Ballot Questions
1915
Question #5
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change III.2, III.3, III.4, III.5 - to address legislative districts and terms of office
as proposed by the most recent NYS Constitutional Convention
And the voters said: No!
How We Voted
YES |
29.42% |
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371,588 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
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70.58% |
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891,337 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,262,925 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.2 proposed for 1916
Article III: Legislature • Section 2: Senate, number of — Assembly, number of.
The senate shall consist of fifty members, except as hereinafter provided. They shall be chosen for two years. The assembly shall consist of one hundred and fifty members, who shall be chosen for one year.
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Article III: Legislature • Section 3: State divided into thirty-two senatorial districts — Boundaries thereof — Board of supervisors of the city of New York to divide the county into four Senate districts — Certificate, etc., to be filed.
The state shall be divided into fifty districts to be called senate districts, each of which shall choose one senator. The districts shall be numbered from one to fifty, inclusive. The senate districts shall remain as at present constituted until altered as hereinafter provided.
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Article III: Legislature • Section 4: Census; senate reapportionment.
Such senate districts shall be so altered by the legislature at the first regular session after the return of and based upon the state enumeration taken in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifteen and slaall remain unaltered until altered as hereinafter provided. At the regular session of the legislature in the year after the tabulation of each federal…
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Article III: Legislature • Section 5: Assembly apportionment.
The members of the assembly shall be chosen by single districts and shall be apportioned by the legislature at the first regular session after the return of the state enumeration taken in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifteen among the several counties of the state. At the regular session of the legislature in each year in which senate…
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