Texas Proposition 2, Legislative Redistricting Board Amendment (1948)

Texas Proposition 2
Election date November 2, 1948
Topic Redistricting policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 2, 1948. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported creating the Legislative Redistricting Board to provide for the reapportionment of senatorial and representative districts in the event the legislature failed to complete the reapportionment.

A "no" vote opposed creating the Legislative Redistricting Board to provide for the reapportionment of senatorial and representative districts in the event the legislature failed to complete the reapportionment.

Election results

Texas Proposition 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		528,158	77.46%
No		153,704	22.54%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 2 was as follows:

“

Proposing an amendment to provide for a Board for apportioning the State into senatorial districts and representative districts in the event the Legislature fails to make such apportionment.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Texas Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Texas State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Texas State Legislature as Senate Joint Resolution 2 during the 50th regular legislative session in 1948.

See also

1948 Measures

• 1948 Measures
• Redistricting policy on the ballot
• 1948 legislative sessions

Texas

• Texas ballot measures
• Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments