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Louisiana Right to Serve at Polls Amendment (1970)
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The Louisiana Right to Serve at Polls Amendment, also known as Amendment 49, was on the ballot in Louisiana on November 3, 1970, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. It proposed that the right to serve as a commissioner or clerk at the polls shall not be denied to any person who is qualified to vote and who is not registered as entitled to assistance at the polls.[1]
Election results
| Louisiana Amendment 49 (1970) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 174,835 | 57.58% | ||
| Yes | 128,794 | 42.42% | ||
Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
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