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Proposition 8

California Statewide • 1964 •  Legislative Referendum 

Passed

Result: 58.8% yes, 41.2% no

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This measure established that superior court judges in California counties with populations over 700,000 would be elected rather than appointed. It applied the electoral system for selecting superior court judges to the state's most populous counties.

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