Ballot Questions
1899
Question #2
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VI.2 - to allow the governor to appoint supreme court justices to the appellate division, if the presiding justice says it is necessary to speed up its business
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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67.38% |
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283,880 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
32.62% |
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137,408 New Yorkers voted No |
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421,288 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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VI.2 proposed for 1900
Article VI: Judiciary • Section 2: Judicial departments; appellate division, how constituted; Governor to designate justices; reporter; time and place of holding; courts.
The Legislature shall divide the State into four judicial departments. The first department shall consist of the county of New York; the others shall be bounded by county lines, and be compact and equal in population as nearly as may be. Once every ten years the Legislature may alter the judicial departments, but without increasing the number thereof. There shall…
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