Ohio Court System Reorganization, Amendment 1 (October 1877)

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The Ohio Court System Reorganization Amendment, also known as Amendment 1, was on the October 9, 1877 ballot in Ohio as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have reorganized the state court system.

Election results

Ohio Amendment 1 (October 1877)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		268,478	83.02%
Yes		54,896	16.98%

Election results via: Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library

Text of measure

The text of the measure can be read here.

Path to the ballot

The amendment was referred to the ballot by the Ohio General Assembly on April 6, 1877.

See also

Suggest a link

• Ohio 1877 ballot measures
• 1877 ballot measures
• List of Ohio ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Ohio

External links

• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library

Footnotes

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