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
V.2 proposed for 1895
Article V: State Officers; Civil Service • Section 2: Same subject — Terms of office.
The first election of the secretary of State, comptroller, treasurer, attorney general, and State engineer and surveyor, pursuant to this article, shall be held in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, and their terms of office shall begin on the first day of January following, and shall be for three years. At the general election in the year…
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Article V: State Officers; Civil Service • Section 3: Superintendent of Public Works, powers and duties of.
A superintendent of public works shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and hold his office until the end of the term of the Governor by whom he was nominated, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He shall receive a compensation to be fixed by law. He shall be…
Read moreV.4 proposed for 1895
Article V: State Officers; Civil Service • Section 4: Superintendent of Prisons, powers and duties of.
A superintendent of State prisons shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and hold his office for five years, unless sooner removed: he shall give security in such amount, and with such sureties, as shall be required by law for the faithful discharge of his duties; he shall have the superintendence,…
Read moreV.5 proposed for 1895
Article V: State Officers; Civil Service • Section 5: Commissioners of the Land Office — Commissioners of the Canal Fund — Canal Board.
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…
Read moreV.6 proposed for 1895
Article V: State Officers; Civil Service • Section 6: Powers and duties of boards, etc.
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 1895
Article V: State Officers; Civil Service • Section 7: Treasurer may be suspended by Governor.
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 1895
Article V: State Officers; Civil Service • 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,…
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Article V: State Officers; Civil Service • Section 9: Civil service.
Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the State, and of all the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by examinations, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive; provided, however, that honorably discharged soldiers and sailors from the Army and Navy of…
Read moreVI.2 proposed for 1895
Article VI: Judiciary • Section 2: Division of judicial departments.
The Legislature shall divide the State into four judicial departments. The first department shall consist of the county of New York; the others shall be bounded by county lines, and be compact and equal in population as nearly as may be. Once every ten years the Legislature may alter the judicial departments, but without increasing the number thereof. There shall…
Read moreVI.3 proposed for 1895
Article VI: Judiciary • Section 3: Judges not to sit in review of certain cases.
No judge or justice shall sit in the appellate division or in the court of appeals in review of a decision made by him or by any court of which he was at the time a sitting member. The testimony in equity cases shall be taken in like manner as in cases at law; and, except as herein otherwise provided,…
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Article VI: Judiciary • Section 4: Terms of office.
The official terms of the justices of the supreme court shall be fourteen years from and including the first day of January next after their election. When a vacancy shall occur otherwise than by expiration of term in the office of justice of the supreme court, the same shall be filled for a full term, at the next general election,…
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Article VI: Judiciary • Section 5: Abolition of City Courts.
The superior court of the city of New York, the court of common pleas for the city and county of New York, the superior court of Buffalo, and the city court of Brooklyn, are abolished from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and thereupon the seals, records, papers, and documents of or belonging…
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Article VI: Judiciary • Section 6: Abolition of Circuit Courts and Oyer and Terminer.
Circuit courts and courts of oyer and terminer are abolished from and after the last day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five. All their jurisdiction shall thereupon be vested in the supreme court, and all actions and proceedings then pending in such courts shall be transferred to the supreme court for hearing and determination. Any justice of the…
Read moreVI.7 proposed for 1895
Article VI: Judiciary • Section 7: Court of Appeals.
The court of appeals is continued. It shall consist of the chief judge and associate judges now in office, who shall hold their offices until the expiration of their respective terms, and their successors, who shall be chosen by the electors of the State. The official terms of the chief judge and associate judges shall be fourteen years from and…
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Article VI: Judiciary • Section 8: Vacancies, how filled.
When a vacancy shall occur otherwise than by expiration of term, in the office of chief or associate judge of the court of appeals, the same shall be filled, for a full term, at the next general election happening not less than three months after such vacancy occurs; and until the vacancy shall be so filled, the Governor, by and…
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Article VI: Judiciary • Section 9: Jurisdiction of Court of Appeals.
After the last day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, the jurisdiction of the court of appeals, except where the judgment is of death, shall be limited to the review of questions of law. No unanimous decision of the appellate division of the supreme court that there is evidence supporting or tending to sustain a finding of fact…
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Article VI: Judiciary • Section 10: Judges of Court of Appeals, or justices of Supreme Court, to hold no other office.
The judges of the court of appeals and the justices of the supreme court shall not hold any other office or public trust. All votes for any of them, for any other than a judicial office, given by the Legislature or the people, shall be void.
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Article VI: Judiciary • Section 11: Removals — Proceedings in relation thereto.
Judges of the court of appeals and justices of the supreme court may be removed by concurrent resolution of both houses of the Legislature, if two thirds of all the members elected to each house concur therein. All other judicial officers, except justices of the peace and judges or justices of inferior courts not of record, may be removed by…
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Article VI: Judiciary • Section 12: Compensation of judges and justices.
The judges and justices hereinbefore mentioned shall receive for their services a compensation established by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during their official terms, except as provided in section five of this article. No person shall hold the office of judge or justice of any court longer than until and including the last day of December next…
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Article VI: Judiciary • Section 13: Impeachment.
The assembly shall have the power of impeachment, by a vote of a 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 the major part of them, and the judges of the court of appeals, or the major part of them. On the trial…
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