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Virginia Question 1, General Constitution Revision Amendment (June 1928)

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Virginia Question 1

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Election date

June 19, 1928

Topic
Constitutional wording changes
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment		Origin

State legislature


Virginia Question 1 was on theballot as alegislatively referred constitutional amendment inVirginia onJune 19, 1928. It wasapproved.

A"yes" votesupported generally revising the Constitution of Virginia.

A"no" voteopposed generally revising the Constitution of Virginia.


Election results

Virginia Question 1

ResultVotesPercentage

ApprovedYes

74,10955.04%
No60,53144.96%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:

“

FOR the general revision of the Constitution of Virginia, except sections eighty-one, one hundred and thirty-one, one hundred and forty-five, one hundred and seventy and one hundred and seventy-one thereof, and to repeal by omitting therefrom sections one hundred and twenty-eight, one hundred and forty-eight, one hundred and forty-nine, one hundred and fifty, one hundred and fifty-one and one hundred and eighty-two of the present Constitution. 

AGAINST the general revision of the Constitution of Virginia, except sections eighty-one, one hundred and thirty-one, one hundred and forty-five, one hundred and seventy and one hundred and seventy-one thereof, and to repeal by omitting therefrom sections one hundred and twenty-eight, one hundred and forty-eight, one hundred and forty-nine, one hundred and fifty, one hundred and fifty-one and one hundred and eighty-two of the present Constitution.

”


Path to the ballot

See also:Amending the Virginia Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for theVirginia General Assembly to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 51 votes in theVirginia House of Delegates and 21 votes in theVirginia State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

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