Pennsylvania Question 2, Declaration of Rights and Constitutional Revisions Amendment (May 1967)
| Pennsylvania Question 2 | |
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| Election date May 16, 1967 | |
| Topic Constitutional rights and Constitutional language | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
Pennsylvania Question 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Pennsylvania on May 16, 1967. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the Declaration of Rights, prohibiting the denial of any civil right, repealing the constitutional provision prohibiting emigration from the state, and revising constitutional language in sections concerning the creation of special criminal tribunals and prohibiting forfeiture of estates. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the Declaration of Rights, prohibiting the denial of any civil right, repealing the constitutional provision prohibiting emigration from the state, and revising constitutional language in sections concerning the creation of special criminal tribunals and prohibiting forfeiture of estates. |
Election results
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Pennsylvania Question 2 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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1,232,575 | 65.88% | ||
| No | 638,365 | 34.12% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 2 was as follows:
| “ | Shall article one of the Constitution relating to the Declaration of Rights be amended, by modernizing the wording of sections fifteen prohibiting the creation of special criminal tribunals; and nineteen prohibiting forfeiture of estates to the Commonwealth; prohibiting the denial to any person the enjoyment of any civil right by the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions and by eliminating therefrom the outmoded provision prohibiting emigration from the State? | ” |
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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