Askew was re-elected, with J. H. Williams as his running mate. He is one of seven Florida governors to have been elected for two terms (the others were LeRoy Collins, Bob Graham, Lawton Chiles, Jeb Bush, Rick Scott, and Ron DeSantis). Askew was the first governor to serve two full four-year terms. Through his two terms, Askew worked on tax reform. In 1971 he gained passage of the state's first corporate income tax. He also gained an increase in the homestead exemption. In every political role, Askew argued for transparency in government. He tried three times to get the legislature to pass a bill requiring financial disclosure by public officials. When they did not, he used a provision of the 1968 constitution, collecting sufficient signatures to put the measure on the ballot in 1976. The voters passed the "Sunshine Amendment" by 78%, the first time the constitution was amended due to citizen action. It calls for full financial disclosure by public officials and candidates, a ban on gifts to legislators, and prohibits former officials from lobbying for two years after leaving office. At a time of government scandals, he established a reputation for personal integrity and was known as "Reubin the Good." Government scandals erupted around him, but he was called "Reubin the Good" because of his personal integrity. According to a political foe, "He has established a kind of morality in office that causes people to have faith" in government. In addition to dealing with state issues, Askew pursued collaboration with other governors: he chaired the Education Commission of the States (1973–1974), the Southern Governors' Conference (1974–1975), and the Democratic Governors' Conference (1976–1977). Governor Askew was chairman of the National Governors' Conference in 1977. Civil rights issues and the New South Askew was one of the first of the "New South" governors, elected in the same year as governors Jimmy Carter of Georgia, Dale Bumpers of Arkansas (who defeated Orval Faubus), and John C. West of South Carolina. They were later joined by Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Askew supported school desegregation and the controversial idea of busing to achieve racial balance (mandatory integration). He expressed a progressive model in his appointments, naming the first black Justice of the State Supreme Court, Joseph Woodrow Hatchett. He appointed M. Athalie Range as Secretary of the Department of Community Affairs; she was the first black person appointed to state government since Reconstruction