New York Absentee Ballot, Amendment 2 (1947)

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The New York Absentee Ballot, Amendment 2, also known as Proposed Amendment No. 2, was on the ballot in New York on November 4, 1947, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. This amendment permitted "more extensive use of absentee ballots."^[1]

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New York Proposed Amendment No. 2 (1947)
Result	Votes	Percentage
a Yes	1,848,701	76.34%
No	573,050	23.66%

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