Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1968 (Ireland)
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Two referendums were held in Ireland on 16 October 1968, each on a proposed amendment of the Irish constitution relating to the electoral system. Both proposals were rejected.


Third amendment bill

The Third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland Bill 1968 define the
apportionment The legal term apportionment (french: apportionement; Mediaeval Latin: , derived from la, portio, share), also called delimitation, is in general the distribution or allotment of proper shares, though may have different meanings in different c ...
of
constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...
boundaries in a manner which would have allowed a greater degree of divergence of the ration between population and constituencies.


Fourth amendment bill

The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland Bill 1968 proposed to alter the electoral system for elections to
Dáil Éireann Dáil Éireann ( , ; ) is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann (the upper house).Article 15.1.2º of the Constitution of Ireland read ...
from proportional representation by means of the Single transferable vote to the First-past-the-post voting system.


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Constitutional amendment A constitutional amendment is a modification of the constitution of a polity, organization or other type of entity. Amendments are often interwoven into the relevant sections of an existing constitution, directly altering the text. Conversely, t ...
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