1998 Referendum General Election Results - South Carolina
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  Referendum: Amendment #4Popular Vote
Yes 565,805 61.95%
No 347,533 38.05%
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Election Notes:
  • Text of Amendment 4: "Shall Section 33, Article III of the Constitution of this State be amended by deleting the following sentence from the Constitution: 'The marriage of a white person with a Negro or mulatto, or person who shall have one-eighth or more of Negro blood, shall be unlawful and void'."
Demographic Data

2000 Population:4,012,012Enum.2000 Population Density:51.4persons/km2
1998 Population:3,919,235Est.1998 Population Density:50.3persons/km2
1990 Population:3,486,310Enum.1990 Population Density:44.7persons/km2
Land Area (2000):77,983km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:1.4%

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  • Source for Popular Vote data: South Carolina State Election Commission. NOVEMBER 3 1998 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE WIDE GENERAL ELECTION OFFICIAL RESULTS, South Carolina State Election Commission (http://www.state.sc.us/cgi-bin/scsec/r0?election=gen98p) (accessed 12 Feb 2007)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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