Montana Salaries of Public Officers Amendment (1968)

Montana Salaries of Public Officers Amendment
Election date November 5, 1968
Topic Salaries of government officials
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Montana Salaries of Public Officers Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Montana on November 5, 1968. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to remove the prohibition against increasing or decreasing the salaries of public officers during their terms.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to remove the prohibition against increasing or decreasing the salaries of public officers during their terms.

Election results

Montana Salaries of Public Officers Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		87,027	38.75%
No		137,587	61.25%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Salaries of Public Officers Amendment was as follows:

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For the amendment Against the amendment

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Montana Constitution

A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required of all members of the legislature during one legislative session for the Montana State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. Since Montana has 150 legislators (100 Representatives and 50 Senators), at least 100 members must vote in favor of a constitutional amendment for it to pass. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1968 Measures

• 1968 Measures
• Salaries of government officials on the ballot
• 1968 legislative sessions

Montana

• Montana ballot measures
• Montana ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Montana Archived Election Results