Montana Use of District Court Judges Amendment (1898)

Montana Use of District Court Judges Amendment
Election date November 8, 1898
Topic State judiciary structure
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Montana Use of District Court Judges Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Montana on November 8, 1898. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported calling a district judge to replace a missing supreme court justice to compose a full bench of three justices.

A “no” vote opposed calling a district judge to replace a missing supreme court justice to compose a full bench of three justices.

Election results

Montana Use of District Court Judges Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		8,605	69.24%
No		3,823	30.76%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Use of District Court Judges Amendment was as follows:

“

For the amendment to the constitution Against the amendment to the constitution

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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

1898 Measures

• 1898 Measures
• State judiciary structure on the ballot
• 1898 legislative sessions

Montana

• Montana ballot measures
• Montana ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Montana Archived Election Results