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South Carolina Amendment on Bingo, Amendment 5 (1974)
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The South Carolina Amendment on Bingo, Amendment 5 was on the ballot in South Carolina on November 5, 1974, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. [1]
Election results
| South Carolina Amendment 5 (1974) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 242,878 | 63.33% | ||
| No | 140,648 | 36.67% | ||
Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| Shall Section 7 of Article XVII of the Constitution of this State be amended so as to provide that the game of bingo, conducted by religious, charitable or fraternal organizations or when conducted at recognized annual state and county fairs exempt from federal income taxation, shall not be deemed a lottery?[1][2] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. REFERENDA AND PRIMARY ELECTION MATERIALS [Computer file]. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1995. doi:10.3886/ICPSR00006.v1
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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