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New York Enactment of Special or Local Laws, Amendment 5 (1945)
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The New York Enactment of Special or Local Laws, Amendment 5, also known as Proposed Amendment No. 5, was on the ballot in New York on November 6, 1945, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. This amendment permitted "two-thirds of the members of a county governing body to request enactment of special or local laws by the legislature without approval of county executive officer."[1]
Election results
| New York Proposed Amendment No. 5 (1945) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 608,296 | 71.19% | ||
| No | 246,141 | 28.81% | ||
Election results via: New York State Court System
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