Pennsylvania 1997 ballot measures

Pennsylvania 1997 Ballot Measures
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Three statewide ballot measures were on the ballot in Pennsylvania for November 4, 1997.

All three ballot measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
All three of the ballot measures were approved.

On the ballot

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Taxes	Changes to local homestead property tax exemption	a
LRCA	Question 2	State Exec	Require a unanimous recommendation of the board of pardons before the governor can pardon or commute the sentence of an individual sentenced in a criminal case to death or life imprisonment	a
LRCA	Question 3	Voting	Allows for a statute permitting absentee voting by qualified electors who at the time of an election may be absent from the municipality where they reside	a

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