Ballot Questions
1874
Question #4
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change IV.1, IV.2, IV.4, IV.8, IV.9 - to refine the roles of governor and lieutenant governor, and clarify the governor's role in the lawmaking process
as proposed by the NYS Legislature, based on a state commission's recommendation
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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63.17% |
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336,397 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
36.83% |
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196,125 New Yorkers voted No |
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532,522 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.1 proposed for 1875
• Section 1: Governor and lieutenant governor; term of office.
The executive power shall be vested in a Governor, who shall hold his oflice for three years ; a Lieutenant-Governor shall be chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The Governor and Lieutenant-Governor elected next preceding the time when this section shall take effect shall hold oflice during the term for which they were elected.
Read moreIV.2 proposed for 1875
• Section 2: Qualifications of governor and lieutenant governor.
No person shall be eligible to the oflice of Governor or Lieutenant-Governor, except a citizen of the United States, of the age of not less than thirty years, and who shall have been five years, next preceding his election, a resident of this State.
Read moreIV.4 proposed for 1875
• Section 4: Governor's general powers; compensation.
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. At extraordinary sessions no subject shall be acted upon, except such as the Governor may recommend for consideration. He shall communicate by message to the Legislature at every session the condition…
Read moreIV.8 proposed for 1875
• Section 8: Lieutenant governor's compensation.
The Lieutenant-Governor shall receive for his services an annual salary of five thousand dollars, and shall not receive or be entitled to any other compensation, fee or perquisite for any duty or service he may be required to perform by the Constitution or by law.
Read moreIV.9 proposed for 1875
• Section 9: Executive consideration of bills; subsequent legislative 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 the house in which it shall have originated, which shall enter the objections at large on the journal, and proceed…
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