Montana Hours of Labor Amendment (1936)

Montana Hours of Labor Amendment
Election date November 3, 1936
Topic Working hours regulations
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Montana Hours of Labor Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Montana on November 3, 1936. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to limit a full day’s work to eight hours in all industries and limit the legislative assembly’s authority to only be able to decrease what constitutes a full day of work.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to limit a full day’s work to eight hours in all industries and limit the legislative assembly’s authority to only be able to decrease what constitutes a full day of work.

Election results

Montana Hours of Labor Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		105,407	50.96%
No		101,438	49.04%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Hours of Labor Amendment was as follows:

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For the constitutional amendment Against constitutional amendment

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Montana Constitution

A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required of all members of the legislature during one legislative session for the Montana State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. Since Montana has 150 legislators (100 Representatives and 50 Senators), at least 100 members must vote in favor of a constitutional amendment for it to pass. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1936 Measures

• 1936 Measures
• Working hours regulations on the ballot
• 1936 legislative sessions

Montana

• Montana ballot measures
• Montana ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Montana Archived Election Results