2012 Minnesota Amendment 1

Minnesota Amendment 1

November 6, 2012

Minnesota Marriage Amendment
Results
Choice
Votes %
Yes 1,399,916 47.44%
No 1,510,434 51.19%
Blank votes 40,430 1.37%
Total votes 2,910,350 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 76.42%

Sources: [1][2]

Minnesota Amendment 1 (also called Minnesota Marriage Amendment[3] or Minnesota Gay Marriage Amendment[4]) was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment proposed to ban marriage between same-sex couples in the state of Minnesota, that appeared on the ballot on November 6, 2012. It was rejected by 51.90% of voters.[5]

  1. ^ Results for Constitutional Amendments 2012 Minnesota
  2. ^ Historical Voter Turnout Statistics
  3. ^ Zachary, Alexander (October 3, 2012). "Weathering the Storms of the Minnesota Marriage Amendment". Huff Post. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  4. ^ "Minnesota to vote on gay-marriage ban". The Washington Times. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  5. ^ "2012 Referendum General Election Results". Uselectionatlas.org. November 7, 2012.