Utah Proposition 1, Permit Metropolitan Government in Large Counties Amendment (1966)

Utah Proposition 1
Election date November 8, 1966
Topic Local government organization
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Utah Proposition 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 8, 1966. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to allow counties with 75,000 or more people to implement a metropolitan form of government.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to allow counties with 75,000 or more people to implement a metropolitan form of government.

Election results

Utah Proposition 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		94,210	33.89%
No		183,787	66.11%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 1 was as follows:

“

Shall a new article be added to the Constitution of the State of Utah to permit Counties of 75,000 or more persons to establish a metropolitan form of government within metropolitan regions which could replace any other existing unit of local government within the region.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Utah Constitution

A two-thirds majority vote in both the legislative chambers vote is required during one legislative session for the Utah State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Utah House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Utah State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1966 Measures

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• 1966 legislative sessions

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