Provisions
II.9 proposed for 1939 • Ban on proportional representation.
REJECTED
The Text
Every voter shall be entitled to vote at each and every election in the state or any of its subdivisions for as many persons as there may be offices to be filled thereat. No election for any office to be filled by the people of the state or any of its subdivisions shall be conducted by any system of proportional representation.
A Few Facts
• Has 61 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 7 of 1938
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• Been in Article II: Suffrage
• Been a new addition
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