New York Amendment 10, Appointment of Temporary Judges and Justices Amendment (1955)

New York Amendment 10
Election date November 8, 1955
Topic State judicial selection
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

New York Amendment 10 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 8, 1955. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the governor to appoint temporary judges for up to one year when a justices of the supreme court are unable to serve due to temporary illness or disability.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the governor to appoint temporary judges for up to one year when a justices of the supreme court are unable to serve due to temporary illness or disability.

Election results

New York Amendment 10
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		822,693	43.40%
No		1,073,103	56.60%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 10 was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment of article six of the constitution, by the addition of the proposed new section sixteen-a thereto, in relation to appointment of temporary justices and judges, in case of the temporary illness or disability of the incumbent, 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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