South Carolina Amendment on the Powers of Local Political Entities, Amendment 4 (1972)
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The South Carolina Amendment on the Powers of Local Political Entities, Amendment 4 was on the ballot in South Carolina on November 7, 1972, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved.
This amendment provided for the retention of present powers of various local political entities and county boundaries.[1][1]
Election results
| South Carolina Amendment 4 (1972) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 224,814 | 74.35% | ||
| No | 180,521 | 44.54% | ||
Election results via: South Carolina Election Commission
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| "Shall Article VIII be amended so as to provide for retention of present powers of various local political entities and county boundaries until changed; maximum number of counties; merger of adjoining counties and portions thereof; county seats; governmental aspects of counties; incorporation of new municipalities; various aspects of municipal government; joint financing and administration of functions by the State, local and out-of-state governments and to permit dual office holding in such cases; restriction on politic~l subdivisions in matters of statewide concern; prohibit the General Assembly from granting rights to construct and maintain certain public works and utilities without consent of political entity affected; provide for municipal and county acquisition and operation of public utilities and transportation; provide for construction of constitution and laws; provide for assignment and regulation of territories for electrical and gas utilities in consolidated political subdivisions; and to delete from this article provisions relating to alcoholic liquor and beverages, certain corporate, manufactories and and business license taxes and city and town bonded debt limitations?"[1][2] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 South Carolina Election Commission, "Report of the South Carolina Election Commission: For the Period Ending June 30, 1973," accessed October 9, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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