Ballot Questions
1963
Question #1
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change II.2, II.9
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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76.04% |
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1,962,094 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
23.96% |
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618,402 New Yorkers voted No |
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2,580,496 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
II.2 proposed for 1964
Article II: Suffrage • Section 2: Absentee voting
The legislature may, by general law, provide a manner in which, and the time and place at which, qualified voters who, on the occurrence of any election, may be absent from the county of their residence or, if residents of the city of New York, from the city, and qualified voters who, on the occurrence of any election, may be…
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Article II: Suffrage • Section 9: Presidential elections; special voting procedures authorized.
Notwithstanding the residence requirements imposed by section one of this article, the legislature may, by general law, provide special procedures whereby every person who shall have moved from another state to this state or from one county, city or village within this state to another county, city or village within this state and who shall have been an inhabitant of…
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