Ohio Bonds for Transportation Improvements Amendment (1968)
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The Ohio Transportation Bonds Amendment, also known as Amendment 1, was on the November 5, 1968 ballot in Ohio as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure provided $500 million in bonds for transportation and other capital improvements.[1][2][3]
Election results
| Ohio Amendment 1 (1968) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 1,732,512 | 52.76% | ||
| No | 1,550,959 | 47.24% | ||
Election results via: Ohio Secretary of State
Text of measure
Ballot title
The language appeared on the ballot as:[4]
| “ | Shall Article VIII of the Ohio Constitution be amended by adding Section 2 to authorize $500,000,000 additional obligations, including bonds and notes for highways and research for highways and highway transportation, and $259,000,000 for other capital improvements, of which $120,000,000 is for water pollution control and water management, $100,000,000 for higher education, technical and vocational education, and juvenile correction, training, and rehabilitation, $20,000,000 for parks and recreation, and $19,000,000 for airports and other state buildings and structures, including those for police and fire training?[5] | ” |
Constitutional changes
The measure amended Section 2 of Article VIII of the Ohio Constitution.
See also
- Ohio 1968 ballot measures
- 1968 ballot measures
- List of Ohio ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Ohio
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, "Ohio Constitution: Table of Proposed Amendments," accessed February 11, 2015
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Amendment and Legislation: Proposed Constitutional Amendments, Initiated Legislation, and Laws Challenged by Referendum, Submitted to the Electors," accessed February 11, 2015
- ↑ State Library of Ohio, "Proposed constitutional amendments, initiated legislation and laws challenged by referendum, submitted to the electors," accessed February 11, 2015
- ↑ Toledo Blade, "The Blade's Endorsements," November 3, 1968
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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