Illinois Banking Amendment (1938)

## Contents

* 1 Election results
* 2 See also
* 3 External links
* 4 Footnotes

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The Illinois Banking Amendment was on the ballot in Illinois on November 8, 1938, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. It proposed modifications to the banking rules to reduce the liability of bank stockholders.[1]

## Election results[edit]

Illinois (1938)

Result| Votes| Percentage
d No| 352,428| 27.65%
Yes| 922,237| 72.35%

Election results via: Illinois Blue Book 1961-1962

Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, it did not pass because at the time of the vote Illinois required that amendments receive a vote of more than 50 percent of those voting in the election. There were 3,274,814 voters in this election, requiring at least 1,637,408 “yes” votes for the measure to pass.

## See also[edit]

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* Illinois 1938 ballot measures
* 1938 ballot measures
* List of Illinois ballot measures
* History of Initiative & Referendum in Illinois

## External links[edit]

* Illinois Blue Book 1961-1962

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Illinois Blue Book 1961-1962, "Constitution of the State of Illinois," accessed September 23, 2015 (page 436)

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