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Pennsylvania Convention Proposal 6, Local Government Amendment (April 1968)
| Pennsylvania Convention Proposal 6 | |
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| Election date April 23, 1968 | |
| Topic County and municipal governance | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Constitutional convention referral | Origin Constitutional convention |
Pennsylvania Proposal 6 was on the ballot as a constitutional convention referral in Pennsylvania on April 23, 1968. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported this constitutional amendment to providing for home rule for all units of local government and change rules governing local government boundaries, agreements, finances, apportionment, and other local government matters. |
A "no" vote opposed this constitutional amendment to providing for home rule for all units of local government and change rules governing local government boundaries, agreements, finances, apportionment, and other local government matters. |
Election results
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Pennsylvania Proposal 6 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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986,855 | 60.91% | ||
| No | 633,323 | 39.09% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposal 6 was as follows:
| “ | Shall Proposal 6 on Local Government, adopted by the Constitutional Convention, providing for home rule for all units of local government, optional forms of government, uniform procedures for merger, consolidation and boundary change, intergovernmental cooperation and area governments, local finance and debt limits, apportionment and related matters, be approved? | ” |
Path to the ballot
A state constitutional convention referred the constitutional amendment to the ballot.
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