Kentucky Expands Term Limits of Mayors, Amendment 2 (1986)

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Kentucky Amendment 2 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Kentucky which was approved on the ballot on November 4, 1986.

This amendment sought to allow mayors to serve two successive terms beyond their original terms.[1]

Election results

Kentucky amendment 2 (1986)
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes 297,883 57.6%
No219,20142.4%

Official results via: Kentucky.gov, "Kentucky 1986 Ballot Measures Election Results"

Text on the ballot

The language that appeared on the ballot:

Shall Section 160 of the Constitution be amended to allow mayors of cities of the first and second classes to serve two successive terms beyond their original terms?[1][2]

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 National Conference of State Legislatures, "Kentucky 1986 Ballot Measures," accessed July 5, 2013
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.