Proposition Summary
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 27. Repeals section 4 of Article V and adds section 4.5 to Article V of Constitution. Declares Legislature may regulate by law the manner of making returns of elections for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Ratifies legislation enacted at Fifty-third Session of Legislature regulating manner of making returns of elections for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
Proposition Number
4
Year
1940
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Popular Vote Results
Y: 1198015; A: 64.0; N: 673794; B: 36.0
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Assembly Constitutional Amendment
Code Sections Affected
Added Cal. Const. art. V, section 4.5. Repealed Cal. Const. art. V, section 4.
For Author
Thomas A. Maloney, Member of the Assembly, Twentieth District.
Recommended Citation
ELECTION RETURNS FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR California Proposition 4 (1940).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/404