West Virginia Better Highways Amendment, Amendment 2 (1973)
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The West Virginia Better Highways Amendment, Amendment 2, also known as Amendment No. 2, was on the ballot in West Virginia on November 6, 1973, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. [1]
Election results
| West Virginia Amendment 2 (1973) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 172,187 | 73.74% | ||
| No | 61,308 | 26.26% | ||
Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| To empower the Legislature to authorize the issuing and selling of state bonds not exceeding in the aggregate five hundred million dollars to be used for bridge replacement and improvement program, completion of the Appalachian Highway System, upgrading sections of trunkline and feeder systems, upgrading West Virginia State Route 2, upgrading state and local service roads and for construction, reconstruction, improving and materially upgrading of U.S. Route 52 between Huntington and Bluefield, West Virginia.[2] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, "REFERENDA AND PRIMARY ELECTION MATERIALS" [Computer file: ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI, 1995.]
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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