Mississippi State Budget, Amendment 4 (1968)

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The Mississippi State Budget, Amendment 4, also known as Amendment 4, was on the ballot in Mississippi on June 4, 1968, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended: Section 115. The amendment proposed that the state’s fiscal year would begin on the first day of July and end on the thirtieth day of June; the auditor of public accounts and treasurer shall compile and publish a full report showing the transactions of their respective offices on or before the thirty-first day of December of each year for the preceding fiscal year. The state and its agencies shall not incur a bonded indebtedness in excess of one-and-half times the sum of all the funds received by it for all purposes during any one of the preceding four fiscal years, whichever year might be highest.

Election results

Mississippi Amendment 4 (June 1968)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		315,244	61.87%
Yes		194,245	38.13%

Election results via: Referenda and Primary Elections for Mississippi, 1968-1990

See also

Suggest a link

• Mississippi 1968 ballot measures
• 1968 ballot measures
• List of Mississippi ballot measures

External links

• Referenda and Primary Elections for Mississippi, 1968-1990