Mississippi State Board of Education, Amendment 1 (1982)

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The Mississippi State Board of Education, Amendment 1, also known as Amendment 1, was on the ballot in Mississippi on November 2, 1982, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended via Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 506. The amendment proposed an amendment to Sections 202 and 203. It proposed that the state superintendent of public education would be appointed by the board of education and that the superintendent would be chief administrator of the Department of Education.

Election results

Mississippi Amendment 1 (1982)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		219,966	52.00%
No		203,006	48.00%

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

See also

Suggest a link

• Mississippi 1982 ballot measures
• 1982 ballot measures
• List of Mississippi ballot measures

External links

• Referenda and Primary Elections for Mississippi, 1968-1990