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Louisiana Civil Service Amendment (1972)
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The Louisiana Civil Service Amendment, also known as Amendment 3, was on the ballot in Louisiana on February 1, 1972, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. This measure proposed to add Article XIX-A to the constitution. This article provided for merit-based state and local civil service systems in cities with a population of more than 250,000 residents. It also provided for police and fire civil service in smaller cities with populations between 13,000 and 250,000.[1]
Election results
| Louisiana Amendment 3 (February 1972) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 286,897 | 54.44% | ||
| Yes | 240,101 | 45.56% | ||
Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
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