Ballot Questions
1916
Question #1
NYS Constitutional Convention
a section of the NYS ConstitutionSince 1847, the NYS constitution requires that NYS voters must be asked every 20 years if they want to have a constitutional convention to review the state constitution, and to propose changes to the voters through ballot questions after the convention finishes its work.
In 1916, NYS voters faced the question:
Constitutional convention
And the voters said: No!
How We Voted
YES |
43.49% |
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506,563 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
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56.51% |
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658,269 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,164,832 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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