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Ballot Questions

1921

Question #2

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


as proposed by the NYS Legislature

And the voters said: No!

How We Voted

YES

35.13%

556,560 New Yorkers voted Yes

NO

64.87%

1,027,624 New Yorkers voted No

1,584,184 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.

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This BQ Would Have Amended

Note: When voters approved of provisions, the new changes take effect on January 1st of the year after the question's appearance on the ballot

  • III.6 proposed for 1922

    Article III: Legislature • Section 6: Pay of members.

    Each member of the legislature shall receive for his services an annual salary of three thousand dollars. The members of either house shall also receive the sum of one dollar for every ten miles they shall travel in going to and returning from their place of meeting, once in each session on the most usual route. Senators, when the senate…

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