Kentucky Sheriff Succession Referendum (1959)

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The Kentucky Sheriff Succession Referendum was on the November 3, 1959 ballot in Kentucky as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have made sheriffs eligible to succeed themselves.

Text of measure

See also: Kentucky Constitution, Section 99

The measure would have made sheriffs eligible to succeed themselves.

See also

Suggest a link

• Kentucky 1959 ballot measures
• 1959 ballot measures
• List of Kentucky ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Kentucky

External links

• History of Kentucky's Constitution

Footnotes

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