Ohio Revision of Judicial Jurisdiction and Procedures Amendment (1944)
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| Topic State judiciary |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Ohio Revision of Judicial Jurisdiction and Procedures Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 7, 1944. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported revising judicial procedures and jurisdictions and providing means for laws to be passed relative to the qualifications of court of appeals judges. |
A "no" vote opposed revising judicial procedures and jurisdictions and providing means for laws to be passed relative to the qualifications of court of appeals judges. |
Election results
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1,279,216 | 66.87% | ||
| No | 633,813 | 33.13% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Revision of Judicial Jurisdiction and Procedures Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Proposing to amend Section 6 of Article IV of the Constitution of the state of Ohio concerning the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals. A proposition, by joint resolution of the general assembly of Ohio, proposing to amend section 6 of article IV of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, so that laws may be passed relative to the qualifications of judges of the courts of appeals, and also to provide that courts of appeals shall have such jurisdictions as may be provided by law to review, affirm, modify, set aside or reverse judgments or final orders of boards, commissions, officers, or tribunals, and of courts of record inferior to the court of appeals within the district; and proposes further that no judgement of any court of record entered on the verdict of the jury shall be set aside or reversed on the weight of the evidence except by the concurrence of all three judges of a court of appeals, but that only a majority of such court of appeals shall be necessary to pronounce a decision, make an order or enter judgement, upon all other questions; and further proposes that the chief justice of the supreme court may assign any judge of the court of appeals to any county to hold court and he shall determine the disability or disqualification of any judge of the court of appeals; and proposes further that all laws now in force, not inconsistent herewith, shall continue in force until amended or repealed; provided, that all cases, actions, or proceedings pending before or in any board, commission, officer, tribunal or court on the first day of January, 1945, shall be heard, tried, and reviewed in the same manner and by the same procedure as is now authorized by law. SCHEDULE If the voters for the proposal shall exceed those against it, this amendment shall take effect January 1, 1945, and existing section 6 of article IV of the constitution of the state of Ohio shall be repealed and annulled. | ” |
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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