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

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%
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]

External links[edit]

Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments

Footnotes[edit]

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

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

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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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