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State Constitutional Development in 19361

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

George C. S. Benson
George C. S. Benson
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University of Michigan
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Something more aggressive than the laws of probability determined the fate of state constitutional amendments last year. Yea-sayers dominated nay-sayers in the ratio of three to two. Ninety amendments of the 158 under consideration in 35 states received the electoral imprimatur. In this general mood of acceptance, only California was steadfastly negativistic, rejecting 16 of the 20 proposed changes. Louisianians, on the other hand, took practically all that was offered—with unselective enthusiasm approving 33 of the 34 amendments on their imposing ballots.

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American State and Local Government
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American Political Science Review , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , April 1937 , pp. 280 - 285
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1937

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2 No former issue of this Review has noted so impressive a list. It is possible that 1936 was actually an unusually fruitful twelvemonth, but it may also be that, because of incomplete responses to questionnaires in the years prior to 1935, some states voting on amendments were omitted from previous lists.

3 In all cases, the affirmative vote is given first.

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