Wyoming Amendment 1, Initiative and Referendum Measure (1912)

Wyoming Amendment 1
Election date November 5, 1912
Topic Initiative and referendum process
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Wyoming Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Wyoming on November 5, 1912. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported establishing an initiative and referendum process in Wyoming.

A "no" vote opposed establishing an initiative and referendum process in Wyoming.

Election results

The constitutional amendment needed to receive a majority of votes cast in the election, not just on the constitutional amendment. As 42,296 votes were cast in the election, the amendment needed to receive at least 21,149 votes to pass.

Wyoming Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		20,579	85.66%
No		3,446	14.34%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

“

For the amendment to Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution Against the amendment to Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Wyoming Constitution

A two-thirds vote is required during one legislative session for the Wyoming State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 42 votes in the Wyoming House of Representatives and 21 votes in the Wyoming State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1912 Measures

• 1912 Measures
• Initiative and referendum process on the ballot
• 1912 legislative sessions

Wyoming

• Wyoming ballot measures
• Wyoming ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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