South Carolina 1978 ballot measures

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Five statewide ballot measures were on the November 7, 1978 ballot in South Carolina.

• All five measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments and were approved.

On the ballot

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government spending	Requires that a procedure be followed to require a state general fund reserve of an amount equal to five percent of the general fund revenue of the latest completed fiscal year	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Utilities	Specifies that electric cooperatives are included among that class of electric utilities	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Pension	Provides that increased benefits under a retirements or pension system funded in whole or in part by public funds shall not be paid unless the governing body of the system first determines that funding for the increase has been provided by law	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Direct democracy	Proposed the revision of an entire article of the Constitution or the addition of a new article as a single amendment with only one question being required to be voted on	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Divorce	Provides that a divorce may be allowed on the grounds of continuous separation for a period of one year rather than three years	a

See also

• 1978 ballot measures
• List of South Carolina ballot measures
• South Carolina Legislature
• List of ballot measures by state

External links

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
• South Carolina Election Commission