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New York Debt in a Economic Recession, Amendment 5 (1961)
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The New York Debt in a Economic Recession, Amendment 5, also known as Proposed Amendment No. 5, was on the ballot in New York on November 7, 1961, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. This measure would have authorized "the contracting of a state debt for two or more specific purposes in event of general economic recession."[1]
Election results
| New York Proposed Amendment No. 5 (1961) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 1,262,080 | 51.96% | ||
| Yes | 1,166,894 | 48.04% | ||
Election results via: New York State Court System
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