Ballot Questions
1938
Question #2
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change III.2, III.3, III.4, III.4.continued, III.5
as proposed by the most recent NYS Constitutional Convention
And the voters said: No!
How We Voted
YES |
37.31% |
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848,367 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
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62.69% |
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1,425,344 New Yorkers voted No |
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2,273,711 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
III.2 proposed for 1939
Article III: Legislature • Section 2: Number and terms of senators and assemblymen.
The senate shall consist of fifty-three members. The senators elected in the year nineteen hundred forty shall be chosen for two years and those elected in the year nineteen hundred forty-two, and their successors, shall be chosen for four years. The assembly shall consist of one hundred fifty-nine members. The members of assembly elected in the year nineteen hundred and…
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Article III: Legislature • Section 3: Senate districts.
The state shall be divided into fifty-three districts to be called senate districts, each of which shall choose one senator. The districts shall be numbered from one to fifty-three, inclusive. Until changed or altered as in this article provided, the senate districts shall be as follows: District number one (1) shall consist of the county of Suffolk. District number two…
Read moreIII.4 proposed for 1939
Article III: Legislature • Section 4: Readjustments and reapportionments.
The members of the assembly shall be chosen by single districts, each of which shall choose one member. Until changed by a reapportionment, as in this article provided, the number of members of assembly to be chosen in the several counties shall be as follows: To the county of Albany, three. To the county of Allegany, one. To the county…
Read moreIII.4.continued proposed for 1939
Article III: Legislature • Section 4: Readjustments and reapportionments.
In the county of Queens: District number one (1) shall consist of that part of the county of Queens and that portion of the Sixth senate district within and bounded by a line beginning at the East river and Hoyt avenue south, and running thence along Hoyt avenue south to Astoria boulevard, to Steinway street, to Thirtieth avenue, to Fifty-first…
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Article III: Legislature • Section 5: Apportionment of assemblymen; creation of assembly districts.
A. At its first regular session after the election held in the year nineteen hundred forty-six, and after the election held in each successive twelfth year thereafter, the legislature shall by law reapportion, subject to the provisions of this section, the members of assembly among the several counties, according to the vote cast for governor at the election next preceding…
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