Ballot Questions
1965
Question #9
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VIII.1
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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55.23% |
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1,617,270 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
44.77% |
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1,310,803 New Yorkers voted No |
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2,928,073 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
VIII.1 proposed for 1966
Article VIII: Local Finances • Section 1: Gift or loan of property or credit of local subdivisions prohibited; exceptions for enumerated purposes
No county, city, town, village or school district shall give or loan any money or property to or in aid of any individual, or private corporation or association, or private undertaking, or become directly or indirectly the owner of stock in, or bonds of, any private corporation or association; nor shall any county, city, town, village or school district give…
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Article XIII: Public Officers • Section 8: Election and term of city and certain county officers
All elections of city officers, including supervisors, elected in any city or part of a city, and of county officers elected in any county wholly included in a city, except to fill vacancies, shall be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November in an odd-numbered year, and the term of every such officer shall expire at the…
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