1 The material for this table, while derived from a variety of sources, came chiefly from the Session Laws, 1857-1919, the Legislative Manuals, 1869-1919,
and the House Journals, 1866-1878.
The "total vote" recorded in this column for the years up to and including 1898 is put in only to facilitate comparisons. It was not until the election of
1900 that
became necessary to procure the favorable vote of a majority of all the voters voting at the election to carry an amendment. The figures on the total vote
for governor and total presidential vote were taken mainly and without verification from the 1919 Legislative Manual, pp. 284-86. As therein recorded the vote
does not include the small number of votes cast for the least important candidates, and in any case it will be understood that the total vote for governor or the
total presidential vote is always somewhat less than the "total number of ballots cast and counted" at the election. It is the latter figure which is today taken
as the basis for determining whether an amendment has been adopted and which is given in this column for the elections from 1902 to 1920, inclusive.

While the vote was light, this amendment seems to have carried. It appears, however, that its adoption was not proclaimed and it is possible the
vote was not canvassed. No official report of the vote has been found.

In subsequent litigation this amendment was declared to have been adopted.