New York Amendment 8, Rules for Holding Public Office Amendment (1955)

New York Amendment 8
Election date November 8, 1955
Topic State judicial authority
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

New York Amendment 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 8, 1955. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported broadening the ban on judges holding other public offices to include judges in large counties and voids any votes electing them to non-judicial positions or a constitutional convention.

A "no" vote opposed broadening the ban on judges holding other public offices to include judges in large counties and voids any votes electing them to non-judicial positions or a constitutional convention.

Election results

New York Amendment 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,078,167	55.94%
No		849,029	44.06%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment of article six, section nineteen of the constitution in relation to the holding of any other public office by judges, justices or surrogates, 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

1955 Measures

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• 1955 legislative sessions

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