Texas Proposition 14, Voting in the Armed Forces Amendment (1966)
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| Topic Elections and campaigns and Suffrage |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Texas Proposition 14 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 8, 1966. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported the amendment to omit the requirement that members of the armed services vote only in the county that they resided in at the time of entering the service. |
A "no" vote opposed the amendment to omit the requirement that members of the armed services vote only in the county that they resided in at the time of entering the service. |
Election results
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Texas Proposition 14 |
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893,798 | 81.87% | ||
| No | 197,901 | 18.13% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 14 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to omit the requirement that members of the armed services vote only in the county in which they resided at the time of entering the service. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Texas Constitution
A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Texas State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Texas State Legislature as House Joint Resolution 38 during the 59th regular legislative session in 1965.[1]
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Footnotes
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