Utah Amendment 1, Create a Selection System for State Judges Measure (1944)
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| Topic State judicial selection and State judiciary structure |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Utah Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 7, 1944. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to create a system to select Supreme Court and District Court judges. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution, thus maintaining the system of electin Supreme Court and District Court judges. |
Election results
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Utah Amendment 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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84,122 | 78.23% | ||
| No | 23,414 | 21.77% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | A proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Utah authorizing the legislature to designate the terms of office and to provide the manner of selecting supreme Court and District Court Judges solely on the basis of fitness for office and without regard to any partisan political consideration and free from the influence of any person whomsoever and to designate the number of supreme court judges; provided no alteration shall have the effect of removing a judge from office and that the present method of electing judges shall remain in effect until changed by law; by amending Section 10 of Article VII and Sections 2, 3, 5, 6, and 12 of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Utah. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Utah Constitution
A two-thirds majority vote in both the legislative chambers vote is required during one legislative session for the Utah State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Utah House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Utah State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
See also
Footnotes
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