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Washington Allow Noncitizen Residents to Own Land Amendment (1914)
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| Topic Immigration policy and Property |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Washington Allow Noncitizen Residents to Own Land Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Washington on November 3, 1914. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported this amendment to allow noncitizen residents to purchase and own land, while requiring that such land be transferred to the common school fund if the owner became a non-resident of the state for five years. |
A "no" vote opposed this amendment to allow noncitizen residents to purchase and own land. |
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 55,080 | 20.58% | ||
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212,542 | 79.42% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Allow Noncitizen Residents to Own Land Amendment was as follows:
| “ | An amendment of section 33, article 2 of the state constitution, enabling alien residents of this state to acquire by purchase and hold lands lying within municipal corporations, and providing for the escheat of such lands to the common school fund in case the owner thereof becomes a non-resident of the state for the term of five years. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Washington Constitution
A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Washington State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
See also
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Footnotes
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