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North Carolina Abolish Property Ownership Voting Requirement Amendment (August 1857)
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| Topic Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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North Carolina Abolish Property Ownership Voting Requirement Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in North Carolina on August 6, 1857. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported abolishing the 50-acre land ownership requirement to vote for state senators, allowing all white male taxpayers to vote in those elections. |
A "no" vote opposed abolishing the 50-acre land ownership requirement to vote for state senators, allowing all white male taxpayers to vote in those elections. |
Election results
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50,095 | 72.10% | ||
| No | 19,382 | 27.90% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Abolish Property Ownership Voting Requirement Amendment was as follows:
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Path to the ballot
From 1836 to 1876, constitutional amendments in North Carolina had to go through multiple approval stages: first, they required a three-fifths vote in one legislative session of the General Assembly; then, following an election for legislators, they needed a two-thirds vote in the next session.
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