Louisiana Contraband Act, Ballot Measure 12 (October 2003)
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The Louisiana Contraband Act, Ballot Measure 12 was on the ballot in Louisiana on October 4, 2003, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. This measure proposed that property related to illegal activities could be seized.[1][2][3]
Election results
| Louisiana Measure 12 (October 2003) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 574,307 | 55.16% | ||
| No | 466,914 | 44.84% | ||
Election results via: Louisiana Secretary of State
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| To clarify that the constitutional protection to private ownership of personal property (effects) does not apply to contraband. (Amends Article I, Section 4)[4][5] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," October 4, 2003
- ↑ Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, "Voting on Louisiana Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1978-2015," accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2003 Constitutional Amendments," accessed November 9, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2003 Constitutional Amendments," accessed November 9, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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