Pennsylvania Question 6, Voter Residency Requirements and Absentee Voting Amendment (May 1967)
| Pennsylvania Question 6 | |
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| Election date May 16, 1967 | |
| Topic Suffrage and Elections and campaigns | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
Pennsylvania Question 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Pennsylvania on May 16, 1967. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported reducing residency requirements for registering to vote and voting from one year to 90 days and allowing the state legislature to provide for laws concerning absentee voting. |
A "no" vote opposed reducing residency requirements for registering to vote and voting from one year to 90 days and allowing the state legislature to provide for laws concerning absentee voting. |
Election results
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Pennsylvania Question 6 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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1,227,214 | 65.78% | ||
| No | 638,361 | 34.22% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 6 was as follows:
| “ | Shall article eight of the Constitution relating to suffrage and elections be amended by reducing residence requirements to register and vote in the State from one year to ninety days proceeding an election; providing the Legislature shall regulate in voting of electors absent from the State or county of their residence and repealing five sections of the Constitution relating to absentee voting violations of the election law, residence provisions and appointments of elections overseers? | ” |
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.”
See also
External links
- Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission - Ballot Questions & Proposed Amendments (1958 to 1997)
- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Pennsylvania 1967 Referenda and Primary Election Materials (ICPSR 6)
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