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Ballot Questions

1937

Question #1

State Constitutional Amendment

NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,

to change IV.1 - to increase the terms of the governor and lieutenant governor, and to clarify election years


as proposed by the NYS Legislature

And the voters said: Yes!

How We Voted

YES

62.60%

842,980 New Yorkers voted Yes

NO

37.40%

503,656 New Yorkers voted No

1,346,636 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.

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This BQ 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

  • IV.1 proposed for 1938

    Article IV: Executive • Section 1: Executive power, how vested.

    The executive power shall be vested in the governor, who shall hold his office for four years; the lieutenant-governor shall be chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The governor and lieutenant-governor chosen at the general election in nineteen hundred and thirty-six shall hold office until and including the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight.…

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