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Kentucky Four Amendments Referendum (1979)
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The Kentucky Four Amendments Referendum, also known as Amendment 1, was on the November 6, 1979 ballot in Kentucky as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure permitted the Kentucky General Assembly to submit up to four amendments to be voted on at one time. Prior to this, only two amendments could be voted upon at one time.[1]
Election results
| Kentucky Amendment 1 (1979) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 187,933 | 57.83% | ||
| No | 137,053 | 42.17% | ||
Election results via: Kentucky State Board of Elections, 1979 Primary and General Election Results
Text of measure
The language appeared on the ballot as:[2]
| “ | Amendment #1: Shall section 256 of the Constitution be amended to provide that not more than four amendments shall be voted upon at any one time, to be submitted in such a manner that the electors shall vote "for" or "against" each amendment separately, but an amendment may relate to a single subject or to related subject matters and may amend or modify as many articles and as many sections of the Constitution as may be necessary and appropriate in order to accomplish the objectives of the amendment.[3] | ” |
See also
- Kentucky 1979 ballot measures
- 1979 ballot measures
- List of Kentucky ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Kentucky
External links
- History of Kentucky's Constitution
- Kentucky State Board of Elections, 1979 Primary and General Election Results
Footnotes
- ↑ Legislative Research Commission, "The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections, "1979 Primary and General Election Results," accessed March 14, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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