New York Amendment 5, Pension Benefits for Widows and Widowers Amendment (1977)

New York Amendment 5
Election date November 8, 1977
Topic Public employee retirement funds
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, 1977. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported increasing pension benefits payable to widows and widowers of state retirees.

A “no” vote opposed increasing pension benefits payable to widows and widowers of state retirees.

Election results

New York Amendment 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,598,758	57.12%
No		1,200,116	42.88%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment to Article seven, Section eight, subdivision two of the Constitution in relation to the increasing of pension benefits payable to widows and widowers of retired members of a retirement system of the State, or of a subdivision of the State, 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

1977 Measures

• 1977 Measures
• Public employee retirement funds on the ballot
• 1977 legislative sessions

New York

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• New York ballot measure laws

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External links

• New York Constitutional Amendments