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Louisiana First-Use Tax Amendment (1978)
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The Louisiana First-Use Tax Amendment, also known as Amendment 1, was on the ballot in Louisiana on November 7, 1978, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. This measure proposed that the constitution detail the uses for the revenue resulting from the first-use tax. These uses would include redemption of debt and capital improvements for barrier islands and coastal shores.[1][2]
Election results
| Louisiana Amendment 1 (1978) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 330,968 | 60.87% | ||
| No | 212,763 | 39.13% | ||
Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
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