Pennsylvania Question 1, Move Article XVI to Different Section Amendment (1966)
| Pennsylvania Question 1 | |
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| Election date November 8, 1966 | |
| Topic Constitutional language | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
Pennsylvania Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Pennsylvania on November 8, 1966. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported moving Article XVI of the state constitution to another article of the state constitution concerning private corporations. |
A "no" vote opposed moving Article XVI of the state constitution to another article of the state constitution concerning private corporations. |
Election results
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Pennsylvania Question 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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1,212,790 | 65.57% | ||
| No | 636,925 | 34.43% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:
| “ | Shall article sixteen of the Constitution titled Private Corporations providing for cumulative voting limiting the authority of corporations to do business and prohibiting the issuance of stocks without consideration be repealed; and a new article substituted therefor providing that certain unused charters issued prior to 1874 be void; certain charters be subject to the Constitution; charters may be revoked, amended or repealed and providing the time for payment for property taken by eminent domain? | ” |
Path to the ballot
In Pennsylvania, the General Assembly must pass a constitutional amendment by a simple majority vote during two successive legislative sessions to refer the measure to the ballot for voter consideration. The legislature can also pass a measure by a two-thirds vote during one legislative session if a “major emergency threatens or is about to threaten the Commonwealth.”
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