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Washington SJR 25, State Constitutional Amendment Publication Requirement Change Amendment (1962)
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| Topic Ballot measure process |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Washington SJR 25 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Washington on November 6, 1962. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported requiring the publication of notices for all constitutional amendments on the ballot in every legal newspaper at least four times during the four weeks prior to the election. |
A “no” vote opposed changing the existing newspaper publication provisions that required texts to be published in a weekly newspaper in each county for three months prior to the election. |
Election results
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Washington SJR 25 |
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417,451 | 54.15% | ||
| No | 353,448 | 45.85% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for SJR 25 was as follows:
| “ | Shall Section 1, Article XXIII, of the State Constitution requiring publication of the text of each proposed constitutional amendment in a weekly newspaper in each county for three months prior to the election, be amended so as to require only that notice of the proposed constitutional amendment be published at least four times during the four weeks preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state? | ” |
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
External links
Footnotes
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State of Washington Olympia (capital) |
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