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Washington SJR 1, City Charters Population Threshold Amendment (1964)
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| Topic County and municipal governance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Washington SJR 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Washington on November 3, 1964. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing cities with 10,000 or more inhabitants to create their own government charter. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing changing the existing provisions from 20,000 to 10,000 inhabitants as the required threshold for cities to create their own government charter. |
Election results
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Washington SJR 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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687,016 | 72.31% | ||
| No | 263,101 | 27.69% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for SJR 1 was as follows:
| “ | Shall Article XI, section 10, of the State Constitution, which provides for the incorporation, organization and classification of cities, and allows certain cities to frame charters for their own government consistent with general state laws, be amended in the following respects:
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Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Washington Constitution
A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Washington State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
See also
External links
Footnotes
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