Wyoming Legislature Appointments and Elections, Amendment 3 (1972)
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The Wyoming Legislature Appointments and Elections, Amendment 3, also known as Amendment No. 3, was on the ballot in Wyoming on November 7, 1972, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated.
For a measure to pass in Wyoming, it must receive a majority of the total votes cast in an election. The total votes cast was 151,541. Therefore, the majority needed was 75,770.[1][1]
Election results
| Wyoming Amendment 3 (1972) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 55,580 | 43.29% | ||
| Yes | 72,798 | 56.71% | ||
Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| This amendment shall permit a Senator or Representative in the Wyoming State Legislature to accepts an appointment and/or to seek election to another civil office under the laws of this state, during the term for which he was elected, by submitting his resignation as a Senator or Representative prior to acceptance of any such appointment or the filing of a nomination for election to any civil office under the laws of this state.[1][2] |
See also
- Wyoming 1972 ballot measures
- 1972 ballot measures
- List of Wyoming ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Wyoming
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, "REFERENDA AND PRIMARY ELECTION MATERIALS" [Computer file: ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI, 1995.]
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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