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South Carolina Amendment to Transpose Article XVII to Article XVI, Amendment 7 (1972)
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The South Carolina Amendment to Transpose Article XVII to Article XVI, Amendment 7 was on the ballot in South Carolina on November 7, 1972, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved.
This amendment moved Article XVII to Article XVI and provided for the "grounds of divorce, prohibit lotteries, provide for the continuity of government, provide for alcoholic liquors and beverages." It deleted provisions in the article about qualifications for office and dual office holding.[1]
Election results
| South Carolina Amendment 7 (1972) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 227,501 | 55.66% | ||
| No | 181,206 | 44.34% | ||
Election results via: South Carolina Election Commission
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| "Shall Article XVII be transposed to Article XVI so as to provide for grounds of divorce, prohibit lotteries, provide for the continuity of government, provide for alcoholic liquors and beverages, and to delete provisions relating to qualifications of officers, qualification for office and dual office holding, property qualifications, term of office' and dueling, claims against the State, Supreme Being, public printing, removal of legal causes, officers gambling and betting, property of married women, laws now of force, schedule implementing the Constitution of 1895, special election for bonding municipalities and exceptions thereto, and funds realized by Greenwood County from sale of electric properties and system?"[1][2] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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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