Votes Cast for Constitutional Conventions and Amendments

Nov. 7, 1876 For amendment of article 5 section 3 533,151
  Against 81,832
Nov. 7, 1876 For amendment of article 5 section 4 530,226
  Against 80,358

Nov. 4, 1879 For amendment of article 6 section 6 95,331
  Against 25,578

Nov. 2, 1880 For amendment of article 6 sections 12 and 13 221,903
  Against 111,225

[1]Nov. 7, 1882 For amendment of article 7 section 3 486,105
  Against 163,151
Nov. 7, 1882 For amendment of article 6 248,784
  Against 75,644

Nov. 4, 1884 For amendment of article 8 section 11 499,661
  Against 9,661

Nov. 2, 1886 For a convention to revise the Constitution and amend the same 574,993[2]
  Against 30,766[3]

Nov. 6, 1888 For the proposed amendment to section 6 article 6 498,114[4]
  Against 55,822[5]

Nov. 8, 1892 For the proposed amendment to section 10 article 3 (relating to the powers of the two houses of the legislature) 174,678
  Against 180,030
Nov. 8, 1892 For the proposed amendment to article 6 (relating to election of additional justices of the supreme court) 161,759
  Against 198,110
Nov. 8, 1892 For the proposed amendment to section 7, article 7 (relating to Onondaga Salt Springs) 170,765
  Against 171,442

Nov. 6, 1894 For the revised Constitution 410,697
  Against 327,402
Nov. 6, 1894 For legislative apportionment 404,335
  Against 350,625
Nov. 6, 1894 For canal improvements 442,998
  Against 327,645
Nov. 6, 1894 For county judges and court of sessions in the county of Kings 391,350
  Against 332,505
Nov. 6, 1894 For additional justices of the supreme court 395,233
  Against 341,713

Nov. 3, 1896 For the proposed amendment to section 7, article 7 (relating to the forest preserve) 321,486
  Against 710,505

Nov. 7, 1899 For amendment to section 26, article 3 (boards of supervisors) 325,182
  Against 144,667
Nov. 7, 1899 For amendment to section 2, article 6 (temporary designation of justices to appellate division) 283,880
  Against 137,408
Nov. 7 , 1899 For amendment to section 7 , article 6 (court of appeals) 279,469
  Against 132,064
Nov. 7, 1899 For amendment to section 10, article 8 (limitation of indebtedness) 315,475
  Against 145,450

Nov. 5, 1901 For amendment to section 18, article 3 354,881
  Against 309,245

Nov. 7, 1905 For amendment to section 10, article 8 (limitation of indebtedness) 363,117
  Against 129,424
Nov. 7, 1905 For section 11, article 7 (new section) (payment of state debts) 307,768
  Against 134,773
Nov. 7, 1905 For amendment to section 1, article 6 (supreme court judicial districts) 297,893
  Against 133,999
Nov. 7, 1905 For amendment to section 1 , article 12 (organization of cities) 338,570
  Against 133,606
Nov. 7, 1905 For section 12, article 7 (new section) (highway improvement) 383,188
  Against 117,181
Nov. 7, 1905 For amendment to section 4, article 7 (debt limitations) 293,552
  Against 127,364
Nov. 7, 1905 For amendment to section 2, article 6 (justices, appellate division) 288,227
  Against 125,649


FOOTNOTES


Footnote 1: Vol. 1 (pp. and 322) and Vol II (pp. and 646) of Lincoln's Constitutional History of New York make mention of two additional amendments voted ypon in 1882, one providing for deficiency in canal revenues and one prohibiting the disposition of Black River canal.

Footnote 2: Including 218,376 informal votes.

Footnote 3: Including 187,418 informal votes.

Footnote 4: Including 3,735 informal votes.

Footnote 5: Including 5,679 informal votes.

 

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