Ohio Judges for the Court of Appeals Amendment (1959)
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| Topic State judiciary |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Ohio Judges for the Court of Appeals Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 3, 1959. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing the Ohio General Assembly to add judges to the Ohio Court of Appeals when needed. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing the Ohio General Assembly to add judges to the Ohio Court of Appeals when needed. |
Election results
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1,028,914 | 55.95% | ||
| No | 809,957 | 44.05% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Judges for the Court of Appeals Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Shall the proposed amendment to Article IV, Section 6 of the Constitution to allow laws to be passed increasing the number of judges in a Courts of Appeals where in the volume of business may require such additional judge or judges, and to provide that, in districts having additional judges, three judges shall participate in the hearing and disposition of each case, 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.
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