Alabama Municipal Taxes, Amendment 8 (August 1956)
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The Alabama Municipal Taxes, Amendment 8, also known as Amendment 8, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 6, 1956, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that, in addition to all taxes authorized by the constitution and laws of Alabama, the municipality of Gadsden would have the power and right to levy and collect a tax of not to exceed .5 percent in any one year on the taxable property. The proceeds of which would be used for the paying of bonds issued and outstanding at the time of the adoption of this amendment, and the interest thereon.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 8 (1956) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 152,605 | 73.73% | ||
| Yes | 54,381 | 26.27% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1959
See also
- Alabama 1956 ballot measures
- 1956 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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