Ballot Questions
1941
Question #2
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change III.2 - to make terms of office for state senators 4 years, and keep terms for assemblymembers at 2 years
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: No!
How We Voted
YES |
40.07% |
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588,894 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
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59.93% |
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880,684 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,469,578 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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III.2 proposed for 1942
Article III: Legislature • Section 2: Senate, number of — Assembly, number of.
The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as hereinafter provided. The assembly shall consist of one hundred and fifty members. The terms of office of senators and members of assembly elected in the year one nineteen hundred forty shall be two years. The senators elected in the year nineteen hundred forty-two, and their successors, shall be chosen for four…
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