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Louisiana Statewide Elective Offices Vacancies Act, Amendment 12 (September 2006)

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Louisiana Amendment 12, also known as the Filling of Vacancies in Statewide Elective Offices Act, was on the September 30, 2006, primary election ballot in Louisiana as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. It proposed regulations related to holding special elections to fill vacancies of statewide offices.[1][2]

Election results

Amendment 12, Primary
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes 412,612 69%
No189,19231%

Election results via: Louisiana Secretary of State

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

To provide for the filling of vacancies in the lieutenant governor's office and other statewide elective offices; to provide that if more than one year remains in the term, the person nominated by the governor and confirmed by the legislature to serve as lieutenant governor or the first assistant in other statewide elected offices, shall fill the vacancy only until the office can be filled at the next regular statewide or congressional election or until the governor is required to call a special election. (Amends Article IV, Sections 15 and 16)[3]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," September 30, 2006
  2. ↑ Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, "Voting on Louisiana Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1978-2015," accessed November 3, 2015
  3. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Constitutional Amendments 1-13 -- September 30, 2006 Election," accessed November 16, 2015
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