Kentucky Limited Constitutional Convention Referendum (1960)

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The Kentucky Limited Constitutional Convention Referendum was on the November 8, 1960 ballot in Kentucky as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have called a constitutional convention limited to the following 12 areas of consideration:^[1]

The organization and powers of municipal, county, and other local governments
The judicial department and courts
Compensation of public officers and employees
The order of succession of persons entitled to act as governor and the circumstances under which the governor is disqualified to act
Misfeasance, malfeasance, and nonfeasance of public officers
Official oaths
The Railroad Commission
The legislative department
The mode of revision or amendment of the Constitution
Incompatibility of offices
Terms and tenure of state officers other than governor and lieutenant governor
Removal of limitations on the holding of real estate

Election results

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Kentucky Convention Referendum (1960)
Result	Votes	Percentage
d No	342,501	51.33%
Yes	324,777	48.67%

This measure was the third time a constitutional convention had been called for in Kentucky. The other attempts include the following:

Additionally, a referred constitutional draft was placed on the ballot in 1967.

This historical ballot measure article requires that the text of the measure be added to the page.

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