New York Amendment 2, State Senator Terms Amendment (1938)

New York Amendment 2
Election date November 8, 1938
Topic Redistricting policy and State legislative term limits
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

New York Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 8, 1938. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported repealing Sections 2 to 5 of Article 3 of the state Constitution and substituting new sections on legislative apportionment and increasing term of senators from two to four years.

A "no" vote opposed repealing Sections 2 to 5 of Article 3 of the state Constitution and substituting new sections on legislative apportionment and increasing term of senators from two to four years.

Election results

New York Amendment 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		848,367	37.31%
No		1,425,344	62.69%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment submitted by the Constitutional Convention in relation to legislative apportionment and to the term of office of senators, be approved?

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the New York Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the New York State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 126 votes in the New York State Assembly and 32 votes in the New York State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1938 Measures

• 1938 Measures
• State legislative term limits on the ballot
• Redistricting policy on the ballot
• 1938 legislative sessions

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