1967 Pennsylvania Amendment 1-A was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania to prohibit the denial of any civil right by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to repeal the provision prohibiting emigration from the state, to prohibit the creation of special criminal tribunals, and to prohibit forfeiture of estates to Pennsylvania.
Results The following table details the results by county: CountyYesNo#%#%Adams4,55253.813,90746.19Allegheny228,30169.48100,29130.52Armstrong7,38650.787,16049.22Beaver30,50770.5412,74229.46Bedford3,50138.505,59261.50Berks23,39259.4215,97240.58Blair14,21354.6811,78245.32Bradford6,89665.153,68834.85Bucks29,90475.109,91624.90Butler11,94262.147,27637.86Cambria28,67871.2411,57928.76Cameron1,48676.5645523.44Carbon4,80867.492,31632.51Centre11,01774.903,69125.10Chester28,38073.4910,23626.51Clarion4,23251.843,93148.16Clearfield8,11754.436,79745.57Clinton3,96758.482,81641.52Columbia4,20945.385,06754.62Crawford8,71967.114,27332.89Cumberland12,15258.138,75241.87Dauphin19,70258.3614,05841.64Delaware58,79073.7820,89026.22Elk4,38670.011,87929.99Erie31,68878.938,45921.07Fayette13,74961.078,76638.93Forest78765.8040934.20Franklin5,27938.078,58661.93Fulton53835.5897464.42Greene5,37354.584,47245.42Huntingdon5,29469.792,29230.21Indiana9,71363.815,50936.19Jefferson6,00961.233,80538.77Juniata1,55747.891,69452.11Lackawanna39,89282.838,27117.17Lancaster21,65667.3410,50532.66Lawrence11,58661.727,18538.28Lebanon7,05962.914,16237.09Lehigh21,04766.3410,67933.66Luzerne64,31865.9933,14134.01Lycoming14,36264.697,83935.31McKean3,49170.501,46129.50Mercer11,01863.916,22136.09Mifflin3,54864.991,91135.01Monroe4,59466.902,27333.10Montgomery52,48275.0817,41824.92Montour1,61650.871,56149.13Northampton17,32967.588,31232.42Northumberland14,01865.937,24334.07Perry2,23140.803,23759.20Philadelphia153,66163.1989,51936.81Pike1,19559.6680840.34Potter2,00359.121,38540.88Schuylkill20,36259.7013,74740.30Snyder2,73355.752,16944.25Somerset9,74661.656,06338.35Sullivan86865.7145334.29Susquehanna4,48554.913,68345.09Tioga4,23764.072,37635.93Union3,22461.062,05638.94Venango6,64768.143,10831.86Warren6,34674.652,15525.35Washington27,98464.7915,21135.21Wayne3,34365.151,78834.85Westmoreland39,07658.5927,61841.41Wyoming2,14949.872,16050.13York15,04554.3912,61545.61Total1,232,57565.88638,36534.12
Analysis The inclusion of the words "civil rights" in the amendment "evoked a flood of votes, both pro and con."
See also
1971 Pennsylvania Amendment 2 2021 Pennsylvania Amendment 3
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