Ballot Questions
1845
Question #2
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change I.13 - to require the legislature, when voting to remove a judicial officer, to give the officer notice and publish the reason for removal in either the Senate or Assembly journal
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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96.89% |
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114,769 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
3.11% |
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3,689 New Yorkers voted No |
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118,458 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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I.13 proposed for 1845
• Section 13: Removals by legislature; Procedure on removing judicial officers.
1845 Constitutional Amendment: No judicial officer shall be removed by the joint resolution of the two houses of the Legislature, or by the Senate on the recommendation of the Governor, unless the cause of such removal shall be entered on the journal of both houses, or of the Senate, as the case may be ; and such officer against whom…
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