Wyoming District Court Commissioners Amendment, Constitutional Amendment C (2012)
| District Court Commissioners | |
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| Type | Constitutional amendment |
| Origin | Wyoming State Legislature |
| Topic | Judicial reform |
| Status |  |
A Wyoming District Court Commissioners Amendment was on the November 6, 2012 ballot in the state of Wyoming as a proposed legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated.
The measure would have allowed district court commissioners to act even if the district court judge is present and even if the district court judge could properly hear the case.
Election results
- See also: 2012 ballot measure election results
Although more votes were cast for Amendment C than against Amendment C, it lost, because in Wyoming a constitutional amendment must be approved by a majority of those voting in the election as measured by total ballots cast in the election. Since 250,701 ballots were cast in this election, the measure would have required 125,352 votes in order to be approved.
| Wyoming Constitutional Amendment C (2012) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| No | 88,562 | 35.33% | ||
| Yes | 122,824 | 48.99% | ||
| Total vote | 250,701 | |||
- Note: The percentages above do not add up to 100% because of ballots that were cast in the election with the amendment question left blank. The percentages displayed above are the percentages of all ballots cast in the election rather than the percentage of yes and no vote totals.
Official results via the Wyoming Secretary of State's website
Text of measure
Ballot language
The ballot text read:[1]
| “ | The adoption of this amendment would expand the authority of district court commissioners. If the amendment is adopted, a district court commissioner could perform additional duties assigned by a district court judge, subject to any restrictions the legislature may impose by law.[2] | ” |
Support
No formal support was identified.
Opposition
No formal opposition was identified.
Path to the ballot
- See also: How to amend the Wyoming Constitution
A 2/3rds vote in both chambers of the Wyoming State Legislature is required to refer an amendment to the ballot.
- March 1, 2011 - both the House Speaker and Senate President signed the bill, following votes in both houses.[3]
- March 3, 2011 - the measure was officially referred to the statewide ballot.[3]
See also
External links
- HJ 1 summary, full text, history
- National Center of State Courts - Special 2012 Ballot Proposition Edition (July 27, 2011)
Footnotes
- ↑ Wyoming State Board of Elections, "Constitutional Amendment C," accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wyoming Legislature, "HJ 1 history," accessed May 31, 2011
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