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West Virginia Sheriff Succession Amendment, Amendment 5 (1973)
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The West Virginia Sheriff Succession Amendment, Amendment 5, also known as Amendment No. 5, 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 5 (1973) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| 123,003 | 53.38% | |||
| No | 107,427 | 46.62% | ||
Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| To amend the State Constitution to permit persons elected sheriff to serve two consecutive terms.[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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