Ballot Questions
1846
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 1846 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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70.56% |
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221,528 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
29.44% |
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92,436 New Yorkers voted No |
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313,964 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
III.17 proposed for 1847
• Section 17: Boards of supervisors may be vested with legislative powers.
The legislature may confer upon the boards of supervisors of the several counties of the state such further powers of local legislation and administration as they shall, from time to time, prescribe.
Read moreIV.1 proposed for 1847
• Section 1: Governor and lieutenant governor; term of office.
The executive power shall be vested in a governor, who shall hold his office for two years; a lieutenant governor shall be chosen at the same time and for the same term.
Read moreIV.2 proposed for 1847
• Section 2: Qualifications of governor.
No person, except a citizen of the United States, shall be eligible to the office of governor, nor shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and who shall not have been, five years next preceding his election, a resident within this state.
Read moreIV.3 proposed for 1847
• Section 3: Election of governor and lieutenant governor.
The governor and lieutenant governor shall be elected at the times and places of choosing members of the assembly. The persons respectively having the highest number of votes for governor and lieutenant governor shall be elected; but in case two or more shall have an equal and the highest number of votes for governor, or for lieutenant governor, the two…
Read moreIV.4 proposed for 1847
• Section 4: Governor's general powers.
The governor shall be commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the state. He shall have power to convene the legislature (or the senate only) on extraordinary occasions. He shall communicate by message to the legislature, at every session, the condition of the state, and recommend such matters to them as he shall judge expedient. He shall transact all…
Read moreIV.5 proposed for 1847
• Section 5: Governor may grant pardons and reprieves.
The governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions, and with such restrictions and limitations, as he may think proper, subject to such regulation as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons. Upon conviction of treason, he…
Read moreIV.6 proposed for 1847
• Section 6: When lieutenant governor to act as governor.
In case of the impeachment of the governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, resignation, or absence from the state, the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the lieutenant governor for the residue of the term, or until the disability shall cease. But when the governor…
Read moreIV.7 proposed for 1847
• Section 7: Qualifications of lieutenant governor; when president pro tem. to act as governor.
The lieutenant governor shall possess the same qualifications of eligibility for office as the governor. He shall be president of the senate, but shall have only a casting vote therein. If, during a vacancy of the office of governor, the lieutenant governor shall be impeached, displaced, resign, die, or become incapable of performing the duties of his office, or he…
Read moreIV.8 proposed for 1847
• Section 8: Lieutenant governor's compensation.
The lieutenant governor shall, while acting as such, receive a compensation which shall be fixed by law, and which shall not be increased or diminished during his continuance in office.
Read moreIV.9 proposed for 1847
• Section 9: Legislature to present bills to governor for his action.
Every bill which shall have passed the senate and assembly shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor; if he approve he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it with his objections to that house in which it shall have originated; who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to…
Read moreV.1 proposed for 1847
• Section 1: State officers; election and compensation.
The secretary of state, comptroller, treasurer, and attorney-general, shall be chosen at a general election, and shall hold their offices for two years. Each of the officers in this article named (except the speaker of the assembly) shall, at stated times, during his continuance in office, receive for his services a compensation, which shall not be increased or diminished during…
Read moreV.2 proposed for 1847
• Section 2: State engineer and surveyor.
A state engineer and surveyor shall be chosen at a general election, and shall hold his office two years, but no person shall be elected to said office who is not a practical engineer.
Read moreV.3 proposed for 1847
• Section 3: Canal commissioners.
Three canal commissioners shall be chosen at the general election which shall be held next after the adoption of this Constitution, one of whom shall hold his office for one year, one for two years, and one for three years. The commissioners of the canal fund shall meet at the capitol on the first Monday of January next after such…
Read moreV.4 proposed for 1847
• Section 4: State prison inspectors.
Three inspectors of state prisons shall be elected at the general election which shall be held next after the adoption of this Constitution, one of whom shall hold his office for one year, one for two years, and one for three years. The governor, secretary of state, and comptroller, shall meet at the capitol on the first Monday of January…
Read moreV.5 proposed for 1847
• Section 5: Commissioners of land office and canal fund.
The lieutenant governor, speaker of the assembly, secretary of state, comptroller, treasurer, attorney-general, and state engineer and surveyor shall be the commissioners of the land office. The lieutenant governor, secretary of state, comptroller, treasurer, and attorney general shall be the commissioners of the canal fund. The canal board shall consist of the commissioners of the canal fund, the state engineer…
Read moreV.6 proposed for 1847
• Section 6: Powers and duties of boards.
The powers and duties of the respective boards, and of the several officers in this article mentioned, shall be such as now are or hereafter may be prescribed by law.
Read moreV.7 proposed for 1847
• Section 7: Suspension of treasurer.
The treasurer may be suspended from office by the governor, during the recess of the legislature, and until thirty days after the commencement of the next session of the legislature, whenever it shall appear to him that such treasurer has, in any particular, violated his duty. The governor shall appoint a competent person to discharge the duties of the office,…
Read moreV.8 proposed for 1847
• Section 8: Certain offices abolished.
All offices for the weighing, gauging, measuring, culling, or inspecting any merchandise, produce, manufacture, or commodity whatever, are hereby abolished, and no such office shall hereafter be created by law; but nothing in this section contained shall abrogate any office created for the purpose of protecting the public health or the interests of the state in its property, revenue, tolls,…
Read moreVI.1 proposed for 1847
• Section 1: Assembly may impeach civil officers.
The assembly shall have the power of impeachment, by the vote of the majority of all the members elected. The court for the trial of impeachments shall be composed of the president of the senate, the senators, or a major part of them, and the judges of the court of appeals, or the major part of them. On the trial…
Read moreVI.2 proposed for 1847
• Section 2: Court of appeals.
There shall be a court of appeals, composed of eight judges, of whom four shall be elected by the electors of the state for eight years, and four selected from the class of justices of the supreme court having the shortest time to serve. Provision shall be made by law for designating one of the number elected as chief judge,…
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