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Ohio Remove White Racial Qualification from Voter Requirements Amendment (September 1912)

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Ohio Remove White Racial Qualification from Voter Requirements Amendment

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Election date

September 3, 1912

Topic
Race and suffrage
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Constitutional convention referral
Origin

Constitutional convention



Ohio Remove White Racial Qualification from Voter Requirements Amendment was on the ballot as a constitutional convention referral in Ohio on September 3, 1912. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported removing the word white from voter qualification requirements in the Ohio Constitution, eliminating the reference to race in voting eligibility.

A “no” vote opposed removing the word white from voter qualification requirements in the Ohio Constitution, eliminating the reference to race in voting eligibility.


Election results

Ohio Remove White Racial Qualification from Voter Requirements Amendment

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 242,735 47.74%

Defeated No

265,693 52.26%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Remove White Racial Qualification from Voter Requirements Amendment was as follows:

ARTICLE V, SECTION 1.

Omitting word "White."


Path to the ballot

See also: State constitutional conventions

A state constitutional convention referred the measure to the ballot.

See also


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