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Utah Make Each County a Senatorial District Amendment (1954)

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Utah Make Each County a Senatorial District Amendment

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Election date

November 2, 1954

Topic
Redistricting policy
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment		Origin

State legislature


Utah Make Each County a Senatorial District Amendment was on theballot as alegislatively referred constitutional amendment inUtah onNovember 2, 1954. It wasdefeated.

A "yes" votesupported amending the constitution to make each county a senatorial district with one senator and permit the legislature to change the number of representatives for each county. 

A "no" voteopposed amending the constitution to make each county a senatorial district with one senator and permit the legislature to change the number of representatives for each county. 


Election results

Utah Make Each County a Senatorial District Amendment

ResultVotesPercentage
Yes84,04437.02%

DefeatedNo

142,97262.98%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Make Each County a Senatorial District Amendment was as follows:

“Shall Sections 2, 3, and 4, of Article IX of the Constitution of Utah be amended to make each county of the state a senatorial district to be represented by a single state senator and to authorize the legislature of the State of Utah to increase or decrease the number of representatives for counties.”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is availablehere.


Path to the ballot

See also:Amending the Utah Constitution

Atwo-thirds vote in both the legislative chambers is required during one legislative session for theUtah State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in theUtah House of Representatives and 20 votes in theUtah State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

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