Ohio Simple Majority Vote for Constitutional Amendments Measure (September 1912)

Ohio Simple Majority Vote for Constitutional Amendments Measure
	Election date; September 3, 1912
	Topic; Ballot measure process and Ballot measure supermajority requirements
	Status; Approved
Type; Constitutional convention referral	Origin; Constitutional convention

Ohio Simple Majority Vote for Constitutional Amendments Measure was on the ballot as a constitutional convention referral in Ohio on September 3, 1912. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported this constitutional amendment to:

provide that a constitutional amendment must receive a simple majority of votes cast on the amendment, rather than a majority of total votes cast in the election, and
change the requirement that newspapers must publish constitutional amendments from 6 months before the election to 5 weeks before the election.

A “no” vote opposed this constitutional amendment, thus:

continuing to require that a constitutional amendment must receive a majority of total votes cast in the election and
continuing to require that newspapers must publish constitutional amendments 6 months before the election.

Election results

Ohio Simple Majority Vote for Constitutional Amendments Measure
Result	Votes	Percentage
Yes	271,827	52.42%
No	246,687	47.58%

Results are officially certified.

The ballot title for Simple Majority Vote for Constitutional Amendments Measure was as follows:

“

ARTICLE XVI, SECTIONS 1, 2, AND 3.

Methods of Submitting Amendments to the Constitution.

”

See also: State constitutional conventions

A state constitutional convention referred the measure to the ballot.

Ohio Simple Majority Vote for Constitutional Amendments Measure

Election date September 3, 1912
Topic Ballot measure process and Ballot measure supermajority requirements
Status Approved
Type Constitutional convention referral	Origin Constitutional convention

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