Proposition Summary

Senate Constitutional Amendment No 16. Amends Section 8 of Article VI of Constitution. Provides that where superior court vacancy occurs during general election year preceding end of the incumbent judge’s term, election of a full-term successor shall be held at same election as if no vacancy had occurred

Proposition Number

21

Year

1952

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 2584152; A: 70.2; N: 1095367; B: 29.8

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Amended Cal. Const. art. VI, section 8.

For Author

George J. Hatfield, State Senator, 24th District; Gregory P. Maushart, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Merced

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