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Texas Proposition 16, Legislative Terms of Office Amendment (1966)

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Texas Proposition 16

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Election date

November 8, 1966

Topic
State legislatures measures
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Texas Proposition 16 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 8, 1966. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to set the date on which newly elected legislators take office.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to set the date on which newly elected legislators take office.


Election results

Texas Proposition 16

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

787,823 77.23%
No 232,212 22.77%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 16 was as follows:

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas to establish the date on which newly elected members of the Legislature shall qualify and take office.

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 1 during the 59th regular legislative session in 1965.[1]

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