1967 Pennsylvania Amendment 1-A

US state civil rights referendum May 16, 1967 Pennsylvania Shall article one of the Constitution relating to the Declaration of Rights be amended, by modernizing the wording of sections fifteen prohibiting the creation of special criminal tribunals; and nineteen prohibiting forfeiture of estates to the Commonwealth; prohibiting the denial to any person the enjoyment of any civil right by the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions and by eliminating therefrom the outmoded provision prohibiting emigration from the State?Pennsylvania Question 2, Declaration of Rights and Constitutional Revisions Amendment (May 1967) https://ballotpedia.org/Pennsylvania_Question_2,_Declaration_of_Rights_and_Constitutional_Revisions_Amendment_(May_1967) January 28, 2026 Ballotpedia File:1967_Pennsylvania_Amendment_1-A_results_map_by_county.svg Yes #28497C 80–90% #47729E 70–80% #7D9CBB 60–70% #B6C8D9 50–60% No #BCBC83 60–70% #DEDEBD 50–60% 1,232,575 638,365 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.August 8, 1966 Session of 1966 No. 1 A Joint Resolution https://www.newspapers.com/image/179694083/ January 28, 2026 The Philadelphia Inquirer Results The following table details the results by county:Primary Election Office of the County Board of Elections Dept. of State The Pennsylvania State Archives 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."Leonard Lee May 19, 1967 Pennsylvanians Voted "Yes" 9 Times But 15 Counties Turned Issues Down https://www.newspapers.com/image/344856819/ January 28, 2026 The Evening Sentinel See also 1971 Pennsylvania Amendment 2 2021 Pennsylvania Amendment 3 References Category:1967 in Pennsylvania Category:1967 Pennsylvania elections Category:Ballot measures in the United States Category:Civil rights and liberties legislation Category:Pennsylvania Constitutions Category:Civil rights in the United States