New York Amendment Number Two: Felony Trials (1973)
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The New York Amendment Number Two: Felony Trials, also known as Proposed Amendment No. 2, was on the ballot in New York on November 6, 1973, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The referendum allowed for an amendment to the state constitution that let certain persons charged with felonies wave indictment by a grand jury.[1]
Election results
| New York Proposed Amendment No. 2 (1973) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 1,652,460 | 53.71% | ||
| No | 1,424,437 | 46.29% | ||
Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| Amendment Number Two: amending sec. 6, Art. I (permitting a person charged with a felony, other than one punishable by death or life imprisonment, with the consent of the district attorney, to waive indictment by a grand jury and consent to be prosecuted on an information filed by the district attorney.)[2] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Referenda and Primary Election Materials, Part 9: Referenda Elections for New York," accessed August 25, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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