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Illinois Revenue Amendment (1926)
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The Illinois Revenue Amendment was on the ballot in Illinois on November 2, 1926, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. It proposed to modify the power of the legislature to levy taxes on personal property and income.[1]
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 476,455 | 42.23% | ||
| Yes | 651,768 | 57.77% | ||
Election results via: Illinois Blue Book 1961-1962
Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, it did not pass because at the time of the vote Illinois required that amendments receive a vote of more than 50 percent of those voting in the election. There were 1,912,706 voters in this election, requiring at least 956,354 “yes” votes for the measure to pass.
See also
- Illinois 1926 ballot measures
- 1926 ballot measures
- List of Illinois ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Illinois
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