Illinois Gateway Amendment (1946)
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The Illinois Gateway Amendment was on the ballot in Illinois on November 5, 1946, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. It proposed that the legislature should be able to submit amendments to up to three constitutional articles per session.[1]
Election results
| Illinois Gateway Amendment (1946) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 368,108 | 22.42% | ||
| Yes | 1,273,653 | 77.58% | ||
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 3,619,322 voters in this election, requiring at least 1,809,662 “yes” votes for the measure to pass.
See also
- Illinois 1946 ballot measures
- 1946 ballot measures
- List of Illinois ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Illinois
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