Ohio Elections of Township Trustees, Amendment 4 (October 1879)

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The Ohio Elections of Township Trustees Amendment, also known as Amendment 4, was on the October 14, 1879 ballot in Ohio as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have provided that elections of township officers take place annually on the first Monday of April.

Election results

Ohio Amendment 4 (October 1879)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		130,455	39.81%
Yes		197,223	60.19%

Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 670,711 votes in the entire election (335,356 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 12, 1879.

See also

Suggest a link

• Ohio 1879 ballot measures
• 1879 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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