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Ohio District Courts, Amendment 2 (October 1857)

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The Ohio District Courts Amendment, also known as Amendment 2, was on the October 13, 1857 ballot in Ohio as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have provided that district courts be held in each county at least once a year.[1]

Election results

Ohio Amendment 2 (October 1857)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No30,03916.09%
Yes 156,646 83.91%

Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 332,126 votes in the entire election (166,604 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.

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 3, 1857.[1]

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