South Carolina Pension and Retirement System, Amendment 3 (1978)
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The South Carolina Pension and Retirement System, Amendment 3 was on the ballot in South Carolina on November 7, 1978, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. [1]
Election results
| South Carolina Amendment 3 (1978) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| 305,520 | 70.58% | |||
| No | 127,353 | 29.42% | ||
Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| Shall Article X of the Constitution of this State be amended by adding a new section to provide 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, to provide that the General Assembly shall provide funds to insure that the state retirements systems are funded on a sound actuarial basis and to prohibit the use of retirement funds for other purposes?[1][2] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. REFERENDA AND PRIMARY ELECTION MATERIALS [Computer file]. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1995. doi:10.3886/ICPSR00006.v1
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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