Michigan Circuit Court Districts and Elections Amendment (April 1895)

Michigan Circuit Court Districts and Elections Amendment
Election date April 1, 1895
Topic State judicial selection
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Michigan Circuit Court Districts and Elections Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Michigan on April 1, 1895. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported establishing districts for circuit court judge elections.

A “no” vote opposed establishing districts for circuit court judge elections.

Election results

Michigan Circuit Court Districts and Elections Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		60,567	39.63%
No		92,278	60.37%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Circuit Court Districts and Elections Amendment was as follows:

“

An act to prescribe the manner of conducting and to prevent fraud and deception at elections in this State. Yes No

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Michigan Constitution

A two-thirds vote is required during one legislative session for the Michigan State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 74 votes in the Michigan House of Representatives and 26 votes in the Michigan State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1895 Measures

• 1895 Measures
• State judicial selection on the ballot
• 1895 legislative sessions

Michigan

• Michigan ballot measures
• Michigan ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• American Academy of Political and Social Science, "The Initiative, Referendum and Recall," 1912