Utah Proposition 8, Abolish the Board of Examiners Amendment (1966)

Utah Proposition 8
Election date November 8, 1966
Topic State executive branch structure
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Utah Proposition 8 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 abolish the Board of Examiners.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to abolish the Board of Examiners.

Election results

Utah Proposition 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		81,447	29.70%
No		192,751	70.30%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 8 was as follows:

“

Shall Section 13 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Utah be amended to abolish the Board of Examiners, which is comprised of the Governor, the Secretary of State and the Attorney General. This Board now has the duty to examine all claims against the State of Utah and to perform such other duties as are prescribed by law.

”

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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