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Pennsylvania Question 1, Absentee Voting Amendment (1985)

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Pennsylvania Question 1
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Election date
November 5, 1985
Topic
Voting policy measures
Status
Approveda Approved
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature

Pennsylvania Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Pennsylvania on November 5, 1985. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to require the state legislature to pass laws to provide for absentee voting for electors who cannot attend a polling place due to religious observance or county officials performing election duties.

A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to require the state legislature to pass laws to provide for absentee voting for electors who cannot attend a polling place due to religious observance or county officials performing election duties.


Election results

Pennsylvania Question 1

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

912,845 67.75%
No 434,516 32.25%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:

Shall Article VII, Section 14 of the Pennsylvania Constitution relating to absentee voting be amended to require the General Assembly to provide by general law, a method of voting for those electors who will not attend a polling place because of the observance of a religious holiday or who, in the case of a county employee, cannot vote because of election day duties?


Path to the ballot

In Pennsylvania, the General Assembly must pass a constitutional amendment by a simple majority vote during two successive legislative sessions to refer the measure to the ballot for voter consideration. The legislature can also pass a measure by a two-thirds vote during one legislative session if a “major emergency threatens or is about to threaten the Commonwealth.”

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