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Alabama County Juries, Amendment 5 (1964)

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The Alabama County Juries, Amendment 5, also known as Amendment 5, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 3, 1964, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The Legislature may enact local or special laws providing for and regulating trials of misdemeanor cases and civil cases in the courts of Marshall County by juries composed of not less than six nor more than twelve members."[1]

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Alabama Amendment 5 (1964)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No101,89155.75%
Yes80,88544.25%

Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1967

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