Pennsylvania Senate Confirmation of Vacancy Appointees Amendment (May 1975)
| Pennsylvania Senate Confirmation of Vacancy Appointees Amendment | |
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| Election date May 20, 1975 | |
| Topic State legislatures measures | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
Pennsylvania Senate Confirmation of Vacancy Appointees Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Pennsylvania on May 20, 1975. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported requiring the state Senate to confirm a governor's appointee to fill a vacancy by a majority or two-thirds vote (as provided by law) within 25 legislative days. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring the state Senate to confirm a governor's appointee to fill a vacancy by a majority or two-thirds vote (as provided by law) within 25 legislative days. |
Election results
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Pennsylvania Senate Confirmation of Vacancy Appointees Amendment |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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937,249 | 81.76% | ||
| No | 209,026 | 18.24% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Senate Confirmation of Vacancy Appointees Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Shall Article IV, sections 8 and 9, and Article V, section 13 of the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended so that all nominations by the Governor to vacancies in offices requiring Senate confirmation, regardless of when the vacancies occur, become subject to majority or two-thirds consent of the Senate as provided by law, and subject to Senate action within twenty-five legislative days after submission or the nominee shall take office as if the Senate had consented? | ” |
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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