Ballot Questions
1959
Question #3
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change I.6
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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72.09% |
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1,907,659 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
27.91% |
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738,540 New Yorkers voted No |
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2,646,199 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
I.6 proposed for 1960
Article I: Bill Of Rights • Section 6: Rights, privileges and franchise secured; power of legislature to dispense with primary elecftions in certain cases.
No member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers, except that the legislature may provide that there shall be no primary election held to nominate candidates for public office or to elect persons to…
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