1974 Australian referendum (Simultaneous Elections)
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The Constitution Alteration (Simultaneous Elections) Bill 1974,[1] was an unsuccessful proposal to alter the Australian Constitution to require simultaneous elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate. It was put to voters for approval in a referendum held on 18 May 1974. Previous elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate had usually held simultaneously although this was a matter of convention rather than constitutional law. Election terms had lost synchronisation in the 1960s with separate half Senate elections in 1964, 1967 and 1970.
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An Act to alter the Constitution so as to ensure that Senate elections are held at the same time as House of Representatives elections. Do you approve the proposed law? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The bill to amend the constitution was passed by the House of Representatives however it was rejected by the Senate.[1] Instead the referendum was put to voters using the deadlock provision in Section 128.[2]