Texas Proposition 5, Creation of Counties Amendment (1934)

Texas Proposition 5

Election date

November 6, 1934

Topic
County and municipal governance and State legislatures measures
Status

Defeated

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment | Origin

State legislature

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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.

## Contents

* 1 Election results
* 2 Path to the ballot
* 3 External links
* 4 Footnotes

## Election results[edit]

Texas Proposition 5

Result | Votes | Percentage
Yes | 82,870 | 25.00%

| 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.

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### 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

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## 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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