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Minnesota Amendment 1, Initiative and Referendum Measure (1914)
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| Topic Initiative and referendum process |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Minnesota Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Minnesota on November 3, 1914. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported adopting an initiative and referendum process in the state constitution. |
A "no" vote opposed adopting an initiative and referendum process in the state constitution. |
Election results
Although the measure gathered more "yes" votes than "no" votes, Minnesota requires that the majority of all voters vote "yes" in order to pass an amendment. In 1914, there were 356,906 total voters, requiring a vote of at least 178,454 to pass a measure.
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Minnesota Amendment 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 168,004 | 80.16% | ||
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41,577 | 19.84% | ||
Measure design
The amendment proposed adopting an initiative and referendum process in the state constitution. It would have enacted an indirect initiated constitutional amendment whereby petitions proposing a constitutional amendment that collect signatures from 2% of voters at the last gubernatorial election may be submitted to the state legislature. The state legislature would have been able to place the amendment on the ballot for voter approval or submit an amended form. Petitioners would have been able to submit the amendment in the original or amended form to voters if they filed an additional petition containing signatures from 8% of the voters. A similar process would have been adopted for indirect initiated state statutes, except the state legislature could have passed the law outright during the legislative session, or an additional petition containing signatures from 6% of the voters could have placed it on the ballot directly. Veto referendum petitions would have also required signatures from 6% of voters.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | A provision for direct legislation by the people through the initiative and referendum, being an amendment to Section 1, article 4 of the State Constitution. [ ] Yes [ ] No | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The amendment was placed on the ballot by a vote of the Minnesota State Legislature on April 8, 1913.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many
See also
See also
- Minnesota 1914 ballot measures
- 1914 ballot measures
- List of Minnesota ballot measures
- History of direct democracy in Minnesota
External links
Footnotes
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