Ballot Questions
1973
Question #2
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change I.6
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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53.71% |
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1,652,460 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
46.29% |
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1,424,437 New Yorkers voted No |
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3,076,897 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
I.6 proposed for 1974
Article I: Bill Of Rights • Section 6: Grand jury; protection of certain enumerated rights; duty of public officers to sign waiver of immunity and give testimony; penalty for refusal.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime (except in cases of impeachment, and in cases of militia when in actual service, and the land, air and naval forces in time of war, or which this state may keep with the consent of congress in time of peace, and in cases of petit larceny,…
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