West Virginia Repeal of the Limitation on Sheriff's Succession, Amendment 4 (1986)

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The West Virginia Repeal of the Limitation on Sheriff's Succession, Amendment 4, also known as Amendment No. 4, was on the ballot in West Virginia on November 4, 1986, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. [1]

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West Virginia Amendment 4 (1986)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No269,62268.50%
Yes123,96631.50%

Election results via: West Virginia Secretary of State

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

To repeal section three, article nine of the State Constitution which provided that a person who had been elected or who had served as a sheriff for all or part of two consecutive terms was ineligible for the office of sheriff for the term following the second of two consecutive terms.[2]

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  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.