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Arkansas Legislative Authority to Submit Ballot Measures, Proposed Amendment 54 (1968)
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The Arkansas Legislative Authority to Submit Ballot Measures Proposed Amendment, also known as Proposed Amendment 54, was on the ballot in Arkansas on November 5, 1968, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The measure would have allowed the general assembly to submit up to eight amendments to the ballot for approval from voters at the general election.[1][2]
Election results
| Arkansas Proposed Amendment 54 (1968) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 244,431 | 55.28% | ||
| Yes | 197,747 | 44.72% | ||
Election results via: Arkansas Secretary of State
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| An Amendment to Section 22 of Article XIX of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas authorizing either branch of the General Assembly at any Session held not less than 4 months prior to a General Election to propose not more than eight Amendments to the Arkansas Constitution, the first four of which shall have received at least a majority vote and not more than four additional such Amendments which must receive not less than two-thirds votes of the membership of each House of the General Assembly and providing for publication of such proposed Amendments in at least one newspaper in each County for four months preceding such General Election at which same will be submitted to the electors for approval or rejection. Each Amendment must be so submitted as to enable the electors to vote on each Amendment separately.[2][3] |
See also
- Arkansas 1968 ballot measures
- 1968 ballot measures
- List of Arkansas ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Arkansas
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "Initiatives and Amendments 1938-2010," accessed August 25, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, "Referenda Elections for Arkansas," accessed August 25, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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