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Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, Proposed Amendment 1 (1988)

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The Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission Proposed Amendment, also known as Proposed Amendment 1, was on the ballot in Arkansas on November 8, 1988, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The measure created a commission on judicial discipline and disability and provided for the guidelines for disicplinary actions, suspension and removal of judges.[1][2]

Election results

Arkansas Proposed Amendment 1 (1988)
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes431,86460.10%
No286,69939.90%

Election results via: Arkansas Secretary of State

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 1

(Referred to the People by the General Assembly)
(Popular Name)
Commission for Judicial Discipline, Suspension, Removal, and Disability Retirement
(Ballot Title)
An amendment to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas creating a commission on judicial discipline and disability, setting the membership, providing for the establishment of grounds of misconduct, providing for disciplinary sanctions, suspension, removal, leave and involuntary disability retirement, and giving the Supreme Court power to make procedural rules and the General Assembly power to establish grounds for suspension and removal.[2][3]

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