Pennsylvania Question 3, Absentee Voting for Voters Away from Residence Amendment (1997)
| Pennsylvania Question 3 | |
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| Election date November 4, 1997 | |
| Topic Voting policy measures | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
Pennsylvania Question 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Pennsylvania on November 4, 1997. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported expanding absentee voting to voters who may be absent from their home municipalities on Election Day due to their work or duties. |
A "no" vote opposed expanding absentee voting to voters who may be absent from their home municipalities on Election Day due to their work or duties. |
Election results
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Pennsylvania Question 3 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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1,301,638 | 65.47% | ||
| No | 686,518 | 34.53% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 3 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to require the enactment of legislation permitting absentee voting by qualified electors who at the time of an election may be absent from the municipality where they reside because their duties, occupation or business require them to be elsewhere, which would change the current law permitting absentee voting by such qualified electors only when they are absent from the entire county where they reside? | ” |
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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