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Ballot Questions

1959

Question #5

State Constitutional Amendment

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

to change I.1


as proposed by the NYS Legislature

And the voters said: Yes!

How We Voted

YES

60.69%

1,544,635 New Yorkers voted Yes

NO

39.31%

1,000,435 New Yorkers voted No

2,545,070 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