Ohio County Probate Judges Amendment (1949)

Ohio County Probate Judges Amendment
Election date November 8, 1949
Topic County and municipal governance and State judiciary
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Ohio County Probate Judges Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 8, 1949. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported allowing counties to have more than one probate judge.

A “no” vote opposed allowing counties to have more than one probate judge.

Election results

Ohio County Probate Judges Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		874,291	49.93%
No		876,647	50.07%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for County Probate Judges Amendment was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment of the constitution of the state of Ohio, relative to more than one probate judge in a county, be adopted?

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Ohio Constitution

A 60% vote is required during one legislative session for the Ohio State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 60 votes in the Ohio House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Ohio State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1949 Measures

• 1949 Measures
• State judiciary on the ballot
• County and municipal governance on the ballot
• 1949 legislative sessions

Ohio

• Ohio ballot measures
• Ohio ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Youngstown Vindicator, "Here Are Ballots Voters Will Get in City Races and State Issues," November 4, 1949