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in most of the States of the United States.
It is noted in the minority report that there
are only five states which have constitutional provisions
which permit that which the majority recommendation pro-
poses .
There are two tabulations of the methods of
requiring voting percentages which have been before our
committee, one a publication by the Council on State
Governments, the other a publication of the Council of
State Legislators. The two tabulations are a bit differ-
ent but they come up with what is basically the same.
Therp are 26 states which require approval by a
majority of members elected in each House. There are five
which require approval by a majority of the members pre-
sent in each House. There are three which require a
majority of each House; there are three whicn require a
majority of those present, if the number is equal to or
greater than a stipulated number of members. In two cases
two-fifths of the entire membership, in the other case,
two-thirds of two-thirds, which is a quorum; it would re-
quire approval by a majority o the members to which each