New York Amendment 5, Temporary Assignment of Judges Amendment (1983)

New York Amendment 5
Election date November 8, 1983
Topic State judicial authority
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

New York Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 8, 1983. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported permitting family court judges to be temporarily assigned to the supreme court in their home judicial department.

A “no” vote opposed permitting family court judges to be temporarily assigned to the supreme court in their home judicial department.

Election results

New York Amendment 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,593,114	61.66%
No		990,426	38.34%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment to subdivision f of section 26 of article VI of the Constitution, permitting the temporary assignment of a judge of the family court to the supreme court in the judicial department of his residence, be approved?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the New York Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the New York State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 126 votes in the New York State Assembly and 32 votes in the New York State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1983 Measures

• 1983 Measures
• State judicial authority on the ballot
• 1983 legislative sessions

New York

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• New York ballot measure laws

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External links

• New York Constitutional Amendments