Ballot Questions
1927
Question #4
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change III.6, IV.4, IV.8 - to increase salaries of legislators, the governor, and the lieutenant governor
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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61.09% |
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1,073,802 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
38.91% |
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683,999 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,757,801 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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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 1928
Article III: Legislature • Section 6: Pay of members.
Each member of the legislature shall receive for his services an annual salary of two thousand five hundred 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…
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Article IV: Executive • Section 4: Duties and powers of Governor — His compensation.
The governor shall be commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the state. He shall have power to convene the legislature, or the senate only, on extraordinary occasions. At extraordinary sessions no subject shall be acted upon except such as the governor may recommend for consideration. He shall communicate by message to the legislature at every session the condition…
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Article IV: Executive • Section 8: Compensation of Lieutenant-Governor.
The lieutenant-governor shall receive for his services an annual salary of ten thousand dollars, and shall not receive or be entitled to any other compensation, fee, or perquisite, for any duty or service he may be required to perform by the constitution or by law.
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