Texas Proposition 6, Appointment of Presidential Electors Amendment (2001)

Texas Proposition 6
Election date November 6, 2001
Topic Presidential electoral vote and State legislative processes and sessions
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 6, 2001. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported requiring the governor to call a special session to appoint presidential electors under certain circumstances.

A "no" vote opposed requiring the governor to call a special session to appoint presidential electors under certain circumstances.

Election results

Texas Proposition 6
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		507,716	62.19%
No		308,643	37.81%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 6 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment to require the governor to call a special session for the appointment of presidential electors under certain circumstances.

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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 House Joint Resolution 45 during the 77th regular legislative session in 2001.

See also

2001 Measures

• 2001 Measures
• Presidential electoral vote on the ballot
• State legislative processes and sessions on the ballot
• 2001 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