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Pennsylvania Question 2, School District Debt Limits Amendment (1959)
| Pennsylvania Question 2 | |
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| Election date November 3, 1959 | |
| Topic Education | |
Status Defeated | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
Pennsylvania Question 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Pennsylvania on November 3, 1959. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported prohibiting school districts from having debts that exceed 15% of assessed value of taxable property. |
A "no" vote opposed prohibiting school districts from having debts that exceed 15% of assessed value of taxable property. |
Election results
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Pennsylvania Question 2 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 513,987 | 41.66% | ||
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719,923 | 58.34% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 2 was as follows:
| “ | Shall Section eight of Article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania be amended to permit an increase in the borrowing capacity of school districts from seven (7) per centum to 15 (15) per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein and to permit an increase in the indebtedness of school districts from two (2) per centum to five (5) per centum upon such assessed valuation of property without the prior consent of the electors thereof at a public election? | ” |
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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