Ballot Questions
1945
Question #5
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change IX.1
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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71.19% |
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608,296 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
28.81% |
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246,141 New Yorkers voted No |
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854,437 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
IX.1 proposed for 1946
Article IX: Local Governments • Section 1: Counties; organization and government; restrictions on legislature with respect to laws affecting.
(a) There shall be in each county, except in a county wholly included in the city, a board of supervisors, or other elective governing body, to be composed of such members and elected in such manner and for such period as is or may be provided by law. (b) The Legislature shall provide by law for the organization and government…
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