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South Carolina Amendment on Moving Inmates to other States, Amendment 6 (1970)
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The South Carolina Amendment on Moving Inmates to other States, Amendment 6 was on the ballot in South Carolina on November 3, 1970, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment allowed for inmates in the state to be placed in prisons in other states or with the federal government.[1]
Election results
| South Carolina Amendment 6 (1970) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 175,799 | 76.78% | ||
| No | 53,171 | 23.22% | ||
Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| "Shall Section 9 of Article XII of the Constitution of this State be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to permit certain inmates at South Carolina Correctional Institutions to be placed in correctional institutions of other states or the federal government for confinement, treatment or rehabilitation?"[2][3] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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