1927 Dominican Republic Constitutional Assembly election

Election in the Dominican Republic Constitutional Assembly elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 1 June 1927.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 978-0-19-928357-6 The role of the Assembly was to review and amend certain articles of the constitution.Nohlen, p252 This assembly amended the constitution so president and vice president's terms would extend six years.http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/resources/featured-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/dominican-republic/elections-and-events-19241944.html Elections and Events 1924-1944 2011-07-09 The Library UCSD https://web.archive.org/web/20140703025136/http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/resources/featured-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/dominican-republic/elections-and-events-19241944.html 2014-07-03 This assembly, however, was elected by Congress,http://countrystudies.us/dominican-republic/11.htm Dominican Republic - The Era of Trujillo Library of Congress Country Studies not the general population, and thus had invalided Constitutional procedures. The election had been boycotted by supporters of Vice President Federico Velásquez as he objected to the term length being increased. Following the amendments, the Vice President would be considered as having resigned if they did not take a new oath of office. This meant Velásquez lost office as he did not take the oath. References Dominican Republic Constitutional Category:Elections in the Dominican Republic Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Dominican Category:Constituent assembly elections in North America