Utah Amendment 1, Create the Charter Process for Municipalities Measure (1932)

Utah Amendment 1
Election date November 8, 1932
Topic Local government organization
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Utah Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 8, 1932. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to allow municipal governments to create their own charters and to create a process for creating and passing those charters.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to allow municipal governments to create their own charters and to create a process for creating and passing those charters.

Election results

Utah Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		32,107	52.19%
No		29,410	47.81%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

“

A joint resolution proposing an amendmnet to Section 5, of Article XI of the constitution of the State of Utah, relating to municipal corporations.

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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

1932 Measures

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• Local government organization on the ballot
• 1932 legislative sessions

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