New York Amendment 6, Veterans and Civil Serve Appointments Amendment (1945)

New York Amendment 6
Election date November 6, 1945
Topic Civil service and Veterans policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

New York Amendment 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 6, 1945. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported giving disabled veterans preference in civil service appointments and promotions and extend the same preference to non-disabled veterans until December 31,1950.

A "no" vote opposed giving disabled veterans preference in civil service appointments and promotions and extend the same preference to non-disabled veterans until December 31,1950.

Election results

New York Amendment 6
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		621,436	51.42%
No		587,217	48.58%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 6 was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment to section six of article five of the constitution, in relation to veteran's preference in civil service appointments and promotions, be approved?

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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

1945 Measures

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• Civil service on the ballot
• Veterans policy on the ballot
• 1945 legislative sessions

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