Washington SJR 14, Filling State Legislature Vacancies Amendment (1956)
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| Topic Elections and campaigns and State legislatures measures |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Washington SJR 14 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Washington on November 6, 1956. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported empowering a county commissioner of the political party as the preceding legislator to fill vacancies in the state legislature. |
A “no” vote opposed empowering a county commissioner of the political party as the preceding legislator to fill vacancies in the state legislature. |
Election results
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Washington SJR 14 |
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454,199 | 60.77% | ||
| No | 293,159 | 39.23% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for SJR 14 was as follows:
| “ | FILLING VACANCIES IN STATE LEGISLATURE Shall the 13th Amendment of the Constitution be amended to provide that vacancies in the Legislature shall be filled by the county commissioners from an approved list submitted by the county central committee of the political party of the preceding legislator; and in the event it be a joint district, from lists submitted by the state central committee for joint action by county commissioners involved; providing for failure to appoint within sixty days, the Governor shall fill vacancy from said list? | ” |
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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