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Louisiana Sentencing Guidelines, Amendment 1 (1999)
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The Louisiana Sentencing Guidelines Amendment, also known as Amendment 1, was on the ballot in Louisiana on November 20, 1999, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. This measure proposed that a favorable recommendation from the Board of Pardons is required before the governor can commute a sentence or pardon a person convicted of a crime.[1][2]
Election results
| Louisiana Amendment 1 (1999) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 376,785 | 59.13% | ||
| No | 260,460 | 40.87% | ||
Election results via: Louisiana Secretary of State
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