Proposition Summary

Submitted to electors by referendum. Amends provisions of Direct Primary Law of 1913 governing nominations at primary elections so as to permit declaration of party affiliation by elector at polls instead of when registering; prescribes -official ballot containing names of all candidates: electors declaring at polls affiliation with party to vote for candidates of that party only and for present non-partisan offices, electors not so declaring to vote for non-partisan offices only; requires election officer, before delivering ballot to elector, to cancel such portion thereof as elector is not entitled to vote.

Proposition Number

4

Year

1916

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 319559; A: 47.7; N: 349723; B: 52.3

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Referendum

For Author

C. C. Young, Speaker of the Assembly

Against Author

Alfred L. Bartlett, Assemblyman Sixty-third District

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