Ohio Elections of State Officers, Amendment 3 (October 1879)

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The Ohio Elections of State Officers Amendment, also known as Amendment 3, was on the October 14, 1879 ballot in Ohio as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have provided that elections for state officers be held at the place of voting for members of the general assembly at a time prescribed by law.^[1]

Election results[edit]

Ohio Amendment 3 (October 1879)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		155,257	48.83%
Yes		162,728	51.17%

Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 670,711 votes in the entire election (335,356 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.

Election results via: Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library

Text of measure[edit]

The text of the measure can be read here.

Path to the ballot[edit]

The amendment was referred to the ballot by the Ohio General Assembly on April 12, 1879.^[1]

See also[edit]

Suggest a link

• Ohio 1879 ballot measures
• 1879 ballot measures
• List of Ohio ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Ohio

External links[edit]

• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library

Footnotes[edit]

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