Ballot Questions
1945
Question #2
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change IV.6
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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63.97% |
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575,740 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
36.03% |
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324,258 New Yorkers voted No |
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899,998 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
IV.6 proposed for 1946
Article IV: Executive • Section 6: Duties and compensation of lieutenant-governor; succession to the governorship.
The lieutenant-governor shall possess the same qualifications of eligibility for office as the governor. He shall be president of the senate, but shall have only a casting vote therein. The lieutenant-governor shall receive for his services an annual salary of ten thousand dollars. If the office of governor become vacant and there be no lieutenant-governor, the offices of governor and…
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