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Removed & Rejected / 1850 Article XIX: Upper Peninsula

1850 Article XIX § 6

Election, when to take place.

Const 1850, art 19, § 6->Const 1850, art 19, § 6 – Nov. 1862 amendment Const 1850, art 19, § 6 Const 1850, art 19, § 6 Time of election. Const 1850, art 19, § 6 – Nov. 1862 amendment Nov. 1862 amendment Election, when to take place.

History

Constitution of 1963

April 1, 1963; Constitutional Convention of 1961-1962

Excluded; Approved 810,860 to 803,436 (50%); Effective January 1, 1964

Constitution of 1908

November 3, 1908; Constitutional Convention of 1907-1908

Excluded; Approved 244,705 to 130,873 (65%); Effective January 1, 1909

Constitution of 1850

November 3, 1874; Constitutional Convention of 1873

Excluded; Rejected 39,285 to 124,034 (24%)

April 6, 1868; Constitutional Convention of 1867

Excluded; Rejected 71,733 to 110,582 (39%)

November 4, 1862; Joint Resolution No. 17 of 1861

Const 1850, art 19, § 6; Approved 5,193 to 1,440 (78%)

That elections for all district or county officers, State Senators or Representatives, within the boundaries defined in this article, shall take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November in the respective years in which they may be required; the county canvass shall be held on the first Monday thereafter, and the district canvass on the third Monday of said November.

The That elections for all district or county officers, State Senator Senators or Representatives, within the boundaries defined in this article, shall take place on the last Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of September November in the respective years in which they may be required.; the county canvass shall be held on the first Tuesday in October Monday thereafter, and the district canvass on the last Tuesday of said October third Monday of said November.

November 5, 1850; Constitutional Convention of 1850

Const 1850, art 19, § 6; Approved 36,169 to 9,433 (79%); Effective January 1, 1851

The elections for all district or county officers, State Senator or Representatives, within the boundaries defined in this article, shall take place on the last Tuesday of September in the respective years in which they may be required. The county canvass shall be held on the first Tuesday in October thereafter, and the district canvass on the last Tuesday of said October.

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