Ohio Declaration of Election Results Amendment (1976)

Ohio Declaration of Election Results Amendment
Election date November 2, 1976
Topic Election administration and governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Ohio Declaration of Election Results Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 2, 1976. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported requiring the declaration of election results for state executive officers to be at the next regular session of the general assembly.

A “no” vote opposed requiring the declaration of election results for state executive officers to be at the next regular session of the general assembly.

Election results

Ohio Declaration of Election Results Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		2,297,422	67.55%
No		1,103,822	32.45%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Declaration of Election Results Amendment was as follows:

“

To amend Section 3 of Article III and to repeal Section 4 of Article III, Ohio Constitution To require the declaration of elections restults for state executive officers at the next regular session of the general assembly, thereby preventing the possibility of a special session of the outgoing general assembly being callled for that purpose, and to remove obsolete langauge from the constitution. Shall the proposed amendment 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

1976 Measures

• 1976 Measures
• Election administration and governance on the ballot
• 1976 legislative sessions

Ohio

• Ohio ballot measures
• Ohio ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Toledo Blade, "Ballot Language, Explanations, Arguments, and Resolutions for Amendments to the Ohio Constitution Proposed by the General Assembly to be Submitted to the Voters at the General Election, November 2, 1976," October 21, 1976