Ballot Questions
1869
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, except for certain provisions with separate ballot questions - as proposed by the 1867 NY constitutional convention
as proposed by the most recent NYS Constitutional Convention
And the voters said: No!
How We Voted
YES |
43.53% |
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223,935 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
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56.47% |
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290,456 New Yorkers voted No |
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514,391 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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Visit this page on a large screen and you'll find our map. Click on a county to see how its voters stood on this questionThis BQ Would Have Amended
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.15 proposed for 1870
• Section 15: Adjournment of legislature.
On the day of its final adjournment, the Legislature shall adjourn at twelve o’clock at noon.
Read moreIII.16 proposed for 1870
• Section 16: Private claims against the State.
The Legislature shall not audit or allow any private claim or account against the State, nor pass any special law in relation thereto, but may appropriate money to pay such claims as shall have been audited and allowed according to law.
Read moreIII.17 proposed for 1870
• Section 17: Extra compensation for officers.
The Legislature shall not grant any extra compensation to any public officer, servant, agent or contractor, nor increase or diminish any compensation, except that of judicial officers, during the term of service,
Read moreIII.18 proposed for 1870
• Section 18: Vacancies.
The cases in which any office shall be deemed vacant shall be defined by general laws, when no provision is made for that purpose in this constitution ; and the Legislature shall provide for filling vacancies in office. In case of elective offices, any person appointed to fill a vacancy, shall hold the office until a successor shall be elected…
Read moreIII.19 proposed for 1870
• Section 19: Removal of officers.
Provision shall be made by law for the removal, for misconduct in office, of all officers, except judicial, whose powers and duties are not local or legislative, and who shall be elected at general elections, and also for filling vacancies caused by such removal.
Read moreIII.20 proposed for 1870
• Section 20: Term of certain offices, how fixed.
When the term 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 moreIII.21 proposed for 1870
• Section 21: Political year and legislative term; opening of legislature.
The political year and legislative term shall begin on the first day of January.
Read moreIII.22 proposed for 1870
• Section 22: Certain offices abolished.
No office shall be created for weighing, gauging, culling or inspecting any merchandise, manufactures, produce or commodity whatever ; but nothing in this section shall affect any office created for the purpose of protecting the public health or the interests of the State in its property, revenue, tolls or purchases, or of supplying the people with correct standards of weights…
Read moreIII.23 proposed for 1870
• Section 23: Lotteries prohibited.
Lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets are prohibited.
Read moreIII.24 proposed for 1870
• Section 24: Private and local bills.
No local or private bill shall be passed, unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been given in the manner now, or hereafter to be provided by law ; nor shall such notice ever be waived ; and the fact, or omission of notice, shall always be open to inquiry.
Read moreIII.25 proposed for 1870
• Section 25: Local and special laws.
The Legislature shall not pass local or special laws : authorizing the sale, mortgaging or leasing of the real property of minors, or other persons under disability ; changing the names of persons ; for laying out, working or discontinuing public or private roads or highways ; for granting to any individual, association or corporation the right to lay down…
Read moreIV.1 proposed for 1870
• 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 1870
• Section 2: Qualifications of governor.
No person shall be eligible to the office of governor or lieutenant-governor, except a citizen of the United States, who shall have attained the age of thirty years, and have been five years next preceding his election a resident of the State.
Read moreIV.3 proposed for 1870
• 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 having the highest number of votes for governor and lieutenant-governor shall be elected; but in case two or more shall have an equal vote and the highest number of votes for either of said offices, the Legislature at the next…
Read moreIV.4 proposed for 1870
• Section 4: Governor's general powers.
The governor shall be commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the State. He shall communicate by message to the Legislature at each annual session the condition of the State, and recommend such measures as he shall judge expedient. He shall transact all necessary business with the officers of government, civil and military. He shall expedite all such measures…
Read moreIV.5 proposed for 1870
• Section 5: 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 shall…
Read moreIV.6 proposed for 1870
• Section 6: Governor convening legislature.
The governor may convene the Senate on extraordinary occasions, and may call special sessions of the Legislature by proclamation, in which shall be stated the particular object or objects for which they are called ; and no laws shall be enacted at any special session except such as shall relate to the objects stated in the proclamation.
Read moreIV.7 proposed for 1870
• Section 7: Governor may grant pardons and reprieves.
The governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons after conviction, for all offences except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons. Upon conviction for treason he shall have power to reprieve until…
Read moreIV.8 proposed for 1870
• Section 8: Role of lieutenant governor; when president pro tem. to act as governor.
The lieutenant-governor shall be president of the senate, but shall have only a casting vote. If, during a vacancy of the office of governor, the lieutenant-governor shall be impeached, removed, resign, die, or become incapable of performing the duties of his office, or be absent from the State, the president of the senate shall act as governor, until the vacancy…
Read moreIV.9 proposed for 1870
• Section 9: Lieutenant governor's compensation.
The lieutenant-governor shall receive for his services a compensation to be established by law, to be first fixed by the Legislature at its next session after the adoption of this constitution, which shall neither be increased nor diminished after his election or during his term of office; and he shall not receive or be entitled to any other compensation, fee…
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