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Votes Cast for Constitutional Conventions and Amendments
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Nov. 4, 1958
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For amendment of article 9, sections 1- 5, 8, 9, 13 (granting
additional powers of home rule to counties; clarifies and
rearranges provisions relating to county government)
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1,606,777
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Against
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782,133
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Nov. 4, 1958
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For amendment of article 7, section 9 (extending time of payment
of notes or obligations for money borrowed in anticipation of
the sale of bonds authorized for housing purposes) .
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1,309,103
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Against
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1,040,784
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Nov. 3, 1959
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For amendment to section 2, article 5 (establishing a department
of motor vehicles in the state government)
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1,869,500
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Against
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911,609
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Nov. 3, 1959
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For amendment to section 1, article 14 (relating to interstate
route highway on forest preserve lands, popularly referred to as
"Northway")
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1,621,428
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Against
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1,261,769
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Nov. 3, 1959
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For amendment to section 6, article 1 (relative to the
prohibition against a public official holding office if he
refuses to testify concerning his conduct in present or past
offices)
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1,907,659
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Against
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738,540
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Nov. 3, 1959
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For amendment to section 7, adding new paragraph F, article 8
(permitting New York city to issue $500 million in bonds for
school construction outside its debt limit)
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1,248,208
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Against
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1,638,353
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Nov. 3 , 1959
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For amendment to section 1 , article 1 (permitting legislature
to provide for the elimination of primary elections where there
is no contest)
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1,544,635
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Against
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1,000,435
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Nov. 3, 1959
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For amendment adding new section 4, article 15 (empowering
legislature to lease or transfer barge canal system to federal
government for inclusion in national system of inland waterways)
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1,505,107
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Against
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1,125,082
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Nov. 3, 1959
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For amendment to section 1 , article 8 (authorizing counties,
cities and towns to increase pension benefits for certain
members of police and fire departments or their dependents)
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1,909,448
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Against
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829,642
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Nov. 3, 1959
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For amendment to section 22, article 3 (permitting legislature
to define income for income tax purposes by reference to federal
laws)
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1,616,812
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Against
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939,003
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Nov. 3 , 1959
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For amendment to section 1 , article 8 (authorizing
municipalities to jointly provide municipal services)
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1,648,447
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Against
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904,202
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Nov. 7, 1961
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For amendment repealing article 6 as of Sept. 1, 1962 and
replacing it by a new article 6 (providing for reorganization of
the stateÆs court system)
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2,303,446
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Against
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507,211
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Nov. 7, 1961
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For amendment to article 5, sections 2, 3, 4 (limiting the
number and providing for greater flexibility in the
establishment of the civil departments in the state government
and for assignment of functions thereto; expands the powers of
the governor and the legislature in respect thereto)
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1,858,351
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Against
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700,873
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Nov. 7, 1961
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For amendment to article 10, adding new section 7 (authorizing
payment by the state of not exceeding $100 million of
obligations of the port of New York authority for the purchase
and lease of railroad commuter cars)
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1,608,405
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Against
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974,079
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Nov. 7, 1961
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For amendment to article 7, section 8 by adding a new paragraph
at the end thereof; article 10 by adding thereto at the end
thereof a new section 7 (authorizing loan of state moneys to
non-profit corporations not exceeding $50 million for industrial
and manufacturing plants to provide additional employment in
depressed areas)
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1,549,726
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Against
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954,203
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Nov. 7, 1961
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For amendment to article 7, section 11 (authorizing the
contracting of a state debt for two or more specific purposes in
event of general economic recession)
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1,166,894
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Against
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1,262,080
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Nov. 7, 1961
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For amendment to article 10, adding a new section 7 (authorizing
state liability of not exceeding $500 million of obligations for
the construction of buildings and other improvements at
institutions of higher education)
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1,278,992
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Against
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1,440,450
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Nov. 7, 1961
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For amendment to article 14, section 1 (granting the use of
forest preserve lands in Hamilton county to permit highway
relocation)
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1 ,021,765
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Against
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1,453,392
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Nov. 6, 1962
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For amendment to article 13, repealing sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7
(dealing with bribery and abuse of privilege by public
officials)
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1,619,745
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Against
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839,588
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Nov. 6, 1962
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For amendment to article 1, repealing sections 10, 13 and 15; to
article 5 , repealing section 5 ; to article 11 , repealing
section 3 and renumbering section 4 as section 3 (repealing
obscure sections dealing with ownership of lands, escheat and
Indian lands and other details made obsolete by passage of time
or coverage under statutes)
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1 ,521 ,201
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Against
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857,022
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Nov. 6, 1962
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For amendment to article 12 which was repealed and replaced by
new article 12 (repealing military article, replacing it with a
shorter defense article)
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1,626,248
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Against
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746,308
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Nov. 6, 1962
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For amendment to article 3, repealing section 3 and replaced by
new section 3 (eliminating detailed and obsolete description of
boundaries of the senate districts as they were in 1894, without
making any change in the formula for apportioning the districts)
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1,507,357
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Against
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845,358
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Nov. 5, 1963
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For amendment to article 2, section 2; adding to end thereof a
new section to be section 9 (permitting legislature to
liberalize voting requirements in presidential elections for
persons who have recently moved into, within or outside the
state; permits wider use of absentee ballots)
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1,962,094
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Against
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618,402
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Nov. 5, 1963
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For amendment to article 4, sections 3, 5 and 6; article 3,
section 9; article 13, section 7 (12). (Deletes maximum salaries
of governor and lieutenant-governor; clarifies provisions for
succession to the offices of governor and lieutenant-governor;
provides for the election of a speaker by the assembly)
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1,724,497
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Against
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699,447
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Nov. 5, 1963
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For amendment to article 3 by adding a new section to be section
25 (empowering legislature to provide for continuity of state
and local governmental operations in periods of emergency caused
by enemy attack or disaster)
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2,021,720
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Against
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441,696
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Nov. 5, 1963
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For amendment to article 9, repealing article 9 with exception
of sections 5, 6 and 8, and replacing it by a new article 9;
repealing article 1, subdivision (e) of section 7; repealing
article 3, section 18; amending article 8, section 12; amending
and renumbering sections 5, 6 and 8 of article 9 to subdivisions
(a), (b), and (c) respectively of a new section 13, added to
article 13; amending article 13 by adding a new section 14
(extends and expands home rule powers for counties, cities,
towns and villages; repeals and amends other provisions of the
Constitution in respect of the relationship between the
legislature and local government)
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1,719,074
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Against
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667,042
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Nov. 5, 1963
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For amendment to article 8, section 5 by adding thereto a new
paragraph, to be paragraph E (permitting local governments to
exclude from their debt limit the cost of sewage treatment and
disposal facilities for an eleven year period)
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1,490,558
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Against
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874,313
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Nov. 5, 1963
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For amendment to article 8, section 1 (permitting villages to
increase pension benefits to retired members of police and fire
departments and their widows and dependent children or parents)
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I ,867,020
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Against
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601,340
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Nov. 5, 1963
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For amendment to article 14 section 1 (permitting the state to
convey ten acres of forest preserve land to the village of
Saranac Lake for refuse disposal in exchange for thirty acres of
true forest land owned by village)
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1,861,710
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Against
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546,593
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Nov. 3, 1964
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For amendment to article 18, sections 1, 2, 4, 6 and 10
(relating to the powers of the legislature in aid of housing
urban renewal programs, and rehabilitation and improvement of
substandard dwellings and to the contracting of municipal
indebtedness for such purposes)
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1,508,342
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Against
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2,225,760
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Nov. 3, 1964
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For repealing subsection (b) of section 7 article 1
(compensation for taking private property) amending section 6,
article 3 (salaries of members of legislature) amending section
17, article 3 (street railroads); amending section 19, article 3
(claims against the state) amending section 6, article 5
(preferences for veterans in the civil service prior to January
1
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1,849,292
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Against
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1,710,239
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Nov. 2, 1965
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For a convention to revise the Constitution and amend the same
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1,681,438
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Against
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1,468,431
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Nov. 2, 1965
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For amendment to article 7, section 2 (requiring the governor to
submit to the legislature the executive budget by February 1 in
each year following the year fixed by the Constitution for the
election of the governor and lieutenant governor, and by the
second Tuesday following the first day of the annual meeting of
the legislature in other years)
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1,882,387
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Against
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1,170,320
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Nov. 2, 1965
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For amendment to article 6, section 17(d) (providing that the
terms of justices of town courts shall be not less than four
years)
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1,379,294
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Against
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1,622,926
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Nov. 2, 1965
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For amendment to article 3, section 2 (increasing terms of
legislators to four years)
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1,221,793
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Against
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1,806,245
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Nov. 2, 1965
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For amendment to article 18, sections 1 and 2 (permitting
legislature to make provision for nursing home accommodations
for persons of low income)
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1,584,127
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Against
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1,474,130
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Nov. 2, 1965
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For amendment to article 18, section 2 (extending authority of
state and municipalities to make loans and grant power of
eminent domain to partnerships, trusts and corporations engaged
in providing housing facilities)
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1,215,721
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Against
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1,719,041
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Nov. 2, 1965
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For amendment to article 19, section 1 (providing that proposed
amendments to the Constitution adopted by a session of the
legislature and referred to the next regular session shall be
published for three months previous to the next succeeding
general election preceding such session)
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1,191,595
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Against
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1,682,195
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Nov. 2, 1965
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For amendment to article 6, section 25(b) (permitting any former
judge of the surrogateÆs court in any county within New
York city or in Nassau, Suffolk or Westchester counties, in
addition to former court of appeals judges and former supreme
court justices, to perform the duties of supreme court justices
until December 31 of the year he reaches age 76)
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1,328,360
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Against
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1,540,430
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Nov. 2, 1965
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For amendment to article 14, section 1 (permitting the state to
convey twenty-eight acres of forest preserve land to the town of
Arietta for public use to improve Piseco airport)
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1 ,616,165
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Against
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1,278,375
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Nov. 2, 1965
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For amendment to article 8, section 1 (permitting the city of
New York to increase pension benefits to retired members of
department of street cleaning and their widows and dependent
children or parents); article 13, adding new section 8
(providing that elections, except of judicial officers, of city
officers, and county officers in any county wholly within a
city, except to fill vacancies, shall be held in odd-numbered
years)
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1,617,270
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Against
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1,310,803
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