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Alabama School District Formation, Amendment 5 (1966)
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The Alabama School District Formation, Amendment 5, also known as Amendment 5, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 8, 1966, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "That Sub-Section (a) of Section 1 of Amendment CLXXIV to the Constitution of Alabama shall be amended so that said Sub-Section (a) as amended shall read as follows:
That part of Jefferson County outside of the municipalities of Birmingham, Bessemer, Fairfield, Tarrant City and Mountain Brook as one district, except that the Jefferson County Board of Education is authorized and empowered to designate any part or portion of said district as a separate school district."[1]
Election results
Alabama Amendment 5 (1966) | ||||
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Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
![]() | 119,506 | 59.59% | ||
No | 81,034 | 40.41% |
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1967
See also
- Alabama 1966 ballot measures
- 1966 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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