New York Amendment 3, Creation of a Commission on Judicial Conduct Amendment (1977)

New York Amendment 3
Election date November 8, 1977
Topic State judiciary oversight
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

New York Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 8, 1977. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported establishing a commission on judicial conduct and authorizing admonition, censure, removal or retirement of judges and justices.

A “no” vote opposed establishing a commission on judicial conduct and authorizing admonition, censure, removal or retirement of judges and justices.

Election results

New York Amendment 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,729,357	64.26%
No		961,989	35.74%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendments to Article six of the Constitution in relation to the creation of a commission on judicial conduct and the admonition, removal, censure or retirement of judges or justices, be approved?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

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

1977 Measures

• 1977 Measures
• State judiciary oversight on the ballot
• 1977 legislative sessions

New York

• New York ballot measures
• New York ballot measure laws

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External links

• New York Constitutional Amendments