Alabama County Tax, Amendment 8 (1961)

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The Alabama County Tax, Amendment 8, also known as Amendment 8, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 5, 1961, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Baldwin County would be authorized to levy and collect a county tax of 50 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property for educational purposes. The tax must be approved by the electors.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 8 (December 1961)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		85,929	71.18%
No		34,790	28.82%

Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1963

See also

Suggest a link

• Alabama 1961 ballot measures
• 1961 ballot measures
• List of Alabama ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama

External links

• Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1963