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Texas Proposition 14, Legislator Eligibility for Other Offices Amendment (1968)

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Texas Proposition 14

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Election date

November 5, 1968

Topic
Administration of government and State legislatures measures
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Texas Proposition 14 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 5, 1968. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to fix the time during which the members of the Legislature shall be ineligible to hold other offices to expire at the end of the last full year of the term they were elected to hold.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to fix the time during which the members of the Legislature shall be ineligible to hold other offices to expire at the end of the last full year of the term they were elected to hold.


Election results

Texas Proposition 14

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

1,216,265 63.18%
No 708,952 36.82%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 14 was as follows:

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas to fix the time during which the members of the Legislature shall be ineligible to hold other offices.

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Texas Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Texas State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Texas State Legislature as House Joint Resolution 22 during the 60th regular legislative session in 1967.[1]

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