Ballot Questions
1983
Question #7
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VI.16
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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54.81% |
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1,314,754 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
45.19% |
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1,084,200 New Yorkers voted No |
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2,398,954 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
VI.16 proposed for 1984
Article VI: Judiciary • Section 16: District courts; jurisdiction; judges
a. The district court of Nassau county may be continued under existing law and the legislature may, at the request of the board of supervisors or other elective governing body of any county outside the city of New York, establish the district court for the entire area of such county or for a portion of such county consisting of one…
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