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Ohio Debt Limitations Amendment, also known as Issue 4, appeared
on the November 8, 1977 ballot in Ohio as a legislatively-
referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated.[1]
This amendment revises limitations on state government
indebtedness.  Election results  Ohio Issue 4 (1977) Defeatedd
No1,999,79172.48% Yes 759,327 27.52%  Election results via Ohio
Secretary of State.[2]  Text of measure  The language appeared
on the ballot as:[3]   Proposed Constitutional Amendment To
adopt Section 1 of Article VIII and repeal Sections 1, 2, 2b,
2d, 2e, 2f, 2g, 2h, 3, 7, 9, and 10 of Article VIII and Section
6 of Article XII of the Constitution of Ohio   1. To repeal the
general state constitutional debt limit of $750,000 and replace
it with authority to incu