Ballot Questions
1822
Question #1
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change the whole NYS constitution - as proposed by the 1821 NY constitutional convention
as proposed by the most recent NYS Constitutional Convention
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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64.35% |
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74,732 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
35.65% |
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41,402 New Yorkers voted No |
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116,134 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
IV.13 proposed for 1822
• Section 13: Officers of other courts, how chosen.
The clerk of the court of oyer and terminer, and general sessions of the peace, in and for the city and county of New York, shall be appointed by the court of general sessions of the peace in said city, and hold his office during the pleasure of the said court: and such clerks and other officers of courts, whose…
Read moreIV.14 proposed for 1822
• Section 14: Justices’ courts in New York.
The special justices, and the assistant justices, and their clerks, in the city of New York, shall be appointed by the common council of the said city; and shall hold their offices for the same term that the justices of the peace in the other counties of this state hold their offices, and shall be removable in like manner.
Read moreIV.15 proposed for 1822
• Section 15: Other officers, how chosen.
All officers heretofore elective by the people shall continue to be elected; and all other officers whose appointment is not provided for by this constitution, and all officers whose offices may be hereafter created by law, shall be elected by the people, or appointed, as may by law be directed.
Read moreIV.16 proposed for 1822
• Section 16: Duration of offices not herein provided for.
Where the duration of any office is not prescribed by this Constitution, it may be declared by law: and if not so declared, such office shall be held during the pleasure of the authority making the appointment.
Read moreV.1 proposed for 1822
• Section 1: Court of impeachment, and for correction of errors.
The court for the trial of impeachments and the correction of errors shall consist of the president of the senate, the senators, the chancellor, and the justices of the supreme court, or the major part of them; but when an impeachment shall be prosecuted against the chancellor or any justice of the supreme court, the person so impeached shall be…
Read moreV.2 proposed for 1822
• Section 2: Assembly may impeach civil officers.
The assembly shall have the power of impeaching all civil officers of this state for mal and corrupt conduct in office, and for high crimes and misdemeanors; but a majority of all the members elected shall concur in an impeachment. Before the trial of an impeachment, the members of the court shall take an oath or affirmation, truly and impartially…
Read moreV.3 proposed for 1822
• Section 3: Chancellor and supreme court justices, official term.
The chancellor and justices of the supreme court shall hold their offices during good behavior, or until they shall attain the age of sixty years.
Read moreV.4 proposed for 1822
• Section 4: Supreme court, how constituted.
The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and two justices, any of whom may hold the court.
Read moreV.5 proposed for 1822
• Section 5: Judicial circuits.
The state shall be divided, by law, into a convenient number of circuits, not less than four, nor exceeding eight, subject to alteration, by the legislature, from time to time, as the public good may require; for each of which a circuit judge shall be appointed, in the same manner, and hold his office by the same tenure, as the…
Read moreV.6 proposed for 1822
• Section 6: County judges and recorders.
Judges of the county courts and recorders of cities shall hold their offices for five years, but may be removed by the senate, on the recommendation of the governor, for causes to be stated in such recommendation.
Read moreV.7 proposed for 1822
• Section 7: Chancellor and supreme court judges to hold no other office.
Neither the chancellor nor justices of the supreme court nor any circuit judge shall hold any other office or public trust. All votes for any elective office, given by the legislature or the people, for the chancellor or a justice of the supreme court or circuit judge, during his continuance in his judicial office, shall be void.
Read moreVI.1 proposed for 1822
• Section 1: Official oath.
Members of the legislature and all officers, executive and judicial, except such inferior officers as may by law be exempted, shall, before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States,…
Read moreVII.1 proposed for 1822
• Section 1: Rights of citizens.
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.
Read moreVII.2 proposed for 1822
• Section 2: Trial by jury preserved.
The trial by jury, in all cases in which it has been heretofore used, shall remain inviolate forever; and no new court shall be instituted, but such as shall proceed according to the course of the common law; except such courts of equity as the legislation is herein authorized to establish.
Read moreVII.3 proposed for 1822
• Section 3: Religious toleration.
The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, with-out discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this state, to all mankind; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state.
Read moreVII.4 proposed for 1822
• Section 4: Clergymen not eligible to office.
AND WHEREAS, The ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God, and the cure of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their functions: therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall at any time hereafter, under any pretense or description whatever, be eligible…
Read moreVII.5 proposed for 1822
• Section 5: Militia to be maintained; who may be excused from service.
The militia of this state shall, at all times hereafter, be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service; but all such inhabitants of this state, of any religious denomination whatever, as from scruples of conscience may be averse to bearing arms, shall be excused therefrom by paying to the state an equivalent in money; and the legislature shall provide,…
Read moreVII.6 proposed for 1822
• Section 6: Habeas corpus, when writ may be suspended.
The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless when, in case of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require its suspension.
Read moreVII.7 proposed for 1822
• Section 7: Rights of accused in criminal cases; taking private property for public use.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime (except in cases of impeachment; and in cases of the militia, when in actual service, and the land and naval forces in time of war, or which this state may keep, with the consent of Congress, in time of peace; and in cases of petit larceny,…
Read moreVII.8 proposed for 1822
• Section 8: Freedom of speech and press; evidence in libel cases.
Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence, to the jury; and if it shall…
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