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have required a two-thirds vote in both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature in order for a constitutional amendment to be placed before voters.[1]
The current requirement was a simple majority vote in the legislature.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot title was:[1]
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Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that a vote of two-thirds, rather than a majority, of the members of each house of the legislature is required to propose an amendment to the Constitution? |
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Constitutional changes
- See also: Article IX, Minnesota Constitution
The proposed amendment would have amended Section 1 of Article IX of the Minnesota Constitution. The following struck-through text would have been deleted and the underlined text would have been added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]
Support
Rep. Kim Norton (D-25B) and Rep. Phyllis Kahn (D-60B) sponsored the amendment in the legislature.[3]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Minnesota Constitution
A simple majority vote in both chambers of the Minnesota State Legislature was required to refer this amendment to the ballot.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Minnesota Legislature, "HF 103," accessed February 3, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Minnesota Legislature, "HF 103 Status," accessed February 3, 2015
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