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The New Jersey Public Question No. 1 was on the ballot in New Jersey on November 6, 1956, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment would have lengthened the terms of sheriffs from three years to five.^[1]

Election results

New Jersey Public Question No. 1 (1956)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		991,617	64.67%
Yes		541,714	35.33%

Election results via: New Jersey Secretary of State

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Footnotes

↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "Results of the General Election Held November 6, 1956," accessed August 14, 2015

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