Ohio Women's Eligibility for Office Provision Removal Amendment (1953)
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| Topic Elections and campaigns and Sex and gender issues |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Ohio Women's Eligibility for Office Provision Removal Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 3, 1953. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported removing a provision restricting the eligibility of women to hold offices from the state constitution. |
A “no” vote opposed removing a provision restricting the eligibility of women to hold offices from the state constitution. |
Election results
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1,092,268 | 68.58% | ||
| No | 500,380 | 31.42% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Women's Eligibility for Office Provision Removal Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Shall the proposed amendment to Article XV, Section 4 of the Constitution of the state of Ohio to remove restrictions on eligibility of women to hold certain offices 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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