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West Virginia Freeport Amendment, Amendment 1 (1978)

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The West Virginia Freeport Amendment, Amendment 1, also known as Amendment No. 1, was on the ballot in West Virginia on November 7, 1978, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. [1]

Election results

West Virginia Amendment 1 (1978)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No297,26676.73%
Yes90,17323.27%

Election results via: West Virginia Secretary of State

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

To amend the State Constitution to permit the Legislature to exempt inventory and warehouse goods from ad valorem property taxation by general law to such extent as it may from time to time determine.[2]

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Footnotes

  1. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, "REFERENDA AND PRIMARY ELECTION MATERIALS" [Computer file: ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI, 1995.]
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.