Votes Cast for Constitutional Conventions and Amendments

Nov. 8, 1949 For amendment of section 5, article 4 (lieutenant-governor-elect to serve as governor in event of death of governor-elect before assuming office) 1,796,852
  Against 452,419
Nov. 8, 1949 For amendment of section 18, article 7 (authorizing payment of war bonus to members of armed forces from New York state whether or not resident of state at time of application) 1,633,560
  Against 633,569
Nov. 8, 1949 For amendment of section 23, article 6 (establishing court of claims as constitutional court of record) 1,479,971
  Against 616,707
Nov. 8, 1949 For amendment of section 6, article 1 (providing further penalty for refusal of public officer to waive immunity or give testimony) 1,611,049
  Against 471,724
Nov. 8, 1949 For amendment of section 6, article 5 (revising veterans' preference in civil service employment, and providing for certain credits) 1,592,483
  Against 1,090,977
Nov. 8, 1949 For amendment of section 4, article 18 (extending to certain villages -- 5,000 or more inhabitants -- certain powers of cities in relation to indebtedness for low rent housing) 1,441,214
  Against 627,479
Nov. 8, 1949 For amendment of sections 2, 5, 7, article 8 (changing power of counties, cities, towns and villages to contract indebtedness; excluding from New York city debt limit $150,000,000 for city hospitals) 1,435,575
  Against 590,332
Nov. 8, 1949 For amendment of sections 10, 10-a, 11, article 8 (changing limitations upon the amount of real estate taxes which may be levied by counties, cities, villages and certain school districts; providing for application and use of revenues of certain public improvements and services) 1,364,859
  Against 602,855

Nov. 6, 1951 For amendment of section 1, article 2 (absentee voting privileges of electors in military service and certain members of their immediate families) 1,695,034
  Against 193,223
Nov. 6, 1951 For amendment of section 5, article 2 (exempting from the requirement of personal registration voters in military service, inmates of certain veterans' bureau hospitals and certain members of their immediate families) 1,584,025
  Against 217,601
Nov. 6, 1951 For amendment of section 8, article 7 (empowering legislature to increase pensions of members of retirement system of the state or of any subdivision) 1,392,034
  Against 471,148
Nov. 6, 1951 For amendment of article 10, adding new section 6 (empowering legislature by law to make state liable for bonded indebtedness of a public corporation created to construct state thruways, and to authorize use of state canal lands and properties by such corporation) 1,563,044
  Against 366,767
Nov. 6, 1951 For amendment of section 7, article 6 (providing for appeals to court of appeals, by permission, from non-final orders in proceedings by or against public officers) 1,357,821
  Against 278,959
Nov. 6, 1951 For amendment of sections 4, 5, 7, 11, article 8 (restrictions on the powers of counties, cities, towns, villages and certain school districts to contract indebtedness and to impose taxes upon real estate) 1,297,378
  Against 461,611
Nov. 6, 1951 For amendment of section 15, article 6 (increasing monetary jurisdiction of the city court of the city of New York) 1,320,299
  Against 325,476
Nov. 6, 1951 For amendment of section 19, article 6 (permitting judges of the court of appeals and justices of the supreme court to serve in the armed forces of the United States or state of New York) 1,343,294
  Against 348,584

Nov. 3, 1953 For amendment of sections 1 , 2, and 16, adding new sections 14-a and 15-a, article 6 (temporary assignment of justices or judges to terms of courts within the city of New York) 995,128
  Against 276,700
Nov. 3, 1953 For amendment of section 11 , article 6 (increasing monetary civil jurisdiction -- $3 ,000 to $6,000 -- of county courts outside city of New York) 1,141,754
  Against 376,815
Nov. 3, 1953 For amendment of section 1, article 4; section 1, article 5 (joint election of governor and lieutenant-governor; no election of comptroller or attorney-general except at time of electing governor; legislature to provide for filling vacancies in these two offices) 844,310
  Against 663,471
Nov. 3, 1953 For amendment of article 8, adding section 2-a (local indebtedness for Water supply -- powers granted by legislature to public corporations and improvement districts concerning excess supply of Water) 56,798
  Against 431,766
Nov. 3, 1953 For amendment of section 3, article 4 (authorizing legislature to fix salary of governor, by joint resolution; $50,000 maximum) 1,016,430
  Against 538,529
Nov. 3, 1953 For amendment of section 6, article 4 (authorizing legislature to fix salary of lieutenant-governor, by joint resolution; $20,000 maximum) 1,011,359
  Against 531,632
Nov. 3, 1953 For amendment of sections 2, 5, 7, 10, 10-a, article 8 (power of counties, cities, towns, villages and certain school districts to contract indebtedness and to raise taxes on real estate) 989,741
  Against 524,193
Nov. 3, 1953 For amendment of section 10, article 8, adding subparagraph (f) (constitutional limitation on amount to be raised by city of New York, and counties therein, by tax on real estate) 947,531
  Against 560,023
Nov. 3, 1953 For amendment of section 2, article 14 (revokes power of legislature to provide for use of portions of forest preserve for the construction of reservoirs to regulate the flow of streams) 1,002,462
  Against 697,270

Nov. 8, 1955 For amendment of article 7, adding new section 19 (authorizing legislature to provide for the issuance of state bonds, not exceeding $750,000,000, for state highway and grade crossing elimination purposes) 1,139,002
  Against 1,493,308
Nov. 8, 1955 For amendment of section 3, article 18 (in relation to the limit for authorization of periodic subsidies by the state for low rent publicly assisted housing) 1,139,185
  Against 1,011,424
Nov. 8, 1955 For amendment of sections 2 and 5, article 2 (in relation to absentee registration and voting) 1,172,556
  Against 923,855
Nov. 8, 1955 For amendment of section 1 , article 5 (in relation to the powers and duties of the comptroller respecting the taxation and assessment of real estate) 1,077,914
  Against 918,978
Nov. 8, 1955 For amendment of paragraph B, section 5, article 8 (in relation to indebtedness contracted for sewer purposes) 818,551
  Against 1,175,343
Nov. 8, 1955 For amendment of section 2-a, article 8 (in relation to the powers of public corporations and improvement districts to provide for the conveyance, treatment and disposal of sewage and for drainage purposes and to contract indebtedness for such purposes) 1,163,800
  Against 803,884
Nov. 8, 1955 For amendment of article 14, adding new section 2-a (in relation to the authorization of the use of certain state owned forest preserve lands for the construction and operation of Panther Mountain reservoir to regulate the flow of Moose and Black rivers) 613,927
  Against 1,622,196
Nov. 8, 1955 For amendment of section 19, article 6 (in relation to the holding of any other public office by judges, justices or surrogates) 1,078,167
  Against 849,029
Nov. 8, 1955 For amendment of section 11, article 6 (in relation to appointment of temporary judges of county courts in counties outside the city of New York, in case of the temporary illness or disability of the incumbent) 824,424
  Against 1,093,048
Nov. 8, 1955 For amendment of article 6, adding new section 16-a (in relation to appointment of temporary justices and judges, in case of temporary illness or disability of the incumbent) 822,693
  Against 1,073,103

Nov. 5, 1957 For a convention to revise the Constitution and amend the same 1,242,568
  Against 1,368,063
Nov. 5, 1957 For amendment of article 7, adding new section 19 (authorizing a $250 million state debt for expansion of the state university) 1,895,896
  Against 805,251
Nov. 5, 1957 For amendment of article 18, section 3 (providing for method of amortization of state loans for public or limited-profit housing) 1,612,471
  Against 916,771
Nov. 5, 1957 For amendment of article 1, section 9 (authorizing the conduct of bingo games by certain organizations under state regulation and local government supervision) 1,818,353
  Against 1,175,820
Nov. 5, 1957 For amendment of article 18, section 5 (excluding liability for certain state housing loans in ascertaining debt-incurring power of towns and villages for housing purposes) 1,497,237
  Against 931,047
Nov. 5, 1957 For amendment of article 14, section 3 (authorizing dedication, use, sale, exchange or other disposition of certain state forest preserve lands) 1,551,982
  Against 972,118
Nov. 5, 1957 For amendment of article 14, section 1 (permitting limited use of forest preserve lands for state highway purposes) 1,725,735
  Against 791,744

 

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