New York Amendment 9, Annexation of Land by Cities Amendment (1927)

New York Amendment 9
Election date November 8, 1927
Topic Land use and development policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

New York Amendment 9 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 8, 1927. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported preventing annexation of a territory to a city without the consent of the majority of people residing in that territory.

A "no" vote opposed preventing annexation of a territory to a city without the consent of the majority of people residing in that territory.

Election results

New York Amendment 9
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,144,872	68.46%
No		527,388	31.54%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 9 was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment to the Constitution, preventing the annexation of territory to a city without the consent of the people residing in the territory to be annexed, given by a majority vote on a referendum called for that purpose, 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

1927 Measures

• 1927 Measures
• Land use and development policy on the ballot
• 1927 legislative sessions

New York

• New York ballot measures
• New York ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• New York Constitutional Amendments