Ohio Election Day for State Officers, Amendment 2 (October 1885)

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The Ohio Election Day for State Officers Amendment, also known as Amendment 2, was on the October 13, 1885 ballot in Ohio as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure changed the election day for state executive officers to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

Election results

Ohio Amendment 2 (October 1885)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		536,273	90.97%
No		53,223	9.03%

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 March 25, 1885.

See also

Suggest a link

• Ohio 1885 ballot measures
• 1885 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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