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Ohio State and Local Civil Service Appointments and Promotions Amendment (September 1912)

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Ohio State and Local Civil Service Appointments and Promotions Amendment

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Election date

September 3, 1912

Topic
Administration of government and Civil service
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Constitutional convention referral
Origin

Constitutional convention



Ohio State and Local Civil Service Appointments and Promotions Amendment 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 state and local civil service appointments and promotions must be based on merit, fitness, and competitive examinations.

A “no” vote opposed this constitutional amendment to provide that state and local civil service appointments and promotions must be based on merit, fitness, and competitive examinations.


Election results

Ohio State and Local Civil Service Appointments and Promotions Amendment

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

306,767 59.99%
No 204,580 40.01%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for State and Local Civil Service Appointments and Promotions Amendment was as follows:

ARTICLE XV, SECTION 10.

Civil Service.

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Constitutional changes

See also: Article XV, Ohio Constitution

The ballot measure added a Section 10 to Article XV of the Ohio Constitution. The following underlined text was added:[1]

SEC. 10. Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the state, the several counties, and tities, shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, as far as practicable, by competitive examinations. Laws shall be passed providing for the enforcement of this provision.[2]

Path to the ballot

See also: State constitutional conventions

A state constitutional convention referred the measure to the ballot.

See also


Footnotes

  1. Ohio Supreme Court, "Constitutional Convention of Ohio of 1912," accessed July 12, 2023
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.

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