Texas Proposition 5, Creation Of Counties Amendment (1934)

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Texas Proposition 5

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Election date

November 6, 1934

Topic
County and municipal governance and State legislatures measures
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Texas Proposition 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 6, 1934. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the legislature to create new counties and change the boundaries of existing counties upon a two-thirds vote. 

A "no" vote opposed allowing the legislature to create new counties and change the boundaries of existing counties upon a two-thirds vote. 


Election results[edit]

Texas Proposition 5

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 82,870 25.00%

Defeated No

248,668 75.00%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 5 was as follows:

Proposing an amendment to Section 1 of Article 9 of the Constitution of the State of Texas, providing that the Legislature may by two-third vote create new counties and change the boundaries of existing counties.

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot[edit]

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 Senate Joint Resolution 21 during the 43rd regular legislative session in 1934.[1]

See also

1934 Measures

  • 1934 Measures
  • State legislatures measures on the ballot
  • County and municipal governance on the ballot
  • 1934 legislative sessions

Texas

  • Texas ballot measures
  • Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

  • Ballot measure lawsuits
  • Ballot measure readability
  • Ballot measure polls


External links[edit]

  • Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments

Footnotes[edit]

  1. Legislative Reference Library of Texas, "Constitutional amendment election dates," accessed June 1, 2023


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