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It was adopted by the California State Legislature and approved by voters in a referendum held as part of a special election on October 10, 1911. An earlier attempt to enfranchise women had been rejected by California voters in 1896, [2] but in 1911 California became the sixth U.S. state to adopt the reform. [3]
Proposition 8 of 1911 (or Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 23) was an amendment of the Constitution of California that introduced, for the first time, the recall of public officials. This allows the governor, state senators and assemblymen, and other elected officials to be removed from office early by a public vote.
The 1911 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on October 31, 1911, with a run-off election on December 5, 1911. Incumbent George Alexander was re-elected for a second full term against Job Harriman .
Ballot measures were not numbered prior to the general election of 1914. [1] Until the November 1982 general election, proposition numbers started with "1" for each election. After November 1982, subsequent propositions received sequentially increasing numbers until November 1998 when the count was reset to "1".
Pages in category "1911 California elections" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... 1911 San Diego mayoral election;
Susan B. Anthony campaigned for suffrage in California. [12] [13] [14] Leading up to the 1896 vote, Anthony encouraged California suffragists to be "all partisan" by avoiding partisan politics until women were enfranchised. [9] Nellie Holbrook Blinn spoke in support of suffrage to the California legislature. [6] 1896:
Starting in the 2020 pandemic, every registered voter in California was mailed a ballot for the general election. Mail voting increased dramatically — and counting slowed.
Since being admitted to the Union in 1850, California has participated in 43 presidential elections. A bellwether from 1888 to 1996, voting for the losing candidates only three times in that span, California has become a reliable state for Democratic presidential candidates since 1992.