Louisiana Boards and Commissions Restructuring, Amendment 7 (2012)
| Boards and Commissions Restructuring Amendment | |
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| Type: | Constitutional amendment |
| Constitution: | Louisiana Constitution |
| Referred by: | Louisiana State Legislature |
| Topic: | Administration of gov't |
| Status: |  |
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The measure restructured the composition of various constitutional boards and commissions. The measure was sent to the ballot during the 2012 state legislative session as HB 524.
Election results
- See also: 2012 ballot measure election results
| Louisiana Amendment 7 (2012) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,002,627 | 60.99% | ||
| No | 641,304 | 39.01% | ||
Official results via the Louisiana Secretary of State's website.
Text of measure
The official ballot text read as follows:[1]
| “ | Do you support an amendment, relative to the membership of constitutional boards and commissions that have members who are selected from congressional districts, to retain the existing number of members and to provide for implementation of membership from reapportioned congressional districts by filling vacancies first from under-represented districts and then from the state at large? | ” |
Support
No formal support was identified.
Opposition
No formal opposition was identified.
Path to the ballot
The legislatively-referred constitutional amendment required a two-thirds vote from members of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature to be placed on the statewide ballot.
See also
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