New York Extraordinary Session of the Legislature, Amendment 4 (1975)

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The New York Extraordinary Session of the Legislature, Amendment 4, also known as Amendment 4, was on the ballot in New York on November 4, 1975, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. This measure amended Article III of the Constitution by adding Section 13 and amended Article IV, Section 3. This amendment provided for the "convening of extraordinary sessions of the legislature upon petition of its members; and in relation to the agenda of extraordinary sessions thereof when called by the governor."[1][2]

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New York Amendment 4 (1975)
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes1,491,35552.25%
No1,362,91247.75%

Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

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  1. New York State Court System, "Votes Cast for and against Proposed Constitutional Conventions and also Proposed Constitutional Amendments," accessed October 20, 2015
  2. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. REFERENDA AND PRIMARY ELECTION MATERIALS [Computer file]. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1995. doi:10.3886/ICPSR00006.v1