Kentucky Voting Rights Referendum (1955)

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The Kentucky Voting Rights Referendum was on the November 8, 1955 ballot in Kentucky as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. It permitted persons 18 years of age or older to vote, provided they meet other qualifications, and remove the word “male” from the constitutional description of voters.

Text of measure

See also: Kentucky Constitution, Section 145

The measure extended the right to vote to persons over 18 years old and removed the word male from the constitutional language.

See also

Suggest a link

• Kentucky 1955 ballot measures
• 1955 ballot measures
• List of Kentucky ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Kentucky

External links

• History of Kentucky's Constitution

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