Ballot Questions
1919
Question #3
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change III.6 - to increase legislators' salaries, with additional compensation for the assembly speaker
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: No!
How We Voted
YES |
47.89% |
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625,897 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
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52.11% |
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680,945 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,306,842 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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III.6 proposed for 1920
Article III: Legislature • Section 6: Pay of members.
Each member of the senate shall receive for his services an annual salary of three thousand five hundred dollars. Each member of the assembly, except the speaker thereof, shall receive for his services an annual salary of three thousand dollars. The speaker of the assembly shall receive for his services an annual salary of five thousand dollars. Senators, when the…
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