New York Amendment 5, State Commission of Correction Amendment (1973)

New York Amendment 5
Election date November 6, 1973
Topic Corrections governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

New York Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 6, 1973. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported deleting the provision in the Constitution that named the head of the department of correction as chairman of the state commission of correction.

A "no" vote opposed deleting the provision in the Constitution that named the head of the department of correction as chairman of the state commission of correction.

Election results

New York Amendment 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,571,065	54.54%
No		1,309,625	45.46%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment to section five of article seventeen of the Constitution, deleting the provision that the head of the department of correction (now the Department of correctional services) shall be the chairman of the state commission of correction, 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

1973 Measures

• 1973 Measures
• Corrections governance on the ballot
• 1973 legislative sessions

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