Provisions
III.6 proposed for 1916 • Time of election fixed.
REJECTED
The Text
The elections of senators and members of assembly, pursuant to the provisions of this constitution, shall be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November, unless otherwise directed by the legislature.
A Few Facts
• Has 33 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 4 of 1915
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1916
• Been in Article III: Legislature
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-III.9
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