Ballot Questions
1894
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 1894 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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55.64% |
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410,697 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
44.36% |
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327,402 New Yorkers voted No |
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738,099 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
XIV.1 proposed for 1895
Article XIV: Amendments and Conventions • Section 1: Amendments.
Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, and the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the Legislature to…
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Article XIV: Amendments and Conventions • Section 2: Constitutional Convention.
At the general election to be held in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and every twentieth year thereafter, and also at such times as the Legislature may by law provide, the question, “Shall there be a convention to revise the Constitution and amend the same?” shall be decided by the electors of the State; and in case…
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Article XIV: Amendments and Conventions • Section 3: Constitutional amendments to supersede amendments by Legislature.
Any amendment proposed by a constitutional convention relating to the same subject as an amendment proposed by the Legislature, coincidently submitted to the people for approval at the general election held in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, or at any subsequent election, shall, if approved, be deemed to supersede the amendment so proposed by the Legislature.
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Article XV: When Constitution to Take Effect • Section 1: When Constitution goes into operation.
This Constitution shall be in force from and including the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, except as herein otherwise provided.
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Article Signature: • Section : Signature
Done in convention at the Capitol in the city of Albany, the twenty-ninth day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and nineteenth. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names. JOSEPH HODGES CHOATE, President and Delegate-at-Large. CHARLES ELLIOTT FITCH, Secretary.
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