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Votes Cast for Constitutional Conventions and Amendments
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Nov. 5, 1935
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For amendment of section 26, article 3; sections 1 and 2,
article 10 (organization, government and officers of counties)
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1,288,297
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Against
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499,332
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Nov. 5, 1935
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For amendment of section 2, article 1 (non-unanimous jury
verdicts in civil cases)
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1,150,687
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Against
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480,340
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Nov. 5, 1935
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For repeal of section 7, article 8 (liability of stockholders of
banks)
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1,086,701
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Against
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538,442
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Nov. 3, 1936
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For a convention to revise the Constitution and amend the same
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1,413,604
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Against
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1,190,275
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Nov. 2, 1937
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For amendment of section 1, article 4 (increasing term of office
of governor and lieutenant governor from two years to four
years)
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842,980
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Against
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503,656
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Nov. 2, 1937
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For amendment of section 2, article 3 (increasing term of member
of assembly from one year to two years)
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856,818
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Against
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463,074
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Nov. 2, 1937
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For amendment of section 2, article 1 (permitting defendants in
all criminal cases, except those in which the crime charged may
be punishable by death, to waive trial by jury)
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721,540
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Against
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550,297
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Nov. 2, 1937
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For amendment of section 1 , article 10 (removing provision
which made sheriffs ineligible for the next term after the
termination of their offices)
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697,007
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Against
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610,515
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Nov. 2, 1937
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For amendment of section 15, article 6 (in relation to
prescribing the jurisdiction and powers of the city court of the
city of New York)
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551,569
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Against
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636,938
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Nov. 2, 1937
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For amendment of section 18, article 6 (in relation to
prescribing the jurisdiction and powers of the municipal court
of the city of New York)
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538,312
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Against
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649,769
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Nov. 8, 1938
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For amendment to Constitution generally, submitted by the
Constitutional Convention, except those submitted separately in
amendments 2 to 9, inclusive: (articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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1,521,036
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Against
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1,301,797
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Nov. 8, 1938
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For amendment to article 3, submitted by Constitutional
Convention, repealing sections 2 to 5, inclusive, and
substituting new sections (legislative apportionment and
increasing term of senators from two to four years)
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848,367
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Against
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1,425,344
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Nov. 8, 1938
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For amendment of section 14, article 7, submitted by
Constitutional Convention (in relation to elimination of
railroad grade crossings)
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1,561,846
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Against
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895,382
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Nov. 8, 1938
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For amendment constituting article 18, submitted by
Constitutional Convention (in relation to low rent housing and
slum clearance, authorizing the contracting of state debt up to
$300,000,000 for loans, the expanding of the debt limit of
cities by 2 per cent, and authorizing the granting of subsidies)
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1,686,056
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Against
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936,279
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Nov. 8, 1938
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For amendment to article 6, submitted by Constitutional
Convention (generally amending judiciary article)
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641,332
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Against
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1,550,653
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Nov. 8, 1938
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For amendment to article 1, new section 17, submitted by
Constitutional Convention (in relation to the rights of labor
and fixing the hours and prevailing rate of wages on public
works)
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1,869,883
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Against
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940,770
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Nov. 8, 1938
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For amendment to article 2, proposing new section, submitted by
Constitutional Convention (prohibiting voting by any system of
proportional representation)
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627,123
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Against
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1,554,404
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Nov. 8, 1938
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For amendment of section 8, article 7, submitted by
Constitutional Convention (permitting the use of state money and
credit for social welfare, including provision, by insurance or
otherwise, against the hazards of unemployment, sickness and old
age)
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1,902,075
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Against
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943,296
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Nov. 8, 1938
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For amendment to article 8, constituting section 7a, submitted
by Constitutional Convention (in relation to excluding from the
debt limit of the city of New York $315,000,000 for the
unification of transit facilities)
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1,407,056
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Against
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935,744
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Nov. 7, 1939
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For amendment of section 9, article 1 (permitting pari-mutuel
betting on horse races)
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1,225,495
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Against
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594,811
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Nov. 4, 1941
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For amendment of section 14, article 7 (authorizing diversion of
$60,000,000 railroad grade crossing elimination bonds for
construction and reconstruction of state highways and parkways)
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936,279
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Against
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629,313
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Nov. 4, 1941
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For amendment of section 2, article 3 (providing four-year term
for state senators)
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588,894
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Against
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860,684
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Nov. 4, 1941
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For amendment of section 1, article 19 (validity of proposed
constitutional amendment not affected by failure of
attorney-general to render opinion thereon)
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776,385
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Against
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558,638
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Nov. 4, 1941
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For amendment of section 1, article 14 (permitting construction
of ski trails on slopes of Whiteface Mountain)
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740,506
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Against
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730,562
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Nov. 2, 1943
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For amendment of section 2, article 5 (establishing a department
of commerce in the state government)
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600,495
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Against
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239,222
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Nov. 2, 1943
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For amendment adding new section 17, article 7 (authorizing
legislature to establish a fund or funds for tax revenue
stabilization reserves, and regulating payments thereto, and
withdrawals therefrom)
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558,726
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Against
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246,011
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Nov. 2, 1943
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For amendment to section 5 article 3 (in relation to the
creation of assembly districts in counties to which have been
apportioned a greater number of assemblymen than the number of
towns in such county)
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385,025
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Against
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387,496
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Nov. 2, 1943
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For amendment to section 1 , article 2 (changing present
residence requirement for voting purposes, so that it will be
satisfied by four months residence within the county, city or
village)
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599,330
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Against
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220,812
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Nov. 2, 1943
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For amendment to section 7, article 3 (relative to residence
requirements for election to the senate or assembly at the first
election next ensuing after readjustment or alteration of the
districts)
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566,149
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Against
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212,320
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Nov. 2, 1943
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For amendment to section 7, article 6 (in relation to the
jurisdiction of the court of appeals and the regulation of
appeals to that court)
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571,574
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Against
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207,888
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Nov. 6, 1945
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For amendment of section 1, article 4 (requiring that governor
and lieutenant-governor be chosen jointly)
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475,912
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Against
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485,534
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Nov. 6, 1945
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For amendment of section 6, article 4 (prescribing procedure in
filling vacancies in the offices of governor and
lieutenant-governor and the performance of the duties of such
offices by others in certain cases)
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575,740
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Against
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324,258
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Nov. 6, 1945
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For amendment of section 1 , article 2 (removing
disqualification in relation to votes of certain electors of a
nonpersonal election district after removal within thirty days
preceding an election from one election district to another in
the same county)
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458,749
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Against
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416,474
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Nov. 6, 1945
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For amendment of sections 4 and 5, article 3 (providing that
towns with certain population ratios may be divided in creation
of senate and assembly districts)
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613,373
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Against
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264,296
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Nov. 6, 1945
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For amendment of section 1 , article 9 (permitting two-thirds of
the members of a county governing body to request enactment of
special or local laws by the legislature without approval of
county executive officer)
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608,296
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Against
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246,141
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Nov. 6, 1945
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For amendment of section 6, article 5 (giving disabled veterans
preference in civil service appointments and promotions and
extending until December 31, 1950, the same preference to
non-disabled veterans)
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621,436
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Against
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587,217
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Nov. 4, 1947
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For amendment adding new section 18, article 7 (authorizing
legislature to create state debt for payment of bonus to
veterans of the armed forces resident of New York state)
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2,221,800
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Against
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805,826
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Nov. 4, 1947
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For amendment of section 2, article 2 (permitting more extensive
use of absentee ballot)
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1,848,701
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Against
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573,050
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Nov. 4, 1947
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For amendment of section 6, article 3 (permitting members of
legislature to receive salary fixed by law; deleting provision
of Constitution fixing annual salary at $2,500)
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1,431,636
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Against
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901,023
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Nov. 4, 1947
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For amendment adding new section 9-a, article 6 (removal or
retirement of judicial officers by the court on the judiciary)
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1,572,256
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Against
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749,020
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Nov. 4, 1947
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For amendment of section 1, article 6 (creation of another
judicial district out of second judicial district as now
constituted)
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1,181,559
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Against
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1,009,223
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Nov. 4, 1947
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For amendment of section 1 , article 14 (construction and
maintenance of additional ski trails on forest preserve lands)
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1,431,526
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Against
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830,736
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