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Pennsylvania Question 1, Temporary Judges Assigned by Chief Justice Amendment (1965)
| Pennsylvania Question 1 | |
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| Election date November 2, 1965 | |
| Topic State judiciary | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
Pennsylvania Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Pennsylvania on November 2, 1965. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing for a law to empower the state supreme court chief justice to assign former judges temporarily to courts for the disposal of business. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing for a law to empower the state supreme court chief justice to assign former judges temporarily to courts for the disposal of business. |
Election results
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Pennsylvania Question 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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1,041,821 | 74.76% | ||
| No | 351,737 | 25.24% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:
| “ | Shall Section fifteen of Article five of the Constitution of Pennsylvania be amended to permit the General Assembly to prescribe conditions and qualifications under which the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania may designate and assigned former Judges who are willing so to do to sit temporarily in the Courts of any Judicial district for the disposal of business? | ” |
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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