Provisions
XIV.4 proposed for 1870 • Constitutional conventions.
REJECTED
The Text
At the general election to be held in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, and in each twentieth year thereafter, and also at such other time as the Legislature may prescribe, the question shall be submitted to the people, “Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution?” and in case a majority of the electors voting on the question shall decide in favor of a convention, the Legislature, at its next session, shall provide by law for the choice by the electors of delegates to such convention; but no constitution or amendment agreed to by the convention, shall be valid until adopted by the vote of a majority of the electors voting thereon, either at a general or special election, as shall be determined by the convention.
A Few Facts
• Has 130 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1869
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1870
• Been in Article XIV:
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-XIII.2
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