Utah Question 1, Create the Charter Process for Municipalities Amendment (1920)

Utah Question 1
Election date November 2, 1920
Topic Local government organization
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Utah Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 2, 1920. It was defeated.

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 Question 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		22,757	45.14%
No		27,656	54.86%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:

“

For the amendment of Section 5, Article XI, of the Constitution of the State of Utah, relating to Charters of Cities and Towns.

”

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

1920 Measures

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• Local government organization on the ballot
• 1920 legislative sessions

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