Ballot Questions
1925
Question #4
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VI.1, VI.2, VI.3, VI.4, VI.5, VI.6, VI.7, VI.8, VI.9, VI.10, VI.11, VI.12, VI.13, VI.14, VI.15, VI.16, VI.17, VI.18, VI.19, VI.20, VI.21, VI.22, VI.23 - to reorganize the judicial system
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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60.54% |
1,090,632 New Yorkers voted Yes |
NO |
39.46% |
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711,018 New Yorkers voted No |
1,801,650 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
VI.21 proposed for 1926
Article VI: Judiciary • Section 21: Clerks of courts.
The clerks of the several counties shall be clerks of the supreme court, with such powers and duties as shall be prescribed by law. The clerk of the court of appeals shall keep his office at the seat of government. The clerk of the court of appeals and the clerks of the appellate division shall receive such compensation as may…
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Article VI: Judiciary • Section 22: Publication of statutes; court reports.
The legislature shall provide for the speedy publication of all statutes and all civil or criminal practice acts and rules, and for the collection, compilation and publication annually of the civil and criminal judicial statistics of the state. It shall further provide for the creation of a state law reporting bureau, which shall be under the direction and control of…
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Article VI: Judiciary • Section 23: Claims against the state.
Nothing in this article contained shall abridge the authority of the legislature to create or abolish any board or court with jurisdiction to hear and audit or determine claims against the state, and any such tribunal existing when this article shall take effect shall be continued with the powers then vested in it until otherwise provided by law.
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