Ohio Presidential Election Voting Eligibility Amendment (1957)
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| Topic Residency voting requirements |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Ohio Presidential Election Voting Eligibility Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 5, 1957. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing new residents of Ohio who do not meet the yearlong residency requirement to vote for president and vice president under certain criteria. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing new residents of Ohio who do not meet the yearlong residency requirement to vote for president and vice president under certain criteria. |
Election results
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Ohio Presidential Election Voting Eligibility Amendment |
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1,072,396 | 61.97% | ||
| No | 658,244 | 38.03% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Presidential Election Voting Eligibility Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Shall the proposed amendment of Section 1 of Article V of the Constitution of the state of Ohio, to provide that a person otherwise qualified to vote in Ohio but who has not resided in the state for one year may vote for presidential electors if he has resided in the state, county, township, or ward such time as may be provided by law, and he is not entitled to vote for presidential electors in any other state, 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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