California Proposition 4, California County Registrar of Voters Referendum (1912)
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| Topic County and municipal governance |
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| Type Veto referendum |
Origin |
California Proposition 4 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in California on November 5, 1912. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote was to uphold a law requiring counties to have a registrar of voters office. |
A "no" vote was to repeal a law requiring counties to have a registrar of voters office. |
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Prozentualer Anteil | ||
| Yes | 145,924 | 36.39% | ||
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255,051 | 63.61% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 4 was as follows:
| " | Referendum Opposing an Act Creating the Office of Registrar of Voters. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In California, the number of signatures required for a veto referendum is equal to 5 percent of the votes cast at the preceding gubernatorial election. For veto referendums filed in 1912, at least 19,286 valid signatures were required. Proponents of the veto referendum had 90 days from the date that the bill was signed to collect signatures.
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Footnotes
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