Ohio Constitutional Convention Question (1952)

Ohio Constitutional Convention Initiative
Election date November 4, 1952
Topic State constitutional conventions
Status Defeated
Type Automatic constitutional convention question	Origin Dictated by law

Ohio Constitutional Convention Initiative was on the ballot as an automatic constitutional convention question in Ohio on November 4, 1952. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported calling for a state constitutional convention.

A "no" vote opposed calling for a state constitutional convention.

Election results

Ohio Constitutional Convention Initiative
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,020,235	34.04%
No		1,977,313	65.96%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Constitutional Convention Initiative was as follows:

“

Article 16, Section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, reads as follows: "At the general election to be held in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, and in each twentieth year thereafter, the question: 'Shall there be a convention to revise, alter, or amend the constitution', shall be submitted to the electors of the state; and in case a majority of the electors, voting for and against the calling of a convention, shall decide in favor of a convention, the General Assembly, at its next session, shall provide, by law, for the election of delegates, and the assembling of such convention, as is provided in the preceding section; but no amendment of this constitution, agreed upon by any convention assembled in pursuance of this article, shall take effect, until the same shall have been submitted to the electors of the state, and adopted by a majority of those voting thereon." SHALL THERE BE A CONVENTION TO REVISE, ALTER, OR AMEND THE CONSTITUTION?

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Path to the ballot

According to Section 3 of Article XVI of the Ohio Constitution, a question about whether to hold a state constitutional convention is to automatically appear on the state's ballot every 20 years starting in 1932. Ohio is one of 14 states that provides for an automatic constitutional convention question.

The table below shows the last and next automatic constitutional convention question election years:

State	Interval	Last question on the ballot	Next question on the ballot
Ohio	20 years	2012	2032

See also

1952 Measures

• 1952 Measures
• State constitutional conventions on the ballot
• 1952 legislative sessions

Ohio

• Ohio ballot measures
• Ohio ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Legislative Reference Bureau, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments, Initiated Legislation, and Laws Challenged by Referendum, Submitted to the Electors," December 7, 2018