Ballot Questions
1927
Question #5
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change V.4 - to establish that the governor is the head of the executive department
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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71.05% |
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1,197,931 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
28.95% |
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488,095 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,686,026 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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V.4 proposed for 1928
Article V: State Officers; Civil Service • Section 4: Heads of departments.
The head of the executive department shall be the governor. The head of the department of audit and control shall be the comptroller and of the department of law, the attorney-general. The head of the department of education shall be the regents of the university of the state of New York, who shall appoint and at pleasure remove a commissioner…
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