Alabama Special County Property Tax, Amendment 23 (1961)

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The Alabama Special County Property Tax, Amendment 23, also known as Amendment 23, 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 Lauderdale County be permitted to levy and collect a special property tax of one-half of one percent of taxable property outside of the city of Florence for public school funding. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 23 (December 1961)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		80,993	72.03%
No		31,445	27.97%

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