Arkansas Salary Raise for Constitutional Officers, Proposed Amendment 56 (1976)
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The Arkansas Salary Raise for Constitutional Officers Proposed Amendment, also known as Proposed Amendment 56, was on the ballot in Arkansas on November 2, 1976, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The measure raised the salaries of the governor, legislators and other constitutional officers. The measure also established a method for determining salaries of municipal officers.[1][2]
Election results
| Arkansas Proposed Amendment 56 (1976) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 441,247 | 65.19% | ||
| No | 235,665 | 34.81% | ||
Election results via: Arkansas Secretary of State
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| A proposed Constitutional Amendment to limit and establish the salaries of the Constitutional Officers and members of the General Assembly; and to establish the method of fixing the maximum salaries of Municipal Officers.[2][3] |
See also
- Arkansas 1976 ballot measures
- 1976 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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